[Coco] Probably a Redundant Question

[John Orwen]

Diego
Thank you for your reply.

My concern is: How much longer is this Coco hardware manufactured in the 
early 80's to the early 90's going to last.
Long term electrical stress ( 20 to 30 years ) and the temperature 
induced deterioration of components that age.
Particularly electrolytic capacitors.

The circuit board in the coco3 I currently have is foreign made.  The 
two electrolytic capacitors next to Q1 have started leaking electrolyte 
onto the circuit board.  The computer still works but how much longer.

I know this may be an easy fix for many of the coco hardware gurus but I 
am sure that many of the coco users out there are in their mid 50's to 
mid 60's and may not possess the physical and visual ability to make 
such repairs.

I have recently starting using Drivewire4 on my PC and the HDB DOS with 
DW3 in the disk controller on the coco.
If the coco dies this will not be able to be used.

I see a lot of the current still operating cocos out there dieing in the 
near term future.

The FPGA may indeed be the route to take but not everyone has the 
ability to get the current complexity of it going easily.  If someone 
posses the skill and resources to make it available in a plug and play 
package it would definitely  be something I would be interested in.

On 12/16/2011 5:26 PM, Diego Barizo wrote:
> I would say the CoCo 3 FPGA
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CoCo3FPGA/
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> Diego
>
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> John Orwen wrote:
>> This may very well be a redundant question.  Until very recently I 
>> have been totally away from any activity with a Coco due to health 
>> issues.  I have now as a matter of great therapy reacquainted myself 
>> with it with considerable endeavor.
>>
>> After visiting the www.Coco4.com website an immediate question comes 
>> to mind that may have already been addressed on this list many times 
>> in the last year.  If it has, I apologize for being redundant.
>>
>> What is the most current status on the Coco4 project ?  Has anything 
>> taken place in the last year to bring the described Coco4 emulator, 
>> the coco4 I/O board, and or the described "enhanced version of Basic 
>> " into reality and available to serious Coco users ?
>>
>> Even though I am a past member of the Coco4 website, I have long ago 
>> lost or forgotten my password to log onto
>> it and I seem to be unable to post a message to the administrator 
>> Steve Bjork.
>>
>> If anyone has any information or knowledge about this project in full 
>> or in part, I would appreciate hearing about it.
>>
>> John Orwen
>> jorwen at neb.rr.com
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