[Coco] Buying a Dragon from California Digital - Has anyone?

[Christopher R. Hawks]

On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 19:07:48 -0700
<davidlinsley at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's 17*19*6.25. The Dragon is more like a Coco 1 in size but with an
> external psu too.

	Wow! That would be $34.85 standard Post or $50.75 Priority Mail!
(And I'm in the mid-west). Their shipping doesn't sound so bad.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Christopher R. Hawks" <chawks at dls.net>
> Sent: ‎3/‎22/‎2015 6:04 PM
> To: "coco at maltedmedia.com" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Buying a Dragon from California Digital - Has
> anyone?
> 
> On Sun, 22 Mar 2015 16:00:19 -0700
> Steve Batson <steve at batsonphotography.com> wrote:
> 
> > I'm actually near Sacramento and they are located in Southern CA.
> > Easily an 8 hour or more 1 way trip depending on traffic. If I get
> > down that way before they are sold out, I may pick a few up.
> > However, it doesn't make sense for me to drive down there just for
> > these. I do have some relatives down there, so I might be able
> > figure something out.
> > 
> > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Mar 21, 2015, at 4:11 PM, Christopher R. Hawks <chawks at dls.net>
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > >> On Sat, 21 Mar 2015 14:53:42 -0700
> > >> Steve Batson <steve at batsonphotography.com> wrote:
> > >> 
> > >>> Not knowing much about the Dragon, how compatible is it with the
> > >>> CoCo?
> > >>> 
> > >>> Will the CoCo Disk Controllers or other cool hardware people
> > >>> have developed work with it?
> > >>> 
> > >>> Failing the Disk Controller, would Drivewire work with it? (I
> > >>> haven't ventured into that yet)
> > >>> 
> > >>> Will any of the CoCo .BIN files work on it? 
> > >>> 
> > >>> How compatible is CoCo Basic with it?
> > >>> 
> > >>> I live in California, just trying to figure out if it's worth my
> > >>> money to get one. I don't know that I'd be doing a ton of
> > >>> programming and if I didn't have much software for it, I fear it
> > >>> would just be taking up space.
> > >>> 
> 
> 	Probably should check what USPS shipping would be. The website
> says 19 pounds, but, size enters into it too. If it will fit in one
> of the big Priority Mail boxes, it'll be pretty cheap.
> 
> 	Can someone who has one give the box size???
> 
> > >> Steve:
> > >> 
> > >> 	Depending on where in California, it might be worth your
> > >> money to drive to California Digital and get several. Then drive
> > >> to the Post Office, fill out the simple form, and Priority Mail
> > >> them to the folks that want them.
> > >> 
> > >> 	Priority Mail has got to be a lot cheaper than CA's
> > >> charges, and you could make a few bucks to afford one for
> > >> yourself...
> > >> 
> > >> 
> > >> Christopher R. Hawks
> > >> HAWKSoft
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> > >> suitable language. -- D. E. Knuth, 1967
> > >> 
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> > 
> > 
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> 
> 
> Christopher R. Hawks
> HAWKSoft




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