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Wanted Tandy Color Computer items

zerocool — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 06:35:50 +0000

looking for coc o 2,3 items
drive fd 501
512k upgrade
kingsquest 3

This post was submitted by zerocool.

Coco 3 System with 512K RAM for sale!!!

ScottC — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 10:16:06 +0000

Check this out….

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Color-Computer-3-System-Extras-/110557958839?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19bdc492b7

I am selling this system – looking for a good home!

Scott

This post was submitted by ScottC.

WTB Coco3

CocoWal — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 21:58:23 +0000

Hi guys,
Just wondering if any one local to me (Australia) has a coco3 that they are willing to sell , preferably working but any dead ones are fine as well.

Thanks,

Wal.

This post was submitted by CocoWal.

Wanted: Tandy Deluxe Joystick

jmetal88 — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 16:50:52 +0000

Hi everyone!

I’m looking to get a Deluxe Joystick for my CoCo 2 and the CoCo 3 I bought on eBay recently. I’d like the 26-3012B model with the two fire buttons and 6-pin connector.

I know there are a couple reasonably priced on eBay right now, but they’re in auction format, and I much prefer a straight sale as opposed to bidding and waiting.

I don’t have much spare cash right now, so I’m looking to spend in the $10 range (this might be a little negotiable), including shipping. For reference, the two I’m watching on eBay right now are at $7 including shipping and $13 including shipping. I’m hoping someone on here might be willing to part with one at around that price range. Obviously, this will depend on how close you are to me, and how light you can make the package.

My zip code is 74006, so you can make the necessary calculations in order to determine if you can offer me such a deal.

Thanks!
You can reply via comment or send an e-mail to jmetal88@sbcglobal.net.

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CoCo stuff available

rdrsfo — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:13:19 +0000

I have some CoCo stuff available that has been sitting in the basement for over a decade unused. I cannot guarantee the functionality of anything.

- TRS-80 Color Computer model 26-3003 (32 KB of RAM and new keyboard)
- joystick catalog #26-3008
- cassette recorder CTR-80A
- disk drive FD 500
- printer DMP 100
- various cassettes, discs, and program paks with documentation
- magazines (Rainbow from the 1980s)
- books on BASIC programming

email me: doug94114@yahoo.com

This post was submitted by rdrsfo.

Wanted: CM-8 Monitor

cwgordon — Mon, 10 May 2010 11:59:49 +0000

I’m looking for a CM-8 monitor to complete my small Coco 3 setup. Anyone who has one to sell (or give away) is welcome to contact me.

Thanks

This post was submitted by cwgordon.

COCO stuff for sale

etzaras — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:58:20 +0000

I have some stuff for sale, quick list more info upon request
1 – COCO 2
1 – COCO 3
1 – Tandy Joystick
1- Tandy TP10 Thermal printer
1 – Tandy RGB Monitor
1 – Tandy FD502 Floppy Drive
Aprox 15 COCO games
1 – Tandy Cassette recorder
Located in Toronto
ektzaras@sympatico.ca

This post was submitted by etzaras.

Looking for a whole CoCo 3 system

Jray — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:13:29 +0000

Hi everyone,

New guy here… I have recently been bitten by the CoCo bug after having been “out of the game” for probably 15 years. Once upon a time I had a pretty large system and collection of CoCo stuff (at least 2 computers, multiple floppies, hard drive, MPI, etc.). Unfortunately, most of my stuff found the bottom of a dumpster a long time ago. And now, I’m regretting it and looking to see what I can get.

I’ve only been looking around a few days but it seems like the people selling on Ebay want a small fortune. And most are selling the computer by itself, which leaves a lot of searching for other parts. I checked the local flea market to no avail.

If anyone has any tips or suggestions, or if anyone is looking to sell some extra hardware (at a reasonable price), please let me know.

Thanks!

Second Rainbow Book of Adventures

monkeysdad96 — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 03:01:09 +0000

My name is Terrance (Terry) Hale, and I’ve been looking around on the internet to see if anyone still had a copy of The Second Rainbow Book of Adventures. I had an “honorable mention” entry in that book, for the adventure “Castle of Naurios” (If I’ve remembered the correct spelling…). If the issue of Rainbow magazine that had the winners listed is also available, that would be such a huge bonus. (I can’t believe I let my ex-wife make me throw out 4 years worth of magazines a few years ago. I’ve been kicking myself ever since…)

If the book is still available for purchase, could anyone please let me know?? A reply back here would be ok or email to mizagorn@att.net might get a faster response.

Thanks so much for taking the time to read this!

This post was submitted by monkeysdad96.

Grey CoCo I (EUR PAL version) for sale

AVH — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 16:33:03 +0000

Hi all,

I’ve a working CoCo I (middle version; PAL; needs 220-240VAC @ 50Hz) lying around that I’m willing to part with for a somewhat decent price (make an offer).

It has Extended Color Basic, some cosmetic flaws but working perfectly as far as I can check.

Interested? Please let me know at mahalaleel[ATH]gmail[DOHT]com with “CoCo I” in the subject line.

Best regards,

Alfons VH

P.S.: Mind you that I’m located in Belgium, so the shipping costs may be rather high, depending on your location.

This post was submitted by AVH.

White CoCo I on eBay

dentman42 — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:50:27 +0000

I know I’ve seen a few people on here comment that they’d like to add a white CoCo I to their collection. I just found one listed on eBay:
Title: Vintage TRS-80 Micro Computer Orig Box w/ Extras

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-TRS-80-Micro-Computer-Orig-Box-w-Extras_W0QQitemZ110475686535QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19b8dd3287

Seller: drummersgalaxy He’s got 100% feedback.
ends Jan 06, 201020:13:42 PST
Original box, packing, etc. Looks pretty good. Currently 1 bid of $1 but shipping calculator says $74.15 for priority mail (to Columbus, OH).

This post was submitted by dentman42.

16K Ram Expansion for an MC-10

Ogma01 — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 00:01:49 +0000

Hey guys! Anyone know where I can get my hands on a 16K Ram Expansion for an MC-10? I recently acquired the computer and I know the RAM expansion is pretty much essential for this little machine.

This post was submitted by Ogma01.

CoCoNet!

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:25:31 +0000

Greetings all!

The work has been intense, the hours long, and the EPROM eraser/burner working overtime in my tests.

CoCoNet 1.0 is about a week from being finalized and released.

CoCoNet is a Disk BASIC 1.1 ROM replacement and is compatible with any CoCo 3 or CoCo 1/2 with Extended BASIC.

The 16K EPROM will fit in both my Deluxe Wireless RS-232 Pak and the new Drive Pak, or EPROM Pak. You just need to get the EPROM booted somehow and you’re set.
The least thing you’d need is a bitbanger cable and an EPROM pak/board.

Just a few things you could do using CoCoNet:
- Auto-boot into a Drive Pak, PC or web OS-9 system
- Remote virtual floppy disks over bitbanger cable, RS-232 Pak, or bluetooth (Deluxe Wireless Pak)
- MicroSD (Drive Pak) virtual disks, 1GB of storage any way you like
- Huge OS-9 “hard drives” on the Drive Pak or via remote PC/web
- Automatically run AUTOBOOT.BAS from Drive 0 on CoCo powerup, from the Drive Pak, PC or web!!
From AUTOBOOT.BAS, you can make the program boot up OS-9 or whatever you want, even launch a live web service.
- Grab web files and save them to a mounted remote disk using one Disk BASIC command
(a front-end HTTP GET command)
- Web services on power-up of the CoCo (wireless, wired, bitbanger)

Real 1793 controller disks
2GB MicroSD card (Drive Pak) disks (0-255) per partition, with virtually unlimited partitions and disks!
Bitbanger port disks using the CoCoNet server on your PC and a serial cable
Tandy RS-232 Pak + cable, or Deluxe Wireless RS-232 Pak remote disks over bluetooth
(CoCoNet can mount remote PC or web disks!)

All disks are compatible with the standard Disk BASIC 1.1 set of commands. In other words:
BACKUP, COPY, KILL, RENAME, SAVE, LOAD, OPEN, CLOSE, PUT, GET, etc. between all disks types.
(But you can’t write to web disks).

On startup, CoCoNet automatically mounts each drive type for 0-3 in an order of importance based on the devices you have plugged in. From BASIC you can remount the drives.
You can do this from the autoboot.bas program, for example.

Folks, all sorts of things are possible, and the CoCoNet “ROM” can be booted from whatever device you own that accepts a 27128 EPROM.

You just have to use your imagination, like when you’re looking at a set of BASIC commands and ask somebody, “what can I do with that?”. Pretty much everything.

From DOS you can mount the different disk types in any order and see the current mounts using the enhanced DRIVE command.
For example, typing DRIVE with no parameters would give a listing such as:
>DRIVE [ENTER]

DRIVE 0: DRIVE PAK 000
DRIVE 1: RS-232 PAK
DRIVE 2: BITBANGER
DRIVE 3: 1793 FDC

>DRIVE 0,#254 [ENTER] (change to MicroDrive disk #254 – NitrOS-9 Level II)
>DRIVE [ENTER]

DRIVE 0: DRIVE PAK 254
DRIVE 1: RS-232 PAK
DRIVE 2: BITBANGER
DRIVE 3: 1793 FDC

DOS (boots into NitrOS-9)

By the way, my *.BAS program checks what type of CoCo is in use and boots OS-9 Level 1 or 2 automatically. This means, you can take a Drive Pak and stick it in almost any CoCo and boot into “OS-9″ right on power-up.

On powerup, once the drive types have been chosen and mounted for 0-3, each drive will be scanned for an *.BAS program, with the first one found being RUN automatically.

You could have a *.BAS program on your PC, the web, the Drive Pak, and real disk drive. It doesn’t have to be the same program code.

Telnet is also handled by the CoCoNet server and using the right CoCo client software, you could connect to a remote Telnet server from BASIC or OS-9.

Again, if you can auto boot, it means you can do anything CoCoNet can do right after power-up.

Lots of fun, and power!

trs-80 and coco3, plus cartridges and other accessories

bgreen — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:33:00 +0000

I have:

a TRS-80 (16k)
a Coco 3 plus original monitor
an external floppy drive
a cartridge changer (4 slots)
21 cartridges (various games and utilities – I can make a list)
2 original joysticks

This stuff is in various states of repair. The CoCo3 definitely works as do many of the cartridges but I haven’t tried them all. I do not have a monitor for the TRS-80, so I’m not sure if it works, but I do know the keys are all pretty stuck so at the least it would need some kind of intensive keyboard cleaning before it could be used if it is in fact functional at all.

I probably need to get rid of all this stuff in the next month or so. These are my original childhood computers, so I’m a bit sad to do so. I am feeling out my options at this point.. I don’t see any CoCos on ebay at the moment, so I’m not if there is any sort of demand for this stuff or not.

This post was submitted by bgreen.

need replacement keyboard coco 3

atarileaf — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:42:43 +0000

Well it looks like the keyboard on this coco 3 is shot. Looks like someone dumped coke in it and its been eating away. Can’t seem to clean it enough to work. Tried putting the mylar back in but for some reason can’t get it to line up properly. The traces and screw holes won’t line up no matter what I do. Weird (yes, I do have it the correct way. There’s really only one.

Anyway, I’m wondering if anyone has a functional coco 3 keyboard laying around they’d be willing to sell. Preferably the whole keyboard, not just the mylar so I don’t have to fuss with the thing.

Thanks, I do have paypal BTW

Holy Moly

bear — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 05:55:36 +0000

I got a ton of Rainbow mags c/w discs Anyone have a need?

This post was submitted by bear.

Sell or Look for CoCo items here

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:17:20 +0000

Sell it here
Ask for it here

NIB Coco3 & more

Jill — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:43:09 +0000

I’ve recently acquired a bunch of coco 3 stuff and want to sell it. I have the following:
Brand new in the box Coco3 (box is damaged, all components still taped shut) and I think it probably had the 512kb upgrade since it belonged to the same person that I got the other one from, which was upgraded.
Used Coco3 with 512kb upgrade
Used FD 501 with box and manuals
Magnavox 80 Professional Monitor with manual
Tandy DMP130 printer
assorted books & disks

I guess I’m hoping to get some advice here as to the value of these items and whether to eBay it as a lot (minus the NIB one) or part it out. I’ll take offers from anyone here who may be interested as well. Shipping will be high because I’m in Canada. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. I can be contacted at jillhorton06 at gmail.com
Thanks,
Jill

Model PC-3 Interface to trade for Coco items

SHOWELL2 — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:07:06 +0000

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Another Tandy computer item looking for a good home. This is a Model PC-3 Cassette/Printer interface dock for the TRS-80 Pocket Computer. This gives the little guy a working 24 column thermal printer, cassette port for SAVES and NiCad batteries. Comes with paper roll, AC Adaptor and cassette cables, Will trade for CoCo game or apps carts.

Ships from 78216

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ebay coolaid

jdiffend — Sun, 17 May 2009 19:03:47 +0000

Ok… some of the people on ebay are drinking or smoking something to make them go crazy.

I bid on an MSX game, Knightlore. I thought I’d bid up to $25.
It sold for $91.
I can see it being a desirable title but that’s just crazy.

Looking for non working COCO

benjamin37 — Tue, 05 May 2009 00:01:55 +0000

Hi,

I’d like to build myself an emulated COCO using any old color computer case. I’d prefer to get a coco3 case, but anyone will do. Please contact me at ben_jimenez@yahoo.com . Thanks.

the Rainbow, September 1982 (Volume II, number 3)

tlindner — Sat, 02 May 2009 22:20:32 +0000

Does anyone have page 105 (and 106) of this issue? I guess it was a
questionare. My copy is missing it. The orginal owner filled it out and
must have sent it in.

I’d really like a scan of the front and back of this page.

Thanks!

Tandy 1100FD to Trade For CoCo items

SHOWELL2 — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:15:16 +0000

Cleaning out the workshop and thought I’d offer up some items of (possible) interest to the board. Up for consideration is a Tandy 1100FD notebook in good working order with AC adaptor, DOS floppies and manual. I’ll also toss in a second 1100FD as a parts machine (if you need it). Ships from San Antonio, Tx. 78216 which I’ll cover if you live in the US. I’m looking to trade for a working Floppy Drive and Disk Controller for my CoCo 3 or a Multibay if anyone has a spare. Thanks!

SHOWELL2@satx.rr.com

2 Co-Co II systems seeking new home in B.C. Canada

unknown — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 09:17:05 +0000

I have a couple of CoCo IIs, a hard drive, a cassette recorder, a game, and manuals and – I think – some other software bits. I’d like to pass them on to someone who could have some fun using them. No charge unless I have to ship, in which case it would be cost of shipping only.
I’m on Vancouver Island, B.C., in Canada.

some items wanted… willing to trade items….

K3WHO — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:48:15 +0000

In order of importance:
1. cassette recorder w/cables
2. printer

I’d be willing to trade my drawing pad w/the micropainter ROM and booklet. *I think there is a cassette that goes with that though so it’s not a complete set.

Other Roms for trade:
-Doubleback
-Monster Maze

I would also be willing to trade my Commodore VIC-20 w/tape drive (pristine condition) for a backup COCO2 w/tape drive in equal condition.

I lean toward cash though because I tend to hoarde this kind of stuff….lol Freebies are always nice too

i will take them

Mary Kramer — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:39:07 +0000

well if you cant find homes for these things you can always send them to me. I take in orphan coco stuff. I can only pay for shipping though.

Mary Kramer
coconutznewsletter@yahoo.com

Standard (DiskBasic .bin) with ccasm

YCDTOTV_MooseFan — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:32:47 +0000

How do I get ccasm to produce .bin files with proper start addressed for .bin files?

I use it from command line mode (text files for sourse; I use windows notepad for convenience,) ccasm from the command prompt, and Jeff Vavasaur’s Coco2 emulator for testing. But the .bin files produced don’t have exec addressed, so I have to specify start with exec. Mildly inconvenient from a programming standpoint, but more of a problem for distribution.

On a second, and perhaps simple note, how do I post a file to the Coco3.com download directory from my local HD – it looks like it only takes links from other websites?

eBay score!!

random_rodder — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:51:01 +0000

We’ll see if it looks as good in real life as it does in the picture…

Been wanting a white/3003B CoCo1 for a L-O-N-G time. Can’t wait for it to get here…

Later,
Brian

edit… duh link here: [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=110368794211[/url]

FS:Some semi-rare items

Sharkonwheels — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:24:49 +0000

Disto SC II with manual, disks
Also includes R-Time modules, and 3-n-1 module, and I think both have manuals. Also have some cables to go with it, like RS232 and Parallel for the modules $OLD

Also a B&B XT controller, with external HDD case, might have a HDD in it – I’d have to check. I think it has manual+disk $125

CoCo3, working, tested, with Tandy 512KB upgrade $100

Prices aren’t etched in stone, but I won’t give the stuff away either.
Shipping isn’t included, but shouldn’t be much.

Tony
sharkonwheels @t g|\\/|ail.com phonetically, that’s geemail dot com

What the Zork?!

dentman42 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:07:52 +0000

I think this guy spent way too long in a maze of twisty passages, all alike. Or maybe the grues made him do it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390040225885&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:middle:us

Coco Goodies

bam — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:00:07 +0000

I have a few items from my parts box:

Speech Systems Supervoice Cartridge
Speech Systems EARS cartridge
Colorware Hi-Res Joystick Interface
Tandy FD501 Disk Drive Controller
Sierra Thexder Game Cartridge (26-3072)
Colorware Max-10 Clicker (Ser. No 41836) – was the dongle for their Word Processor
Radio Shack 4-Pin+Gnd Male/Male Cable
Tandy Deluxe Joystick (Cat26-3012B)

Let me know if you are interested. These haven’t seen power since ’90, so no guarantees. Make an offer. Items are located in Rochester, NY.

COCO Stuff in Upstate NY

Stretch — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:41:42 +0000

I have compiled a small collection of COCO stuff that needs a new owner. I advertised it before, and twice waited for someone to show up from downstate, and they never arrived. Please respond if truly interested, and ONLY if you’re in the Broome County area, thanks!
I have a coc2 and a coco3, both untested, but, as I recall, the CC2 worked, and the CC3 needed one resistor replaced. These have been in storage for years, and, sadly, I’ll never get time to use or test them. With the coco’s comes a small collection of Rainbow magazines, and a small assortment of parts. Send local inquiries, and I’ll work with you. I’d rather not send the pile to the dump. With spring here, I need the space. Thanks for looking!

More auctions on ebay

Charlie — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 08:47:18 +0000

I have 3 more auctions for coco items on ebay right now.

Disk system
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=320342755065

Cocopro! rs-232 pak
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=320342756506

Plug N Power
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=320342757818

Thanks

Sigh – outbid once again.

fiscap — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:18:34 +0000

Anyone here in the forums the lucky one who snagged this auction from me at the last second?

[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350165283957[/url]

You would think with as much activity on eBay CoCo-related auctions that the CoCo Cafe and forums here would be overflowing with posts.

PS – If there’s anyone here with a collection of Rainbows (or even a few issues), I’d gladly take them off your hands.

Wanted: CoCo 3 (Portland Oregon)

potatohead — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:03:09 +0000

The immediate need is to settle a graphics issue.

A longer term desire would be to interface it with a Parallax Propeller.

Have a spare? No need for joysticks, disks or anything. Just the CoCo 3. Let’s talk!

doug@opengeek.org

CoCo Items I am trying to pass on to others

jrobcomps — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 08:40:35 +0000

Hello,
I’m an original CoCo user. I bought my CoCo I when they first came out. Actually, I worked for Tandy in the Model II plant doing repair on boards. There was two types of techs working back then, in-house repairs and post-sale repairs. In-house repairs were on boards that had failed during burn-in and usually consisted of broken or bent pins on the individual ICs that were installed on the boards. I worked on boards that had made it out the door and failed later. I also helped write the boards-level repair manual for the CoCos that was sent overseas to England, Austrailia, Japan and Canada. When it was decided to build the CoCo, the execs came in and took half of our people and moved them down the hallway and started building the CoCo I. I was in my attic the other day, and I found all my stuff from back then. I have the complete set of Hot CoCo mags, including Micro 80s. I also have several of the CoCo manuals, “Getting Started and the Extended Basic” books. I have my old CoCo I, the 5 1/4 floppy drive, many disks, and some repair parts (transformer, wafer keyboard, and some other items). I guess it’s time to get rid of the stuff. Any Offers???

Coco stuff wanted

papabill — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:18:42 +0000

I’d love to gather together enough CoCo stuff to build a small system again. Unfortunately, the area of the country I’m in is not familiar with the CoCo (I’m in North Carolina). Also, I’m unable to get out and scrounge in places like Goodwill or the Salvation Army. Even flea markets/swap meets are not popular around here.

I haven’t much money, but I still might help with postage/shipping.

Thanks

Why??

fiscap — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 04:18:00 +0000

Why is this auction out of control already? I’ve been looking for a CCR-81 cassette player for some time now – I really hate it when auctions get bundled like this, preventing members in the community from getting their hands on one particular item at a decent price. The auction is already up to $88.50 and there’s still almost 4 days left.

I really don’t think it’s the joysticks or the blank cassettes – Is it the modem pak that’s driving the price up??

[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310119463162[/url]

WANTED: Disto Super II controller

tfadden — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 03:52:32 +0000

If any one has one to sell, or see’s one for sale, please let me know. Need it for my new COCO 3. I already have the Disto 4in1 board to put in it, and I don’t have a multipak.

Thanks!

Tim Fadden
t.fadden@cox.net

Disto Mini Controller 1 on ebay

Charlie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 09:07:39 +0000

My auction.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=320332510742

Catweasels available

dentman42 — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 04:37:05 +0000

There’s a guy on eBay with Catweasel MK4 Plus cards for $125 shipped BIN. They were listed Friday early morning with 5 available (mine should be here in a couple days). There are 2 left available at this time.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=400023118665&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=027

This version just came out last October, and reading some of the Amiga forums, it was delayed from its announced ship date and stock on these seems to be limited.

CoCo 2 with CoCo 3 keyboard??

fiscap — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 02:01:44 +0000

Did Radio Shack ever distribute a CoCo 2 with a CoCo 3 keyboard? There’s one for sale right now on eBay. Most likely the original keyboard on the CoCo 2 was replaced with a CoCo 3 at some point.

[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220338777685[/url]

magazines for archival purposes – probably ebay the lot

stinger30 — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:55:51 +0000

g’day all,
today i managed to get my coco gear out of my storage shed as the fees are about to double so i said no way.
i have taken numerous photos of my collection and i have noticed there does not appear to be a rainbow magazine archive any where.

i have *PLENTY* of rainbow magazines, hot coco magazines, 80 micro magazines, and Australian magazines like goco, aussie rainbow, coco-link (infact 6 complete years of it)

i also did have an amazing collection of discs that have magically dissapeared…. im trying to locate them i have a feeling i know who has them

any how, i will upload some photos to wet your appetitite

if these are not archived as anyone around the place turning them in to pdf format at all?

when i put my coco 3 in to sotrage it had a hitachi 6309 cpu and disto one meg ram upgrade and i had gutted out a tnday 1000 case and fitted in 2 x 40 meg mfm hdds and used a burke and burke controller and ran os9 level 2 on it with R.I.B.B.S and ran a bbs on it from home…. those were the days

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[URL=http://img442.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cocolink1993cb6.jpg][img:0998ba87a9]http://img442.imageshack.us/img442/9089/cocolink1993cb6.th.jpg[/img:0998ba87a9][/URL]

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[URL=http://img181.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rainbowdisc1989ry5.jpg][img:0998ba87a9]http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/4592/rainbowdisc1989ry5.th.jpg[/img:0998ba87a9][/URL]

[URL=http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=rainbowdisc1998zq9.jpg][img:0998ba87a9]http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/3486/rainbowdisc1998zq9.th.jpg[/img:0998ba87a9][/URL]

complete collection usa rainbow 1984-1985 photos
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have other years complete as well

more rainbow on disc instruction cards

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so here is some photos of my coco 3 stuff. i have a heap more boxxes to go thru, but this will wet our appetite

i have included photos of my coco 3 i shoved in a hitachi 6309 cpu and a Disto one meg ram upgrade. i used to run OS9 Level 2 on this (similar to linux/unix) and had a few hdds attached to it & a 720k floppy drive (the hdd and 720k floppy setup & a hdd was almost unheard of) and ran a BBS from home on it for a few years. hopefully i can find the hdd setup i had

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the above was my backup stock 128k coco 3, this is my one meg coco 3 , my mainwork horse when i was a kid for a number of years before i could buy an amiga 500, then on to pc stuff

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you wil notice in the above photo there is a fan wired to a psu. i had to have this as the one meg kit would get do bloody hot would lock up the coco and & would get multiple coloured lines across the screen.
the 6309 could really kicked arse when used with nitros 09

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if you zoom in you can see i mounted the hitachi 6309 in a socket with monster legs on it. this was so i could mount the header to it to make the one meg kit run. the header was originally designed to be soldered straight on top of the 6809 cpu. very dangerous practice to begin with. but i didnt want the 609 so i destructivly removed it with nail cutters then unsoldered it from mobo and shoved in the new socket and tested with 6309 to see if it ran. it did. then i soldered the header unit to the socket to allow the extra 512k ram run
and then, man oh man, OS9 stood up on its hind legs and RAN… man its was bloody fast i tell ya. for a 1.79 Mhz cpu and 1024k ram and a decent OS running, bugger me, even today im still amazed at what i could do.

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the hitachi 6309 cpu in all its glory

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more coco stuff, a spare fd500 floppy cage and spare 360k drive and a joystick & a coco serial to pc serial port adaptor i built years ago to transfer data from my coco to my pc and an magic black box my dad made for finding programs on cassette so you can listen to the cassette while it was plugged in to the coco.you could not normally do this

probably tomorrow i will add a full list of all magazines i have… wont do it
now, way past my bedtime

man, its a small world, if anyone is interested, i just stumbled across this web site

http://ianmav.customer.netspace.net.au/trs80/

and i even gave the gentleman a call and had a great chat.

Rock on Coconuts!

a quick update, heres the magazines i have.please bear with me on the mags. i have people interested in them. one in particular wants to can the aussie mags and produce pdfs. im all for it.

Rainbow magazines

1982 – aug, sept, october
1983 – jan, nov, december
1984 – complete
1985 – complete
1986 – complete
1987 – complete
1988 – jan, feb, march, april, may, june, july, aug, september
1989 – complete
1990 – complete
1991 – complete
1992 – jan, feb, december

Australian Rainbow
1983 – november
1984 – jan,feb,june,july,oct,nov,dec,
1985 – feb,march,april,may,june,july,aug,sept,oct,nov,dec
1986-jan,feb,april,may,july,aug,sept,oct,nov,dec
1987-jan,feb

Australian CoCo
1986-nov,dec
1987-jan,feb,marc,april,june,july,augu,sept,oct
1988-jan,feb,march,april,july,june,sept

trs 80 microcomputer news 1984 june – final edition

australian softgold magazines
1987- april, may, june, july, aug, sept,oct,nov,dec
1988-jan,feb,march,april,may,june

80 micro magazines
1983- aug,sept,oct,
1985 – april,may,june,july,aug,sept,oct,nov,dec
1986-jan,feb,mar,april, may (2 copies) , june (2x copies), july (2x copies), august (2x copies), october (2xcopies)
1987-may, february
1988- february

Hot CoCo magazines
1983 – june,july,sept,nov,dec
1984-complete
1985-jan,feb,march,april,may,june,july,sept,oct,nov,dec
1986-jan,feb

Australian CoCo-Link Magazine
1989 june – vol 2 num3,august vol2 num4,october vol2 num5 ,dec vol2 num6,

1990 (complete) feb vol 3 num 1, april vol 3 num 2, june vol 3 num3, aug vol3 num 4, oct vol 3 num 5, dec vol3 num 6

1991 – (complete) feb vol 4 num 1, apr vol 4 num 2, june/july vol 4 num 3, aug/sept vl 4 num 4, oct/nov vol 4 num 5, dec/jan vol 4 num6,

1992 (compkete) feb/march vol 5 num 1, apr/may vol 5 num 2, june/july vol 5 num 3, aug/sept vol 5 num 4, oct/nov vol 5 num 5, dec/jan 1992-93 vol 5 num 6

1993 (complete) jan/feb vol 1 num1, march / april vol 1 num 2, may/jun vol 1 num 3, july/aug vol 1 num 4, sept/oct vol 1 num 5, nov / dec vol 1 num 6,

1994 – (complete)jan/feb vol 2 num 1, mar/april vol 2 num 2, may/jun vol 2 num 3, july/aug vol 2 num 4, sept/oct vol 2 num 5, nov/dec vol 2 num 6,

1995 (complete – final year) jan/feb vol 3 num1, may/apr vol 3 num 2, may/jun vol 3 num 3, may/jun vol 3 num 3, july/aug vol 3 num 4, sept/nov vol 3 num 5, nov/dec vol 3 issue 6 the very last magazine made

The coco-link is my pride and joy collection. I made many contributions to the magazine over the years and became good friends with the people who made it, Fred and Ros.

Just got off the phone to talking to Ros, we have full permission to convert all Coco-link magazines in to PDF format.

Yippie!

Id like to see this magazine collection dedicated to Fred as he is no longer with us unfortunately.

Sweet! Empty boxes on eBay!

fiscap — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:31:08 +0000

Some eBay listings just kill me. Here is one for 8 empty cartridge boxes (by empty they mean the manual is included).

[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280299657088[/url]

I know that they are probably of value to someone in the community (especially the manuals), but a ‘BuyIt Now’ only auction for $39.99?!?!

At least they didn’t use ‘RARE’ or ‘ONE OF A KIND’ in the title.

ebay sale coco & multipak

lumbee74 — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:21:08 +0000

Saw auction for coco and multipak for 400++. Is this normal for such an item? Seems like new item price for vintage item. Just wondering if i’m wrong in my thinking?

Orchestra90 Hardware

Ed Orbea — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 07:59:35 +0000

I am looking to see if somebody has a working Orchestra90 cartridge they are willing to sell. I have been watching eBay, but to no avail. If anybody has one available, they can contact me off-line.

ed dot orbea at gmail dot com

Thanks
Ed Orbea

FREE – 3 CoCo’s – HOME HAS BEEN FOUND – THANK YOU

oldhardware — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:18:57 +0000

I have the following equipment that needs a good home:

1 Original CoCo M# 26-3002 Serial # 000153 (Has been moded)
Additional Memory and Upgraded Keyboard
2 CoCo2′s M# 26-3026 Serial # 132910 and 46037
1 Multipack Interface 26-3024 Serial # 12870
1 Floppy Controller M# 26-3022
2 5 1/4 Floppy Drives
Other Goodies.

Free – Either pick up or pay for shipping. If there are no takers these items will be going to a recycling center.

I do not know if the items work and will not be testing them.

MUST TAKE ALL – I WILL NOT SPLIT UP ITEMS.

Coco equipment and mags to give away or sell.

Robert Gault — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:55:57 +0000

I received two messages recently and I think anyone interested in getting some Coco equipment or magazines should respond with reasonable offers to Fr. Joseph.

Greetings:

I have a collection of COCO stuff: three computers, two monitors, disk drives, multipak, game cartridges, and etc. I had intended to set up an Ebay account and sell the items, but that is no longer an option.

Instead of throwing the stuff away, I found your name through an Internet website, that you are in Michigan, and wondered if you would like to pick up my whole collection and sell or do what you would like with it.

Please advise.

Peace…

Joseph

Fr. Joseph Neiman
34462 First St
Paw Paw, MI 49079

jneiman@btc-bci.com

============================================================
Robert: Thanks for your reply. Any way you can help me spread the word, I would appreciate. I hesitate to throw out all this stuff. I have several years of Rainbow and Hot Coco magazines and a lot of stuff that other Coco users gave me in the past. If I can’t find someone interested, it will all be tossed.

Peace…

Joseph

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mkandrac36 coco stuff sale on ebay

navydave — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:38:16 +0000

mkandrac36 (or MRCoCo123) on the coco list wanted me to spread the word, he is selling off some excess coco gear. I picked up a spare 64k 3127B for .99 cents! Keep yours eyes open for some upcoming good deals…
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmkandrac36

Complete set of 84 Rainbows end in 5 hrs, No Bids yet

navydave — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:00:17 +0000

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260284020576&ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:1123

Spotted it, for those looking for 84′s.

Moron #1

vcc6809 — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 23:00:43 +0000

digitaldollars23 = binaryboob = braindeadboolean

http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer_W0QQitemZ170257701979QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item170257701979&_trkparms=72%3A1163%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Its a “MODEL 1″ and includes the mouse. And maybe the little wheel it runs on.

Huge, unbelieveable CoCo Sale

thanatos — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:21:41 +0000

I’m hoping to start a little storm around the CoCo community.

I’m selling my entire CoCo collection. As much love as I have for it, it’s just not prudent for me to keep it around anymore. It’s been powered on for about 4 total hours in the last 9 years, and most of that has been the last 3 months getting all the pictures ready.
I know there must be some enthusiasts with much more, but you must agree this a very extensive collection. It took a lot to convince myself I’m finally willing to part with it all.

[url]http://www.i8u2.com/coco/[/url]

Page is obviously a work in progress. I’m also experimenting with Google Picasa, as there is no way my home web server could host this many pictures (without it taking 10 minutes to load)
If there are image problems please be patient. All my testing looks pretty good so far.

Make offers, and I’ll put the going prices next to the items. I figure I’ll give each item a week.

I still have PILES more not photographed yet. Manuals, software, etc.

As it says on the bottom of the page… badfrog _at_ gmail -dot- com

Greedy ebay sellers – am I the only one annoyed by this?

Cambian — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:57:45 +0000

In hunting for new coco hardware, I came accross many greedy sellers, but one thing more than most REALLY bothers me.

Search for radio shack color or trs-80 color or tandy color and you find some coco gear, software, and GAME PACKS.

I noticed some sellers right now who are selling the BOOK and the Game pack seperately, asking 2.49 to ship each. How greedy can these sellers be to seperate them just to rock you for 2.49 twice, plus get a couple extra bucks for the book? Is it just me or is that ridiculous?

There also seems to be some sellers on drugs, asking 149.00$ plus shipping for a coco2 that is literally brown from yellowing.

Its also a shame that many sellers are selling coco2′s with some peripherals so I think I may end up with alot of extra coco2′s that I don’t want just to get some joysticks or game packs or a disc controller.

Has anyone else here gone through the ebay route for refinding your old coco hardware? Seems to be alot of fair sellers but also some sharks on there, which is sad.

I mean, I’m willing to pay a fair price for the things I’m looking for but some of these guys are just crazy, seperating the game pack and the book is a perfect example of just GREED of some of these guys.

The shipping charge violations are also ridiculous, I noticed a whole thread here about that. Some of these idiots are trying to charge 39.00$ to ship a coco! Thats just crazy, unless they are packing it in 30$ worth of packing peanuts and packing tape in a brand new padded box or something.

Saddened in my searching,

Steven

Items needed

Cambian — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:47:11 +0000

I came back to cocoing some time ago and got pretty hooked on emulators.

I recently got a coco 1 at a flea market for 5.00$ recently, OMG the old battleship grey beast with the chicklet keyboard back in my hands again.
This was the first computer I had as a kid, so I was happy to have one again.
I almost hugged it when I got it home.

Next, I got a coco2 on ebay in amazing shape in a box, looks like it was never even used its so white and clean. I’m thinking about getting a coco3 from cloud9 next. Getting the cpu is easy, its the rest that seems to be tough, even on ebay.

I am looking for a multi-pak, disc controller and disk drives though just a controller would be fine I can rig my own floppys. Also looking for orchestra 90, speech/sound pack, rs232 pack and joysticks, the white radio shack ones, not the black ones. Cm-8 monitor would be nice, but I’ll probably just buy that VGA converter that is available now. I could also use a cassette drive and cables for that. Right now I am leaving the poor coco2 on for days since I have no way to save the programs.

Also, looking for coco 2 keyboard to replace the chicklet keyboard in my coco1, or appropriate replacement keyboard for the coco 1 chicklet keyboard.

Also looking for game paks of any type. Do you have any of this and would you like to part with them to a great home with a fellow coco-nut? Please post here or contact me with pm.

REALLY NEED the joysticks and a cassette drive, I can get by for awhile with just those, but they are hard to find even on ebay. I can buy game packs on ebay but I have no joysticks to play with them

If anyone would consider trading any of the stuff listed for pc’s or pc parts I have alot of that around.

paypal preferred, please give prices.

Thanks!

Steven

WTB/Wanted a copy/PDF of Nick’s CoCoNuts book

court — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 23:30:01 +0000

Nick / Jim Davis aren’t responding to any e-mails I send them so….

Anyone have a copy for sale?

WTB: Nov ’87 issue of Rainbow Magazine

court — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:35:13 +0000

This is the one that contained, “Galactic Conflict.”

I’m also interested in issues from 87 and 88.

Please have references when replying (Don’t want to get scammed if you know what I mean.)

MM1 anyone know what one is worth?

rondelvo — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:35:56 +0000

I have an MM1 os9 motorola 68020 or 040 not sure
Keyboard cpu and mouse.
Working as of the last time I Booted it

Ron Delvaux

FT: Boxed TRS-80 Modem I (Silver) for CoCo game cartridges

phil_vr — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:34:26 +0000

I have an almost unused boxed Radioshack TRS-80 Modem I (Silver) that I would like to trade for a few CoCo game cartridges. Box is in pretty good shape, and the modem is almost like never been used.

WTB/WTTF: CoCo game cartridges

phil_vr — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 00:16:45 +0000

I just got a couple of CoCo2′s (16k – 64k) and I am looking for a few fun games to have on cartridges. I have nothing specific on mind since I am a new CoCo user, so everything is on play.

Interested in buying or trading with lots of Atari VCS stuff that I have (Consoles and cartridges).

TDP-100 on Atariage.com

thanatos — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:16:20 +0000

It’s not mine, but thought someone here might take interest in it.
Serial #111 too.

http://www.atariage.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=128242

CoCo 3 wanted

joeld — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 01:09:08 +0000

If anyone has one available or knows of one I would be interested. I already have a floppy drive and monitor. 512k upgrade would be awesome. I’m willing to pay, obviously.

Mainly this is for personal reasons…I first started programming on one of these. Also, my Opa (who passed away a year ago) did a lot of programming on it and I still have a number of disks of his old programs, mainly accounting programs he wrote for his electrical contracting company in Two Harbors MN, as well as song-lyrics displays. I wish we still had our original one!

Big Rainbow Collection for sale On ebay

navydave — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:07:22 +0000

I’d bid on this but I’m pretty sure I already have all of these…
http://cgi.ebay.com/Rainbow-Magazine-Collection-for-Coco-Color-Computer_W0QQitemZ230259207143QQihZ013QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

56 mags in all!!

Spray paint, or rare coco?

sc — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:49:25 +0000

Take a look at this:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-TANDY-TRS-80-COLOR-COMPUTER-263-3001-Works_W0QQitemZ150231220824QQihZ005QQcategoryZ4193QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem

So… did someone paint this, or is there some version of the coco that I’ve never seen before?

-sc

Wanted: half height floppy

sc — Tue, 20 May 2008 06:05:22 +0000

I have a 501 disk and controller, and the drive looks like the standard half-height in the bottom of the case, and a blank panel above. I would like to slip another drive in there… it looks like the ribbon cable sort of sneaks in the back between the back of the case and the top surface, that must be “normal.”

Anyway, I’d be interested in a half height drive that I could just slide in there. I’m assuming that if I opened it up, I would see an extra connector on the ribbon cable. I don’t know if that’s true, so maybe I should take a look.

Anyway, a drive or even advice would be welcome. Thanks!

-sc

wanted an fd-502 controler.

drakahn — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:03:07 +0000

i need the version with disk extended color basic 2.1…

does any one happen to have one of these lying around?

thanks

Check out this auction

fffiend — Fri, 16 May 2008 20:34:44 +0000

http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-Color-Computer-Games-Rainbow-Cassetes_W0QQitemZ330236851452QQihZ014QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Interest in Speech Systems, Orchestra-90 cartridges?

Lagrangian — Wed, 14 May 2008 07:15:20 +0000

While inventorying my collection, I discovered that I still had my Speech Systems speech synthesizer cartridge, and my Tandy Orchestra-90 cartridge.

However, any drivers/software I had for them are long gone, so I have no way to use them, test them, or see if they are working.

And as nice as the idea may be, I also know I won’t have the time to do anything with them even if I could find the software, so I’d be interested in selling them.

Overall collection value?

thanatos — Tue, 13 May 2008 10:02:37 +0000

Hi all, I’ve been lurking here for quite awhile, mainly don’t contribute because I don’t have time to play with the toys anymore, I just enjoy the reminiscing!

I have a pretty extensive CoCo collection I’m thinking of selling. Time to move, and sadly I never touch the stuff anymore.

My system consists a 512k (almost typed meg… heh) CoCo3, an MPI (the beige one, but I also have a grey model too), a Disto Super Controller II, a CM-8 RGB monitor (not sure if that’s worth shipping), dual floppy setup.

The most important part to me was the Burke & Burke controller with what if I remember correctly is a 20meg drive. (last time I powered up the system was about 5 years ago- Not even sure I’m spelling the name of it right!)
And who would EVER need 20 Megabytes? That was just crazy talk!

Also, there is a modem card (RS-232? I forgot the term!!!) in the MPI, I believe it is the “Telepak II” I also have another available that was modded from the old modem pak.

This setup was king back in 1991.

Is it of any value at all, should I sell it as a lot, or separately? I’d like to avoid Ebay just because they’ve become pretty bad lately as far as supporting the customers.

Wanted – Color Robot Battle

Lagrangian — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 08:04:33 +0000

I’m looking for “Color Robot Battle”. This is the ROMpack where you programmed “robots” in a simple, LOGOesque language and they’d battle each other.

What did eBay do?

sc — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:27:35 +0000

Did eBay get rid of all the subcategories of “Vintage Computing” when I wasn’t looking? I don’t see any TRS-80 category, or anything else for that matter. Piling every kind of old computer into one category seems pretty lame.

Slotpak

mdelyea — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:18:40 +0000

I noticed a Slotpak 3 for sale on eBay. Does anyone know if its compatible with the coco 3?

Wanted cable for cassette recorder

Brute — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:21:22 +0000

I have the CTR-80A, model 26-1206, but no cable.
If anyone has a cable to sell, let me know.
Thanks!

Value of white CoCo and CoCo2 machines?

Lagrangian — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:51:53 +0000

Discovering this site got me to go up to the attic and actually see what I’ve accumulated in eBay auctions over the years (sometimes the only way to get some software or peripheral I wanted was to get a complete system). I was surprised to find out that I have two white “Color Computers” and three “64K Color Computer 2″s, in addition to some “128K Color Computer 3″s.

So I have a couple of questions…

(1) Is there any reason (aside from nostalgia) to keep around a CoCo/Coco2 if one has working CoCo3 machines? Back in the day I never owned a CoCo3 — I had gone from CoCo2 to Amiga and never got into the CoCo3 scene. Are CoCo3s fully backward-compatible with CoCo/CoCo2 machines, especially with respect to cartridges and drive controllers?

(2) Especially if the CoCo3 is fully backward compatible with CoCo/CoCo2, is there much demand for the CoCo/CoCo2? From what I can see with Google, it appears pretty much all CoCo activity these days is focussed on the CoCo3? Should I even bother trying to sell my CoCo/CoCo2 machines?

Thanks!

Can anyone help?

solstice — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:38:50 +0000

My husband and I stumbled onto a stash of old Byte and Rainbow Magazines. We listed most of them on ebay, and they will be up in the next 2 -7 days. But one set we DIDN’T list is what appears to be a set of the very first year of Rainbow (the newsletters). But we have read in a few places that they only made 25-50 copies of these. At least the first issue. Is there anyway to tell an actual first copy from a later reprint? Was the paper different? I noticed in the 4th anniversary issue where they reprinted the first issue, that the paper was considerably more yellow, and there was the word “VOID” printed over the subscriber part that you would have been able to mail in on the original. We’d really like to know what we have here, and would appreciate any help you all might be able to give.

Sorry for the following shameless self promotion:

If you want to check out any of the auctions we DO have listed for the magazines, search under ebay user udofred0gi9

Looking for Cp-400 and TDP-100

vcc6809 — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:28:01 +0000

Anyone have either a CP-400 or a TDP-100 that they want to sell?
I’m trying to round out my collection, Working or not as long as all the pieces are still present.

512K CoCo3, FD501 and two 80 track drives, Orch 90 card, etc

brianstretch — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 03:17:33 +0000

My collection of CoCo3 stuff needs a new home. Not sure what it’s worth, but I’m short on both space and cash, so…

512K CoCo3, working, screws to hold the cover on are missing.
FD501 and what I’m pretty sure are two 80 track floppy drives, working.
Robocop cartridge
WordPak II 80 column card and manual for CoCo1/2
Joystick (white two button)
Photocopy of the Disk EDTASM manual
Photocopy of the OS9 L2 Development System manual
Two port DB25 serial manual switchbox
RS232 Pak manual, don’t think I have the card anymore

Anyone remember The Falcon’s Lair BBS? That was me.

Edit: sold the Orch 90 card, sold the boxes of discs

Wanted cassette recorder for Coco 1

Brute — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 06:19:52 +0000

Thanks!

Wanted EDTASM cartridge

Brute — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:37:15 +0000

Have 4k unmodified Coco 1.
Thanks!

Wanted memory for Coco 1

Brute — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:36:13 +0000

Would like to add memory to an unmodified 4k Coco 1.
Thanks!

I want my old tapes back!!!!!

blochead — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:05:34 +0000

I know it’s not exactly possible, since I lost track of them around 1988 (these were for the CoCo2, 16K), but I am sick of messing around with trying to find all of my favorite games and such using CASOUT (which doesn’t seem to give me the best results…1 in 10 games actually work loading into a real CoCo at that point it seems) or from these discs I bought from some dude on eBay with the restored wav files on them (there were 78 programs on these discs and I got about 15 games to work, but to be fair, I believe that some of them are for a machine with more memory than I have.)

MY TAPES NEVER GAVE ME ANY GRIEF!! Never! They loaded in, and that’s it! I never even had a real TRS-80 tape drive! I had a Hitachi boom box that worked extremely well for this. Some of my favorite tapes were actually made from other people’s tapes between two little tape recorders (God knows how many times they were copied before I got my copies, even!) and they STILL worked perfectly!!

There was one tape circulating around town here in the mid-eighties that had a series of machine-language games on them, and anyone who was anyone had a bootleg copy of them. I remember the one with the most games started like this:

WBRUN (Whirlybird Run)
TRAPFALL
BLOCHEAD
CATCHEM (I think this was next)

…and so on, including POPCORN, SKIING, ROBOTACK, INVASION, VENTURER, etc. I even had a working copy (possibly a DRAGON version) of ESCAPE!!!

I miss my tapes.

Anyone remember doing this…getting a tape from someone with games and programs on it that you did not know, and that minute or so it took to CLOADM into the machine was SO THRILLING. “F” is flashing….”F” is flashing…”F” is flashing…OK! YAY!! C’mon, man, run it!!! E X E C. Awesome.

Well, if anyone has the tape I mentioned, let me know, I would love to have a copy, but if not, what else can I do???

eric

Looking for Coco 3

kchu28 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:04:26 +0000

Hi!

I’m looking for a working mint Coco 3 and/or FD 501 drive. If anyone has one and would like to sell please PM me.

Thanks!

Rainbows and Hot Coco’s on Ebay

navydave — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 07:38:42 +0000

Found some Rainbows and Hot Coco’s on ebay for those looking….
I scoffed up 2 83 auctions, offered 6.00, they countered with 8.00 for the 12.99 batches. Looks like they’ve been there for a while and no-ones seen them.
Rainbows:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330195904395&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330195904793&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330195905153&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330195905716&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330195906272&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330195906727&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014

Hot Coco’s
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330171897335&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=330171897631&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=014

coco stuff needs new home

Stretch — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 07:29:06 +0000

I have a coco2, and a coco3, modem for coco, rainbow magazines, and more(as I gather it from basement and garage) to offer for sale to someone in upstate NY(to avoid massive shipping charges)

I’ve had the collection for over 20 years, bought most of it new, just simply haven’t had the time to enjoy. I think the cc3 needed a single part that may be in the box(I will check as I assemble the whole package) Not sure how many rainbow mags, or game carts. I’m hoping to find the disc drive that I had in there somewhere. Not sure how much works.

coco stuff needs new home

Stretch — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 06:05:46 +0000

I have a coco2, and a coco3, modem for coco, rainbow magazines, and more(as I gather it from basement and garage) to offer for sale to someone in upstate NY(to avoid massive shipping charges)

coco 3 worth?

bronco — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:00:44 +0000

Whats the general consensus of what a working coco3 is worth nowadays? Or say a fd 501 disk drive?

Some guy that I know indirectly has a pile of coco stuff for sale for 75$

Evidently he needs to get rid of it and I need to make a decision within a day or so.

I have 2 coco 3′s and 1 or a couple coco 2′s so I don’t really need another coco for myself , but supposedly there is a disk drive , a printer, and a pile of software games and maybe some rainbow mags that go with it.

I have plenty of room here so I’m thinking of buying the stuff just to fill in gaps in my stash, and maybe pass the rest on to someone else.

Not lookin to get rich off it but maybe break even a little and help others fill in gaps in their collections rather than see the stuff wind up in a landfill somewhere

Nathan

CoCo3 offered to a good home

Mute — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 06:20:02 +0000

Hi!

I am in the Seattle/Tacoma area of Washington.

I have had a CoCo3 since the 80s. It has been stored in its original box along with a RGB monitor and a disk drive. I don’t have the packing material and the boxes aren’t in the best of shape, but I recently tried the computer and it works. The monitor does hum a little. I did not try the disk drive.

I have no real use for it, but have been keeping it through several moves more out of nostalgia then anything else.

I would like to get rid of it, but would hate to just dispose/recycle it. Granted it is a old computer (With a whopping 128K of memory ) but considering this site is still active, I thought I would try it.

Anyone interested in it? If you want to pay for shipping, I’ll even ship it to you. Post if you are interested with whether you’d prefer UPS, FedEx or USPS

I would also rather keep all the items together. If the CoCo3 goes without the Monitor, I will just get rid of it. I didn’t dwell on it that long, but can try my best to take a video of it to see if I can capture the noise.

Many Thanks!

ISO broken or cheap Multipack

Tw0 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:46:17 +0000

As the title states, I am trying to locate a cheap MPI. I wouldn’t mind one that needs work whatsoever. Only ones I see available atm are very highly priced out of my price range.

If anyone has one that needs love to be restored, please let me know!

For $ale

ToyTrains — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:16:28 +0000

I want to unload my entire CoCo collection. I haven’t used this stuff in ten years, and with young kids and other interests it’s best that it all finds a home where it will be used. I am the original owner of everything. It was all working fine when I packed it away. Here is a partial list as I haven’t pulled it out of the closet yet.

128kB coco 3
Single Tandy disk drive with controller
Big pile of Rainbow magazines
os9/2 with manuals
multiview with manuals
edtasm cartridge
scripsit cartridge
orch 90/cc cart
dmp105 printer
tandy tape drive
coco max 3 w/ custom hi-res interface
rs mouse
rs deluxe joystick
hi-res interface
several cartidge games
a small pile of 5 1/4 disks with various software
Numerous CoCo books

Make me an offer through a PM. Thanks!

Alignment Diskette

Tw0 — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 23:41:37 +0000

Seems I have more 5.25 drives then I remembered! After scouring through my treasure trove of a computer graveyard, I came away with:
[b:e3f4ae2c97]
(4) 5.25 360Kb Teac FD-55F’s,
(1) 5.25 Tandon like Teac 160kb?
(9) or so 3.5″ drives. A few I think are older 720kb’s out of an Epson 8088 laptop.
AND HERES THE KICKER, AN [u:e3f4ae2c97]8″ Shugart 801, 2nd gen drive.[/u:e3f4ae2c97] [/b:e3f4ae2c97]

What I had already,
(2) 5.25 Teac FD-55GFR’s, 1.2mb
(1) 5.25 Mitsubishi 1.2mb
(1) 3.5/5.25 Combo, 1.44/1.2
and a few laptop drives, 2 are 720kb from early IBM Thinkpads.

For those who don’t know, the original Shugart 8″ 800 was a crap drive, and the original 801 was the same drive with just different/more jumper settings. This is the 2nd gen redesign that is alot more reliable. I wonder if i should take the time to restore this, or just sell it. I don’t have any disks for it sadly beyond a few with bad sectors.

So now that I have this pile of drives sitting next to me, its apparently clear I have too many, but that is another story altogether! [u:e3f4ae2c97]What I need is an 5.25 Analog Alignment Diskette and the area needed to probe.[/u:e3f4ae2c97] I have a cheap homemade soundcard interfaced oscilloscope I was going to use for this purpose. 100Mhz is fast enough correct? Any comments or tips be helpful here. I cleaned all these drives already, and have yet to oil them. Hopefully this weekend. I do know the hack method, which is to slowly adjust it a step at a time, format a floppy and test it on another working drive, but I rather adjust the drives correctly.

On a side note, I can’t do much anything else at the moment. My Coco2′s keyboard don’t work correctly, and awaiting MrNukem to see if I can snag the machine he graciously offered. Worst case I gain some knowledge here in 5.25 cleaning/aligning and sell off a few of the restored drives and perhaps some new ribbon cables to buy a coco2/coco3 off eBay or Cloud09.

Also, is it worth the time/effort to modify a 3022 first gen 12v controller pack to work with an 1.44 HD drive as 4 disks in disk basic, or should I just stick to 720kb DD diskettes and use the Teac combo drive, or use both a 1.44 and a 5.25 independantly?

ISO “Color Computer 2 Service Manual”

Tw0 — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:22:16 +0000

I managed to track down the name of the service manual, but alas no Tandy stock #. Can another help out further here? Only link to it’s existence is past 90 days on ebay.

eBay: Color Computer 2 Service Manual (item 300065816922 end time Jan-03-07 16:35:08 PST)

A good looking CoCo 2 Service Manual for the 26-3026 and 3027. Those would be the original CoCo 2s, so worth a look if you need the specs for restoration or repair work.

Wanted: Edtasm Cartridge

sc — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:43:42 +0000

Edtasm cartridge, not picky about manuals or anything.

-sc

Rare Coco on eBay

sc — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 03:08:05 +0000

Go to ebay and lookup item:

130188824933

Unless I’m mistaken, that’s one rare coco. Can’t justify bidding on it myself, as I’ve already got a house full of coco’s. Kinda tempted though.

Need Coco 2 upper shell badly!

Tw0 — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:15:17 +0000

Recently I inherited a box of crap from a friend of mine. Upon opening the box I found a horror story. A crushed coco2! The keyboard was smashed, some caps broken off, the psu had its cable cut, ect. It was torn apart and in complete disarray. :S

I am currently trying to find a upper half of a shell casing for a coco2, to get this unit complete again. I received a unit that was terribly abused, and would like nothing more then to bring it back to life.

Please help me resurrect what would have been shipped to the dump. I would be willing to pay shipping ect, but don’t have alot of money for my hobbies atm. All I am trying to accomplish is a working coco2 and a drive to go with it. I have been able to find a few items on eBay, and snagged up what I could.

Coco 2 – missing the huge 4700uf cap, power supply, upper shell, among misc other chipped disc capicators and resistors that will need replacement. I haven’t had a chance yet to swap them out, but should be done soon. I did happen to have a few old keyboards in my attic, so that was easily replaced with a coco3 keyboard.

Basically im looking for any parts unit coco2, or just an upper shell. Also any ideas on how to get a Teac FD-505 working on a 3022 controller would be usefull also! Also I would be willing to trade some of the stuff I recieved that I dont really need.

=========
Coco 2 – in pieces. Do have 2 good keyboards though, coco2 and coco3.
3022 floppy pak and drive in misc pieces, but do have some other drives. Need a cable and help configuring a drive.
PBJ Inc PC PAK prototype board? Some sort of jdos diy pack. I could scan this in if someone could help tell me what it is.
Color Computer 2 Dust cover with DMP 105 printer dust cover
TRS-80 Coco Mouse ( black one w/ red button)
Few joysticks
Coco plug n power set, minus cart and instructions. Base only no cable.
ST-255 MFM hdd Seagate

Who’s got my Coco?

sc — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 19:32:26 +0000

Here’s a funny one. I’ve always wondered what happened to my “original” childhood coco. Battleship grey, chiclets replaced with aftermarket keyboard. How I would know it from the others: extended basic was a copy somebody installed on an eeprom or something. The copy was flawed: If you attempted to use the basic command mid$ as a statement (not function), the machine would hang up. So the following program would fail:

10 A$=”HOLLO”
20 MID$(A$,2,1)=”E”
30 PRINT A$

If this causes your machine to hang up, you’ve got my coco! Unless this flaw in extended basic was actually common. Sadly, it may be in a landfill somewhere…

ROM Pak manuals

admin — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:54:28 +0000

I have some ROM Pak manuals for anybody who has an interest. Make an offer.

Chess, Quasar Commander, Color File, Space Assault, Galactic Attack, Clowns and Baloons, Project Nebula, Polaris, Pinball, Mega-Bug

2 Plug’n Power Remote-Command Controllers 26-1182, 26-3142

admin — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 22:51:46 +0000

I have a new Plug’n Power controller for the CoCo 1,2,3, cat 26-1182 for sale. Make an offer. I removed it from the box and inner plastic wrap to try it out one day and it’s in perfect condition.

“Dims lights & turns on & off”, “radios, coffee pot, room lights * fan, stereo systems, electric blanket, outdoor lighting, electric heaters, televisions, lamps”.

You’ll need some remote modules for this item and you’re set to control everything you want from your CoCo.

I also have a used Plug’n Power model 26-3142 that has a power cord plug 9V batter slot, but I’m not sure how this item compares to the other model. Make an offer for it as well.

Free Original 32K CoCo 1 26-3001 To A Good Home

djutc — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 08:38:29 +0000

Hey Everyone,

Does anyone want a free TRS-80 Color Computer 1 26-3001 grey model. I have an extra one here and I’m trying to clean up a bit. I would rather give it to someone instead of tossing it.

It has 32K if not 64K ram installed and Extended Color Basic.

Let me know if anyone is interested. Just have to cover my shipping thats it and no I don’t inflate my shipping cost at all. What I pay is what you pay.

Thanks,
Neil

New stuff on ebay! Vintage!

unknown — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:40:33 +0000

Amazingly someone purchased a Radio Shack that has been closed since 1992 with inventory! They are slowly placing the items (stll sealed in boxes) on ebay.
Items never been opened for 20 years!!!
Check out this brand new Multi Pak still in the box:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-TRS-80-Multipak-Color-Interface_W0QQitemZ110195973874QQihZ001QQcategoryZ74947QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Check out his other items… who knows what will be listed…

CoCo 2 Schematic

devster — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:44:07 +0000

Hi,
Is there a CoCo 2 schematic, or a copy of the service manual floating around on the web? I already tried an extensive search, but had no luck obtaining a schematic. I have all the major ic components for a coco 1/2 (SAM, VDG, CPU, MC1372, etc) on my shelf somewhere, and I wish to create a clone – but I need a schematic. Without one, I can make a clone based on a derivation of the memory maps, and the respective datasheets , but I don’t really want to go through this route

Thanks!

For Sale: Coco3 with 512k RAM $75 + shipping

Scott — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 06:20:25 +0000

This system was used by myself to develop various COCO3 games including The Wild West and Castle of Tharrogad (for Radio Shack). Includes program Pak Castle of Tharrogad. $75 + shipping from Florida, USA. Can accept PayPal.