[Coco] Fwd: CoCo 2 Factory Composite Video RE'd

[Bill Loguidice]

My educational CoCo 2 with pre-installed composite (switchable between
monochrome and color) is a 26-3128A with a serial number of 200405.

-Bill

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On Tue, Dec 16, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:
>
>
> It's "maybe" possible that it was an Educational model or something. Tandy
> was big on providing educational materials (actually big on BIG tax write
> offs and hopes the kid's parents would buy them one).
> They also ran nation-wide "Summer Computer Camps" two of which were
> "TRS-80 Logo Computer Camp" and "TRS-80 Basic Computer Camp" and both ads
> (TRS-80 News Letter) specify learning on the Color Computer and Extended
> Color Basic. So they may have made some special models for their camps or
> for school systems as Tandy also setup school network systems with Coco
> terminals and Model 3 & 4 as servers. There's pictures of such systems set
> up in classrooms in some of the TRS-80 News Letters. There's also diagrams
> and specs on how it's done.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tue, Dec 16, 2014 2:33 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Fwd:  CoCo 2 Factory Composite Video RE'd
>
>
> I was surprised when I received it and saw the connector.
> Then I opened the case and suddenly had an irresistible desire to pull the
> board out…  :)
>
> I’m guessing they didn’t make too many,  but who knows?
>
> - Ed
>
> > On Dec 16, 2014, at 12:45 PM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Dec 16, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I don’t think it was a 3rd party.  As far as I can tell it was the
> factory
> video
> >> on this model (3128A).
> >
> > I never heard about this. Does anyone else have a 26-3128 model CoCo to
> compare with? A quick Google shows:
> >
> > Undercolor reference:
> > 26-3127 - RF out
> > 26-3128 - NTSC out
> >
> > Rainbow 02/1985 had an ad from Delker Electronics with this model number
> and
> "Direct Video CoCo2" as the description, $219.
> >
> > Wow, how did I miss this? I guess I was happy with my TV so I never
> looked in
> to alternatives.
> >
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