[Coco] Just bought me a CoCo 3...

[Robert Emery]

I recently created a fairly comprehensive list of our options...
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ltRmCRqZnIAYTQ9-gnq1lIhqMLhrvyg_m0rO4F9x1Do/edit?usp=sharing

Cheers,
Bob

On Wed, Mar 1, 2023, 12:06 PM Kevin Havens W9JYD via Coco <
coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:

> Hey y'all. I have pulled the trigger and bought myself a "tested, working"
> Tandy CoCo 3 (128K) with an "untested" FD-502 controller and Drive 0
> (description said that the seller had no 5¼ floppies to test it out
> [neither do I] so it was as is). It also appears to come with a Wico
> Command and Control Atari 2600 joystick to CoCo adapter. (And according to
> some googling, Sega Genesis controllers will work I believe. Correct me if
> I'm wrong, please.)
>
> I bought it from eBay. I know if I read this mailing list more often, I
> would've realized someone here is also selling CoCo swag but I probably
> missed out on it... Oh well.
>
> But I also bought a CoCo SDC from retrorewind.ca (I didn't get the SD card
> with it, I've got plenty lying around) and some disk images from the CoCo
> Archive for when I was playing around with emulators.
>
> I've had the CoCo 1 (26-3002 16k ECB) and CoCo 2 (26-3127B Korean 64k ECB
> with updated VDG and SAM) but never had a "bare metal" CoCo 3 unless it was
> through emulators mostly.
>
> However, I do have a question. I have heard about CoCo 3 RGB to HDMI
> adapters out there. Can someone point me in the right direction to find
> them? I have a composite video to HDMI upconverter I found at a flea market
> but I don't think it would handle the high resolution that originally
> required a CM-8 or comparable analog RGB monitor...
>
> It's high time I got back into the CoCo. I always have wanted a CoCo 3... I
> finally got my own now.
>
> Thanks and very 73,
> Kevin Havens W9JYD
>
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