[Coco] Interchangeability of Coco2 and Coco3 Cases?

[Frank Thompson]

Thanks for the info guys.  After I posted my question, I realized that I do
remember seeing pictures of the rear of the Coco3 (I don't own one) that
the I/O ports, connections, etc are unique compared to my Coco2.  So I'm
guessing that I wouldn't be able to use a Coco2 case with a Coco3
motherboard without doing some surgery on the rear panel to get the
connections accessible.   This is in addition to the probable different
mounting points for the MB... sounds like a no-go.

That is good news on the keyboard.

If anyone has information regarding the transformer, I'd appreciate it.

On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 2:35 PM Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

> Definitely, the keyboard is interchangeable.  Radio Shack sold them for a
> while (left over from the aborted Deluxe CoCo) as CoCo 2 replacement
> keyboards ($4.95) prior to the CoCo 3's introduction.  The case should be
> interchangeable as well, don't know about the transformer.
>
> Art
>
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 2:22 PM Frank Thompson <
> frank.thompson.iv at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Aside from the labeling, is a Coco2 case interchangeable with the Coco3?
> > In other words, can a Coco2 case be used to replace a poor condition
> Coco3
> > case?
> >
> > Same question for the transformer and keyboard.  I understand that the
> > Coco3 has the extra keys (F1, F2, ESC), but do the other keys map
> > correctly?
> >
> > Thanks everyone for any information you can provide!
> > -Frank
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