[Coco] Getting into Tandy Color Computer 3, Suggestions and Info Needed

[Brandon Tetreau]

Price is fair as it appears the Nano is 70 by itself, guess nothing amazing is cheap.

I was able to get the Coco's going. Let me talk to the wife and see what I can swing :) hopefully all the RGB2VGA's aren't accounted for

2 Coco 3 system upgrades to 512kb back in the 80s.
Multi-pak interface for coco 2 - boxed
CoCoXT / CoCoXT-RTC HDD interface
Deluxe RS-232 Program Pak
TRS-80 Touch Pad
TRS-80 Floppy Controller Pak
TRS-80 Color Computer Mini Disk (dual 5 1/4 floppies) enclosure with drives
Tandy Mouse
Tandy Speech-Sound Pak
Tandy CM-8 Monitor - Boxed and works
High resolution joystick adapter with a couple deluxe joysticks and 1 normal black.
Lots of manuals for hardware and tons of floppies and several Pak games



On Aug 29, 2015, 5:33 PM, at 5:33 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:
>That is correct Salvador.  Both items are required for a functional
>converter.
>
>I’m offering to provide the programmed Nanos for convenience.
>Otherwise a person would need to acquire a Nano separately and program
>it.
>
>- Ed
>
>
>> On Aug 29, 2015, at 6:27 PM, Salvador Garcia
><ssalvadorgarcia at netscape.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> *****
>> RGB2VGA & cable (assembled) = $45
>> Programmed DE-0 Nano for RGB2VGA =
>> $95
>> *****
>> 
>> Just to clarify, for a fully functional board, both of these items
>are necessary. They are priced separately to allow the buyer to get the
>RGB2VGA bord from Zippster and the DE-0 Nano from another source. Both
>can be purchased from Zippster. Am I correct? :-) Salvador
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Fri, Aug 28, 2015 11:23 am
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Getting into Tandy Color Computer 3, Suggestions
>and Info Needed
>> 
>> 
>> Hi Brandon,
>> 
>> Welcome to the group!
>> 
>> There is still room on the current run of
>> RGB2VGA boards.
>> It is a bit of an expensive, but excellent solution to getting
>> your CoCo3 running with
>> a VGA monitor.  
>> 
>> I’m also making the CoCo SDC units on
>> a regular basis, so they are available whenever
>> you want one.  John Strong is
>> making 3D printed cases for the SDC.
>> 
>> - Ed
>> 
>> 
>> Prices (not including
>> shipping):
>> 
>> RGB2VGA & cable (assembled) = $45
>> Programmed DE-0 Nano for RGB2VGA =
>> $95
>> 
>> CoCo SDC (assembled) = $40
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Aug 28, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Brandon
>> Tetreau <brandon.tetreau at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Everyone, Just wanted to
>> introduce myself. I grew up with the Tandy
>>> Color Computers and recently got
>> our system back from my parents. Got a
>>> couple Tandy Color Computer 3's a CM8
>> Monitor, multi-pack, floppy drives,
>>> etc... and tons of my old games on disk
>> and carts but It's tough getting
>>> the entire system setup. I started looking
>> into options to use the Tandy on
>>> newer hardware and was surprised to see Flash
>> Carts, video cables, and
>>> Drivewire and such which would really make running
>> old games easy but It
>>> appears I'm several years late as most types of Hardware
>> aren't sold
>>> anymore or have diagrams of electrical component blueprints which
>> cause my
>>> head to hurt.
>>> 
>>> I'm only 33 now so I was really young when we had
>> the CoCo but have tons of
>>> great memories (would love to get Ghana Bwana
>> running for my mom to play as
>>> it was one of her favorites) and would love to
>> get it up and running.
>>> I'm hoping to summarize what I think I've learnt in
>> searching the web for
>>> ways to connect the CoCo to a modern monitor and allow
>> playing of disk
>>> images.
>>> 
>>> Can any of you give me suggestions on what would
>> be a good setup? I don't
>>> mind having the entire system setup but it would also
>> be cool to just have
>>> the computer, maybe a flash cart and some joysticks.
>>> 
>>> 
>> *Connecting Tandy to Monitor/TV*
>>> *RGB to S-Video* - Made by Chistopher Hawks,
>> emailed him but got no reply
>>> *RGB2VGA* - Appears they are for purchase
>> possibly by Zippster, not sure
>>> who can purchase
>>> 
>>> *CoCo Flash
>> Carts/Drivewire*
>>> *CoCo SDC *- CoCo flash cart which allows the running of disk
>> images from a
>>> Compact Flash Card (This allow you to run a HBDDOS rom and
>> connect to
>>> Drivewire)
>>> *Tandy Drive Pak* - Doesn't appear to be made anymore
>> but was a flash cart
>>> which ran most software expect software which needed to
>> be run specifically
>>> from a physical floppy drive (CoCo SDC fixes this
>> though?)
>>> *HDBDOS Rom Cart *- You can put a socket on a Cart and flash HDBDOS
>> and
>>> boot from that, I'm told people used to sell HDBDOS Rom Carts
>complete
>> but
>>> It doesn't appear anymore. I found various roms in the Drivewire
>> download
>>> but perhaps people have details about which carts can be used as a
>> donor,
>>> the socket I'd need to put on, compatible eeprom, and rom required
>to
>> make
>>> this.
>>> *Drivewire Cable* - Appears to still be sold on Cloud9 and can
>> also be made
>>> so I don't think this would be a huge issue, can also use a RS232
>> to USB
>>> cable to connect to USB.
>>> 
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