[Coco] Which do you prefer and why? CoCo 1/2/3

Deny Wilson deny.wilson at gmail.com
Wed Apr 26 23:02:44 EDT 2017


Curtis,

Just out of curiosity, where did you pick the TC-9 up from? Did you
purchase it from FHL or was it an eBay find or CocoFest find? Ever since I
found out about it, I've become a fan of the thing.



On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 8:55 PM, L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net>
wrote:

> Mine partly runs (I think the TC-9 itself is fine, but the floppy drive is
> flaky- and it's hard drive died completely years ago).
>
> One of these days, I have to try swapping floppy drives into it and see if
> I can get it reliable again.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 26, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Deny Wilson <deny.wilson at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone here still have a working TC-9? I just reread the Rainbow
> > article about that machine. Seemed kinda amazing. Did Mark ever try to
> get
> > it rerunning?
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 9:19 AM, Rietveld Rietveld <
> rietveldh at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Ed (zippster) is making a replacement 2 slot mini multi pack
> >>
> >> Gantelet works with the SDC that ed sells also
> >>
> >> ,
> >>  Original Message
> >> From: Michael Christopher Robinson
> >> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 11:13 AM
> >> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> >> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> >> Subject: Re: [Coco] Which do you prefer and why? CoCo 1/2/3
> >>
> >>
> >> Can the coco 3 use a 3.5" high density floppy drive?
> >> How about a 5.25" high density floppy drive?
> >>
> >> Low density floppy disk drives, at least on E-Bay, are very expensive.
> >>
> >> Even the multi pak interface is very expensive.
> >>
> >> It would be cheaper to get a multi-pak if someone would produce a
> >> modern one.  Nonetheless, I'm trying to get a COCO 3 compatible
> >> one.
> >>
> >> Some programs, like Gauntlet II, don't seem to work with Drivewire.
> >> Gauntlet II was one of my favorites.
> >>
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