[Coco] Help Locating some Parts

[Joel Ewy]

On 07/01/2011 03:58 PM, Frank Swygert wrote:
> Well, pricing is subjective. Marks's stuff is all new or thoroughly 
> tested, and that takes time. Electronics in small quantities are 
> rather expensive nowadays too. Quantities are all small for the CoCo, 
> always have been compared to computers like the Apple II and Commodore 
> 64 (more or less CoCo contemporaries).
>
> If all you have is a CoCo3 mainboard, you're better off watching e-bay 
> for a complete CoCo 3 rather than trying to piece on together. You 
> could cobble up a CoCo2 case and keyboard (but won't have the four 
> extra keys the CC3 has) and make that work, but untested CoCo3s 
> usually go for little enough.

That would take a fair amount of cobbling, since the connectors on the 
rear are significantly different, and the RGB connector is on the bottom 
of the CoCo 3's motherboard.  I guess if you were sufficiently motivated...


JCE

>
> Go to the files section of the list and download "Tandy's Little 
> Wonder" from the Farna folder. That will show you how to connect to a 
> standard PC/AT power supply or some other external power source. Lots 
> of other repair, maintenance, and historic info in that book also (I 
> wrote it in the 90s, revised in 2006).
>
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> Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:09:59 -0500
> From: Mike Needham<jmikeneedham at gmail.com>
>
> Hello Mike:
>
> Thank-you for the response. I have already talked with Cloud9 on the
> possibility of getting these particular parts and he will not sell 
> these to
> me because he uses all his cases and power supplies to make his 
> refurbished
> units for sale.  Also, my personal feelings are that he is a little 
> high on
> his prices.  But, yes I am aware of this resource.  However, I need to 
> find
> the case and power supply for my COCO from another source.
>
> I appreciate the manuals link though:-)
>
> Thank-you for the response.
>