[Coco] I tried

[Brian Blake]

Is John still around? I remember buying something of his off eBay a
couple years ago, and he disappeared right after the auction, think he
got sick again...

But yeah, eBay has gotten really bad for classic computer stuff. I
rarely even look there anymore...

Sent from my Windows Phone
From: Aaron Wolfe
Sent: 5/24/2013 3:10 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] I tried
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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