[Coco] I tried

[Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)]

My adivce is: search all day on craiglists and kijiji. You may find even
coco3s for free. Yes, I missed one for the time I called the donour someone
had already contacted him :(




On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> As your story illustrates, there are Cocos out there and with some
> dedication and patience you can still put together a system on the cheap.
>
> It took me about 3 years to put together the coco I have now, but most of
> the components were quite inexpensive or things I was able to trade someone
> for.
>
> EBay is probably the worst way to go, but even there you can find almost
> anything at a reasonable price if you wait.  You may have luck by
> contacting the seller of one item and asking if they have any more too.
> For example John of gimechip.com often has (very reasonable, imho)
> auctions
> of this or that, but I dont think he constantly lists everything he has.
>
> There is also very little that cannot be done using emulators for the cases
> where one does not have the hardware.
>
> All in all I guess my point is that this hobby can fit into any budget if
> you take your time.
>
> On May 24, 2013 1:57 PM, "Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)" <
> retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I got my first one pure white on a thrifty store for 19.99! I even
> twitted
> > his pic the day it came:
> >
> > pic.twitter.com/dZ5TEk91 <http://t.co/dZ5TEk91>
> >
> > It worked for less than a day then it blew the tension regulator ic. I
> > replaced it and it works fine now. The second one was a yellowish that
> got
> > locally on kijiji for 40 bucks. Together came a useless koala pad and a
> > deluxe joystick. For my surprise it has a disto-512KB expansion on it.
> > Great deal :) now I need to retr0bright it. Waiting for sunny days here
> up
> > north.
> >
> > Last week i got for free a coco2 with a fd-500 controller and disk. The
> > only thing the guy installed a fan on both and has a hole on both cases
> but
> > they work fine for free I cannot complain :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 1:05 PM, Michael Graham <mkgraham at gmx.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I always forget how expensive CoCo 3s generally are.  I managed to get
> > > mine for $30 on eBay, if I remember correctly, but that's because it
> looked
> > > yellowed and trashed.  I got really lucky with it though, as when it
> > > arrived, I discovered a functional 512k RAM upgrade inside!  I took it
> > > apart and re-seated the upgrade, then de-yellowed the case with a
> > > Retr0brite solution, and it's been doing great ever since.
> > >
> > > On 05/24/2013 09:57 AM, Bill Gordon wrote:
> > >
> > >> Well I posted a message some time ago about needing a machine, but got
> no
> > >> responses. And I was looking for a Coco 3, but they are too far out of
> my
> > >> price range (I only have $25 that I could spare).
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces@**
> maltedmedia.com<coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com>]
> > >> On
> > >> Behalf Of Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)
> > >> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 10:12 AM
> > >> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > >> Subject: Re: [Coco] I tried
> > >>
> > >> Why don't you ask here for someone to sell you a really cheap coco2 ?
> > >>
> > >> Sure someone here has piles of coco2's laying around.
> > >>
> > >>
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