[Coco] The most bizarre thing

[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

the black wire is a push button to activate something


On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:

> ... a serial to parallel convertor for a printer?
>
> my $0.02
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Gunshannon" <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu
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> Subject: Re: [Coco] The most bizarre thing
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>>  why there is a 34 wire flat cable with an female edge connector on it
>>> then?
>>>
>>
>> Well, I could speculate all night.....
>>
>> An unfinished 8" floppy adapter.
>> An attempt at a floppy tape controller.
>> A robot controller.
>>
>> The possibilities are endless.
>>
>> Like I said, can't wait to learn wht the numbers on the chips are.
>>
>>
>>> but yes the wire seems to plug on an power olutlet.
>>>
>>
>> If what I can see is intended to pulg directly into an AC outlet
>> I would guess it is a COCO destructor.  :-)  I know of no regulator
>> that could take 120VDC and regulate it down to 5V or even 12V without
>> generating more heat than my furnace in the basement.  And they don't
>> even have heatsinks.
>>
>> bill
>>
>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
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>>> On 2013-05-14, at 8:16 PM, "Bill Gunshannon" <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>  dunno the wire is cut. i'll give more pics tomorrow
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> By the big caps I can see what looks like a couple rectifier diodes
>>>> and some voltage regulators.  Looks like one big honkin brute force
>>>> power supply.
>>>>
>>>> Be interesting to learn wht the numbers on the chips are.
>>>>
>>>> I seriously don't see anything there that would be a disk emulator.
>>>>
>>>> bill
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:56 PM, T. Franklin <tim at franklinlabs.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>  I've had science projects in the fridge for 6 months that look better
>>>>>> than that. What are the big caps hooked too?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) [mailto:retrocanada76 at gmail.**com<retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> ]
>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 05:26 PM
>>>>>> To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'
>>>>>> Subject: [Coco] The most bizarre thing
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Got a coco2 for free with extra stuff and this bizarre unfinished
>>>>>> scienceproject.It connects to the floppy controller, but what is it ?
>>>>>> A
>>>>>> rom
>>>>>> based floppyemulator prototype ?pic.twitter.com/1SQqdqihux don't have
>>>>>> other photos as I will put my hands on it tomorrow.What could it be
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