[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: Is this worth the buy?

[Louis Ciotti]

Yea $25 would not be bad for the remaining as spare parts.  The GIME logic
has already been worked out hasn't it?  I would think it would have had
have been for the COCO_FPGA right?

On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Harry Hurst <hhos at st-tel.net> wrote:

> I think it would be possible to replace the GIME if you wanted to work it
> all out on a FPGA with a few analog support chips, but that would be a LOT
> of work. There is still a possibility that just thoroughly cleaning all
> the contacts would clear things up, so it might not be a bad deal, but
> that's not the way I would go with my money. If they weren't asking so
> much I might go for it, at maybe $25, including shipping? :)
>
> HH
>
> > I've had at least two 6809s go bad, though I don't recall the exact
> > symptoms.
> >
> > But you are likely right that the GIME would be a more probable
> > suspect.  That raises an interesting question:  Would one pay ANY
> > money for a CoCo 3 with a bad GIME?  Or are GIMEs now so unobtainable
> > that replacing one would cost more than the machine is worth?
> >
> > Art
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