[Coco] Restuffing a CoCo chassis

[S Klammer]

Joe, I might be interested in your old "chicklet" keyboard if you want to
rid yourself of it...

Shain
On Feb 12, 2015 10:57 AM, "Joe Grubbs" <jsgrubbs at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I've been searching for a better keyboard to replace the "chicklet" style
> in my 4K CoCo1. I finally found a non-functioning CoCo2 with the "melted"
> keyboard, so I grabbed it for a few bucks. This was my first time seeing a
> "melted" keyboard in person and I love the way it feels. I just need to
> adapt it to my 4K CoCo1's mobo since the ribbon cables and connectors are
> different.
>
> The CoCo itself is a basket case, so I don't feel bad about parting it
> out; There are a myriad of things wrong--center tap off the secondary of
> the transformer is broken, there's a weird jumper wire running from the
> cart connector over to the P/S area, etc. It was a 16K non-ECB model anyway.
>
> Anyway (sorry for the boring preface), I now have an empty CoCo2 chassis,
> and that has given me an idea. I was thinking of stuffing it with either a
> mini-ITX mobo or maybe some kind of system-on-a-chip computer (like a
> Raspberry Pi). I could fit a small form factor laptop style keyboard,
> install a card reader in place of the cartridge slot, etc. The more I think
> about it, the more I want to do it. Has anyone else attempted this before?
> Is it sacrilege? :P
>
> -Joe
>
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