[Coco] De-lurk!

[Christopher Barnett Fox]

Thanks, Kip!

I love the Coco Data Center page. Lots of great info here!

I'm just getting started rebuilding my CoCo (and other vintage computer) rigs, and I've got a lot to learn. I'm about to build an interface cable for the RGB connector on the CoCo 3 to go to a Wei-Ya ACV-011 VGA converter. I've read some posts suggesting this setup works well. I certainly hope so, as I'd forgotten just how bad the composite output on the CoCo can be. I was tempted to eBay a CM-8 recently, but I've decided to take the more rewarding (and cheaper) path with the more flexible ACV-011 converter. I'm looking at getting the 2x5 ribbon header from Sparkfun. My local RS didn't have it.

I'm having a hard time finding compatible 360K 5.25" floppy drives to add to my single DSDD drive FD-502 setup. I ended up with a couple of the seemingly worthless 1.2MB drives from an eBay purchase. I'd thought they'd be compatible with 300 RPM & 360K disks through a jumper config, but it seems not. (They'll format and write disks fine, but won't read any of my existing DSDD 35- or 40-track disks.)

One thing's for sure, I'm having a blast getting back into retrocomputing.

Next on the purchase list are some upgrades from Cloud9. Need 512K, and some of the controllers (SuperIDE?) are very appealing.

Keep in touch, and thanks for the warm welcome!

christopher

 
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From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] on behalf of Kip Koon [computerdoc at sc.rr.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2013 4:03 AM
To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'
Subject: Re: [Coco] De-lurk!

Hi Christopher!
Welcome back to Cocoland!  The wonder of this little machine still catches
my interest even after using 64-bit Windows machines!  I came back in 2011
if I remember correctly.  I've been having a lot of fun relearning
everything all over again and rebuilding my Coco setup again.  You can read
about my Coco Data Center at the following wiki page.
http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
I've had a lot of fun writing it all.  Again welcome to the Coco community
once again.  Take care my friend.
Kip

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Christopher Barnett Fox
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 8:17 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: [Coco] De-lurk!

Greetings, fellow CoCo-heads!

I¹m de-lurking, after following the list for a few weeks now.

My first computer was a CoCo 1 (32K?), given to me and my brother by our
parents back in the very early '80s. I was maybe 7 or 8 years old at the
time. Fell in love with the thing, programming in BASIC, and dialing up
BBSes in the Richmond, Virginia area. Upgraded to a 64K CoCo 2 with floppy
drives, then finally, a 512K CoCo 3 with MPI, Deluxe RS-232, dual
floppies, CM-8, etc., running OS-9 Lvl II. I remember how amazed my
friends were when I showed them OS-9 windowing, and my RS DT-1 terminal
hooked up from another room to the RS-232 pak.

Anyway, I'm getting back into retro-computing after a very long hiatus.
I'm learning much, and I'm amazed at the incredible work done by a
passionate few to keep this hobby alive. DriveWire blows my mind! :-)

Thanks for such a passionate and informative community.

Christopher Fox


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