[Coco] Greetings from a old coco user

Paulo Garcia paulo.astuser at gmail.com
Tue Jun 7 23:01:00 EDT 2016


Hi Barry,

this is a pretty cool project. I will make sure to add a post linking to
the article! Thanks for the tip!

Cheers



On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 10:22 PM, Barry Nelson <
barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:

>  Maybe you can include a link from your page to my CoCo 3 RGB -> SCART ->
> HDMI converter cable project. It's a great way for a CoCo 3 owner to get
> RGB video on a modern HDMI TV set.
>
> https://hackaday.io/project/7366-coco-3-rgb-to-scart-to-hdmi-cable
>
> > Paulo Garcia paulo.astuser at gmail.com
> > Tue Jun 7 15:54:34 EDT 2016
> >
> > Hey guys/gals
> >
> > After subscribing to this list for a lot of time, I decided to write to
> say
> > hi:)
> >
> > I am Paulo, the owner/maintainer/janitor of Vintage is The New Old (
> > http://www.vintageisthenewold.com) and for many time I've been playing
> with
> > lots of different retro computers that I can put my hands on (and my wife
> > allows me to bring home :) ).
> >
> > Although I have 3 CoCos (two CoCo2 and one CoCo3) I never spend much time
> > with them, until now. This week I decided to bring the CoCo3 out of its
> box
> > and spend time with it. I have a disk drive but no software at all for
> now.
> >
> > Interestingly enough, the computer I grew with was a CP-400 (Brazilian
> CoCo
> > clone - but probably you all know that already) and with it I learned to
> > program and spend hours and hours coding my own games. Unfortunately I
> sold
> > it back then and now that I live in Canada it won't be easy to get a
> CP-400
> > again but the original Tandy ones will do just fine :)
> >
> > I am planning to, while I remember my ways with the CoCo, to increase the
> > computer coverage on my site as I find new things (to me) about it.
> >
> > If any of you have an interesting material and want it published there
> too,
> > just let me know....
> >
> > I will probably write more with basic questions that piled up over these
> 30
> > years since I had my CP-400. All the new hardware accessories for the
> CoCo
> > are new to me!
> >
> >
> > Cheers!
>
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Paulo


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