[Coco] New CoCo'er, Some Q's and looking for hardware

[Brett Gordon]

Rock on dude!  Cloud9's triad memory is pretty kick-butt.   Runs cools too!

Brett M Gordon
On Feb 26, 2016 9:01 PM, "admin at kd8cgo.com" <admin at kd8cgo.com> wrote:

> On 02/27/2016 12:40 AM, Travis Poppe wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:18:51PM +0000, admin at kd8cgo.com wrote:
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>> [snip]
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>> I am very interested in the RGB2VGA project...
>>>
>>
>> [snip]
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>> Barry Nelson mentioned the CoCoSDC...
>>>
>>
>> I can't recommend these two devices enough. I purchased both from Ed and
>> have been very happy with them. It really makes the CoCo shine in more
>> modern times. John Strong's 3D printed cases are very well made too.
>>
>> It can all be a little pricey, but if it's within your hobby budget, I'd
>> say go for it!
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
> Ed (Zippster) has contacted me about both the SDC and RGB2VGA, it looks
> like I might be all set with those fairly soon!  On top of that, Mark at
> Cloud-9 has already shipped me some cables, RAM, and a keyboard adapter
> lightning fast.  I took an old 15-pin joystick and converted it to a
> Tandy-compatible with a little internal rewire, and I've got some proper
> DIN connectors and mono 1/8" connectors on the way to make a ".WAV loader"
> cable and to make the Joystick mod more permanent, as well as a few extras
> for future prototyping activity.  Got a DE0 Nano on the way to use with the
> RGB2VGA board as well.
>
> I still can't believe the level of support and enthusiasm here for the
> CoCo, it's incredible!  This is the most fun I've had tinkering and
> learning with a desktop computer since forever I think... :)  I started
> listening to the CoCo Crew podcast too, and wow some of that is way over my
> head - but it sure is interesting!
>
> --John, kd8cgo
>
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