[Coco] CP-400 pics available (was Re: CoCoFEST! 2012 Introduces LogiCall V7 for CoCo)

[Paulo Lindoso]

Outstanding state of conservation for a 30+-year old computer which must
have travelled quite a bit! :)

There was a "version 1" of the CP400 (which I owned, before switching to an
"original" 128K CoCo3), with a different keyboard (smaller keys, worse
experience) and two models: 32K and 64K with a standard cloned ECB 2.1.

As far as I remember, compatibility was 100% as Brazilian laws at the time
would protect local industries against international copyright
infringements... All they had to do was to "translate" ECB into Portuguese
(which essentially meant changing "Error" to "Erro" and other minor stuff)
and done!

One problem was that the expansion slot was 100% electrically and logically
compatible, but its form factor was completely different from Tandy's,
making it impossible for us to import Tandy cartridges and/or expansion
packs of any nature, not to mention 3rd party stuff...

These were romantic, somewhat innocent times in Brazilian computer scene...



On Sun, Aug 12, 2012 at 5:39 PM, John W. Linville <linville at tuxdriver.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 09, 2012 at 02:57:54PM -0300, Juan Castro wrote:
> > On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 2:47 PM, <Clubbbs at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > and Tony Podraza's CoCo 2 clone from Brazil.
> > >
> >
> > Wait, wait, WHICH clone was that?
>
> Actually, it was mine -- a CP400 Color II by Prologica.
>
> I put some pictures of it here:
>
>         http://www.flickr.com/photos/46860287@N03/sets/72157631037380094/
>
> It seems to be compatible with the CoCo and CoCo2.  It even runs
> Fahrfall... :-)
>
> The downside, of course, is that it outputs "PAL-M" video (i.e. NTSC
> video timings with PAL color encoding).  So it shows-up as black and
> white on NTSC televisions.  I do have a tuner box that understands
> that mode, so it isn't all bad.
>
> The other main problem with mine is that the power switch is broken.
> It has a few swollen caps too...  Oh, well, something to fix!
>
> John
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