[Coco] Anyone else collect other old computers/game consoles beside the Coco?

Mon Aug 29 20:34:06 EDT 2011

Joel
The coco was my first machine also. and finallly got the coco3 and then
my first AT&T PC
Now I have 3 coco3's and several PC and the desktop is a flat case 486
machine with wind
and DOS 6.2

What do you do with the coco's?

I am still trying to get a system working properly. Cloud9, Chris  John
Mark and
Roger Taylor is giving me plenty of help. I want to learn much more about
using
OS9, Basic O9, NitrOS9 and Tandy application programs for the coco. I
don't
have my new KX-P2123 dot matrix printer connected... still have a lot of 
loose ends to catch up on.

Since my wife fell and broke her hip, I have been spending a lot with
trips to doctors and rehab.
but get some time every day to make progress.

John

On Fri, 26 Aug 2011 10:04:47 -0500 Joel Ewy <jcewy at swbell.net> writes:
> The CoCo was my first computer, and will always remain at the top of 
> my 
> list.  But I love all kinds of archaic computers, and I've managed 
> to 
> accumulate quite a pile of them, in various states of functionality. 
>  
> Here is a list from memory of some of the classics I have (excluding 
> 
> most of the IBM compatible hardware, except especially interesting 
> stuff):
> 
> CoCo Stuff:
> 2 512K CoCo 3s (1 with 63C09E, 1 repacked in a mini-tower case, back 
> 
> when that was the cool thing to do)
> 1 128K CoCo 3
> 1 Spartan 3 CoCo3FPGA
> 2 CoCo 2s
> 1 CoCo (1) (Upgraded to 64K ECB, through 16K, from 4K -- my first 
> computer -- in pretty rough cosmetic shape)
> 1 4K CoCo (in pretty nice condition)
> 1 TC-9 Tomcat (sometimes boots)
> 1 Blackhawk MM/1 9M (Needs a new HD, at the moment)
> Various CoCo floppy drives, joysticks, game cartridges, and other 
> hardware, including 1 newer-style MPI, a DISTO Super Controller, and 
> a 
> couple SCIIs, the DISTO EPROM programmer, and a couple 4-in-1 
> boards, a 
> Glenside IDE, a DS-69B Digisector, an Orchestra-90cc, et cetera.
> 
> Other Tandy Stuff:
> 1 TRS-80 Model 3
> 1 TRS-80 Model 4
> 1 Tandy Model 100 (Got wet, and probably needs help)
> 1 Tandy 1000 HX
> several less interesting Tandy 1000 models
> Tandy 4000 with 16 1M SIMMs, TI '486 upgrade processor, running WFW 
> 
> 3.11, and hosting an MCT UDP.
> 
> Commodore:
> 2 Commodore 64s (one has a video problem) (1 Enhancer 2000 
> aftermarket 
> floppy drive.)
> 1 Commodore 128 (has some broken keys on the keyboard, but works)
> 1 Amiga 1000 2M RAM
> 2 Amiga 500 (1 with external HD (needs new drive))
> 
> Apple Stuff:
> 1 Apple ][e (rescued from a dumpster -- is in obvious need of 
> restoration)
> 1 Apple 2 motherboard of some sort -- probably broken
> 3 Apple 2c (1 is broken)
> 3 Apple 2gs (I have 1 3.5" drive that will work with the 2gses, but 
> I 
> recently set up an old Mac with AppleShare server so that the 2gses 
> can 
> remote boot over Localtalk, which is pretty slick.)
> 2 Macintosh Plus (1 has a bad analog board)
> 1 Macintosh Classic
> 1 Mac II
> 2 Mac LC II
> 1 Mac LC III
> 3 or 4 Mac IIci
> 3 or 4 Quadra 700
> 2 or 3 Performa 6xx
> 1 Quadra 660AV
> 2 Quadra 840AV
> Loads of other assorted '68K and PPC Macs (some of the '68K macs 
> have 
> had Debian/m68k installed)
> 
> CP/M:
> 1 Morrow Micro Decision
> 2 Osborne
> 1 Kaypro 4 (also some Kaypro passive backplane 8088 PC parts)
> 2 or 3 Epson ROM-based CP/M laptop-like computers reminiscent of the 
> 
> Model 100
> (One of my earliest computer experiences was playing 'Hunt the 
> Wumpus' 
> on a Northstar Horizon that the mother of one of my classmates 
> brought 
> to school to show us when I was in 4th grade.)
> 
> Miscellaneous:
> 2 Atari 2600 and a few games (the only Atari game I really liked was 
> 
> Warlords)
> Magnavox Odyssey2 that has never worked for me
> 3 TI/99-4A (only 1 working keyboard between them, a pair of 
> joysticks, 
> and a box of game cartridges) (I also have some TI Professional 
> Computers [MS-DOS, but not completely IBM compatible] including 2 
> luggables)
> 1 Timex/Sinclair 1000 in aftermarket case that includes a 'real' 
> keyboard (with some games on cassette)
> An SGI Indy and a couple large blue SGI workstations (I did have the 
> 
> Indy up and running Irix a few years back)
> An IBM POWERstation 355 (takes FOREVER to boot)
> 
> I've also got 'custodianship' of the remains of 2 SWTPC 6809 systems 
> 
> (only 1 CPU board remaining, but lots of other boards) belonging to 
> the 
> late co-worker of one of my friends.  I'm very slowly trying to make 
> it 
> do something useful.  I'd like to make it boot OS-9.
> 
> I've never been able to get my hands on any Atari computer (not game 
> 
> console) hardware at a price I can afford (which is little to 
> nothing) 
> with the exception of 2 external Atari 3.5" floppy drives.
> 
> JCE
> 
> 
> On 08/25/2011 06:11 PM, Jeremy Michea wrote:
> > I thought it might be an interesting discussion. Obviously we all 
> love 
> > the Coco but what else do you love? Many of you may know that I'm 
> a 
> > huge Atari fan and have been collecting for the Atari 2600/7800 
> and 
> > 8-bit line of computers for about 20 years now, on and off as it 
> was 
> > my first console in 1980. Through the 80's I also owned the 
> original 
> > Nintendo (NES) and Turbografx-16 but the only computer I used 
> aside 
> > from PC's (late 80's and early 90's) was my beloved Coco.
> >
> > As a side note, I almost didn't get a coco. Brand loyalty at the 
> time 
> > lead our family to buy an Atari 800XL but my father wasn't 
> interested 
> > in buying all new software and games for a new system so a friend 
> 
> > suggested the coco since he had all kinds of software to share 
> with us 
> > (well, copied software on cassettes but as a 13 year old in 1982 I 
> 
> > wasn't aware or concerned about piracy so that's another story) so 
> we 
> > got a used Coco 1 with the chicklet keyboard, a cassette player 
> and a 
> > bunch of cassettes with, yes, mostly games. I did do some homework 
> but 
> > lets be honest, I spent most of my time playing some great coco 1 
> games.
> >
> > As another side, yet rambling note, what BBS's did any of you use 
> back 
> > in the day? Here in Southern Ontario, the one I used the most in 
> my 
> > area was called "Route 66". I believe it was the only coco based 
> BBS 
> > in my area where it seemed predominately Commodore 64. Also 
> downloaded 
> > a lot of software from Route 66 as well as a local coco user group 
> 
> > that met once a month in a local french public school.
> >
> > I remember being so excited when the Coco 3 was announced. I spent 
> the 
> > summer prior to its release in the glorious field (literally) of 
> corn 
> > detasseling to save up the money to buy my brand new Coco 3. I 
> > remember being in complete awe of the demo in the store and the 
> > manager was nice enough to make a disk copy that I played a lot at 
> 
> > home. :)
> >
> > Anyway, I've rambled enough. Anyone else have any stories about 
> their 
> > other retro passions, coco musings, etc? :)
> >
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