[Coco] Unpacked my CoCo Stuff

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one of several places to get cartridges for cgp-220:
http://www.apexinktoner.com/radio-shack-cgp-220-ink-cartridge-bc-02-rmbc-02.html

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> Subject: Re: [Coco] Unpacked my CoCo Stuff
> From: Andrew <keeper63 at cox.net>
> Date: Thu, April 12, 2007 6:42 pm
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> 
> Re: CGP-220 yellowing I have the same printer, with the same look - I
> tend to wonder if it isn't something else (instead of UV), as this
> printer was "stored" at my parents house for about 10-15 years before
> I got it, and it never saw the sun or much of anything else, even when
> I was using it. Maybe a desk lamp (at least, just the light), with a
> regular bulb (non-flourescent) - but when I left Cali to come here to
> school in Phoenix, I packed it away, and placed it under a bed. When I
> picked it up many years later (along with the rest of my CoCo stuff,
> which all held up fine - 'cept the floppy drive, which I replaced) -
> it was yellowed. Not that I really care - it isn't like I can get new
> cartridges for it (not too mention that it probably needs a complete
> mechanical teardown/cleaning/rebuild before it would even have a
> chance at working)... -- Andrew L. Ayers Glendale, Arizona ---
> >Message: 10 >Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:22:27 -0400 >From:
> bradleyj2 at aol.com >Subject: Re: [Coco] Unpacked my CoCo Stuff >To:
> coco at maltedmedia.com >Message-ID:  >Content-Type: text/plain;
> charset="us-ascii" > >I'm pretty sure it was a cat...It had "that
> smell!" > >In 'bama I always had voicemail...So the digital answering
> machine was >packed away as well. I tried plugging it in and got
> nothing. So I >rinsed it in distilled water and let it dry overnight.
> It works today. >So that may be the route I have to go for my more
> precious CoCo stuff. >It's odd...Some of the cases are fine...Still
> whit. But the worse >yellowing is on my CGP-220 printer. The case is
> all dark yellow. >Except the door that hold the ink. That's still
> white! Very odd. > >Brad -- Coco mailing list Coco at maltedmedia.com
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