[Coco] CoCo 3

[Paulo Lindoso]

Hello Gustavo,

My keyboard was also defective.  In my case, the mylar cable that links
keyboard and main PCB was rusty.

To sort this out, I used "conductive paint" which I bought in Brazil here:
http://www.tintacondutiva.com.br/.  Once it arrived, I carefully covered
each track of the mylar cable (careful not to short circuit any of
them...), waited a couple of hours drying and keyboard is working perfectly
now.

I also read that mixing nail polish ("esmalte" in Portuguese) and powdered
graffitti would also work, but to be honest the paint was waaay more
convenient and didn't bother testing.

Also consider joining the Brazilian list in Portuguese for some "local"
information (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/coco3).

Welcome back!

Cheers,
Paulo.




On Mon, Nov 5, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Mark Marlette <mmarlette at frontiernet.net>wrote:

>
>
> Gustavo,
>
>
> I did reply prior to my vacation but your SPAM filter acceptance procedure
> must not be working.
>
> I answered immediately prior to going on vacation as your request was
> timed with a visit to the US.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
> http://www.cloud9tech.com.
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Gustavo Ranaur <ranaur2010 at ranaur.net>
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Sent: Sunday, November 4, 2012 6:39 AM
> Subject: [Coco] CoCo 3
>
> Hi!
>
> I have a CoCo 2 with many cartridges (Floppy Controller, RS-232 interface,
> 2
> floppy drives), and many games. Yesterday I tried to "ressurect" it but I
> got
> no luck. It turns on nicely, but there are many keys failing on the
> keyboard
> (that makes it uselesss).
>
> So my questions are:
>
> 1) Where can I buy a refurbished CoCo 3? I live in Brazil, so it must be
> someone that ships internationally (none in ebay does :-()
>
> It was my long childhood dream to have a CoCo 3 (I have only a CoCo 2).
>
> I tried http://www.cloud9tech.com/ but noone answers in more than a week
> :'-(
>
> 2) If not, can I fix the keyboard it? Well, maybe making an USB Keyboard to
> CoCo keyboard interface (with Arduino maybe?)
>
> 3) Is there a place where I can buy some kind of cartridge to emulate a
> drive
> from an SD Card? I googled a little bit and found many projects. Which are
> still working? DrivePak, SuperIDE, DriveWire4. Which one is best/works? (If
> there is a FAQ about this I couldn't find. Point me and I'll RTFM :-)
>
> Thank you very much for helping a nostalgic CoCo owner!
>
> Long live CoCo!
>
>
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