[Coco] WTB: PAL CoCo (1, 2, or 2B) for shipment to USA

[Jayeson Lee-Steere]

This fellow has a couple of Australian Coco 2's for sale:
http://ianmav.customer.netspace.net.au/trs80/cocos
I have not purchased from him, but this looks like his eBay store:
http://stores.ebay.com.au/TRS-80-Universe

Keep in mind that since the Coco 1/2's don't have composite out, you need
equipment with an appropriate tuner, not just PAL composite capability. I
have some evidence that the broadcast signal is not completely identical
between the UK and Australia and looks to be quite different to the USA.
Not sure if you can easily pick a composite signal from a PAL Coco - I can
not find any technical info for any Coco 1/2 PAL models.

I have the backwards issue: want to display NTSC 60Hz from a Coco 1/2 and
have NTSC composite capability, but not NTSC tuner capability. If anyone
has a technical reference manual/schematic for a 1/2 PAL model, I'd love to
have access to it. I would like to see if I can disable the extra lines on
my PAL Coco 2 to output the VDG's original 60Hz timing.

Cheers,

Jayeson

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 4:08 AM, John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>wrote:

> Greetings!
>
> I've been working to tune the timings of my 44-color picture viewer
> to work with PAL CoCo machines.  I found someone to do testing for
> me and I think I have that working -- keep watching the "Stupid VDG
> Tricks" for more information coming soon (hopefully)...
>
> Anyway, I think it would be nice if I could just do such testing for
> myself in the future if I were to be working on another project.  So,
> I'd like to acquire a PAL CoCo machine of my own.  Yes, I am properly
> equipped to handle the different power and display requirements. :-)
>
> Does anyone on the list have an extra working PAL CoCo that they
> would like to offer for sale?  It would need to be shipped to the
> USA, Zip code 27302 (North Carolina).  Please contact me directly
> (i.e. off list) with your offer!
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
> P.S.  Yes, I checked ebay.co.uk and ebay.com.au -- apparently the
> CoCo folks in the UK and Oz are holding tight to their CoCos...
> I also tried ebay.de, but Mein Deutsch ist nicht gut...
> --
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