[Coco] Looking for non working coco case.

[N8WQ]

Steve,
I have a CoCo 2 case that I am getting ready to throw out if you want 
it. I gutted it for a CoCo 2 re-pak project. I like how small the CoCo 2 
motherboard is (26-3127B). What kind of keyboard will you be using? If 
you need a CoCo keyboard I can throw that in as well.

O. Alan Jones

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Ben Jimenez wrote:
> Steve,
>  
> Yes, it might end up a mess, but I was thinking it would be cool to have a working emulated coco running inside a coco case. It was a project I thought of a while back, but now I seem to have time to put it together. I guess I would mostly be doing it just to amuse myself and see if I could get it done.  I used the coco as a kid and it would be to me at least a more powerful version of the coco that I made myself. So it's just something I wanted to work on as a hobby. I don't want to have to buy a fully working coco, cause it would be a waste to take out the insides. I might have to though if I can't find someone who's willing to part with an old non working one. My basic idea is to use as many of the original coco hole cut outs as I can and then add more cut outs for things like usb, etc. The power supply would have to be external. Hmm or maybe I could try to repack an old laptop motherboard into a coco. I guess I can't plan to do anything unless I
>  get a case to work with. I got rid of my coco long ago.
>
>
> --- On Mon, 5/4/09, steve <steve at batsonphotography.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: steve <steve at batsonphotography.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Looking for non working coco case.
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 2:18 PM
>
>
> I'm totally confused by this.
>
> Are you wanting to build a system that uses one of the emulators to run 
> CoCo software on the PC or Mac but put it in the case? Or, are you wanting 
> to make your own hardware to emulate a CoCo using a CoCo case?
>
> I'm assuming the later is not the case. So, the question is, why on earth 
> would you try to build a computer into a CoCo case to run an emulator that 
> would run on any PC under Windows, Linux, or on a Mac running Mac OSX.
>
> Here's why I'm questioning it...
>
> The CoCo case is fine for handling CoCo hardware that it was designed for. 
> But, a PC or Mac requires more hardware, powersupply, etc and all of the 
> ports are different than what the Coco case is built for. My point is all 
> that hardware is not going to fit into a CoCo case, and should you get it 
> to fit, it's going to be gigantic mess.
>
> Anyway, I'm really curious to have more detail on what you are trying to 
> do.
>
> Steve
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> From: "Ben Jimenez" <ben_jimenez at yahoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:04 PM
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: [Coco] Looking for non working coco case. 
>
> 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 at yahoo.com . Thanks.
>
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