[Coco] 512K Triad Board Received and Installed - NICE!

[Steve Batson]

LOL. What I really missed out on was being able run programs that didn't work in 128K.


On Mar 28, 2015, at 7:40 PM, Sean <badfrog at gmail.com> wrote:

> You really missed out not having an original 512k board and noticing the
> difference in heat once you swap the Triad for it..  :)
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Mar 28, 2015 at 8:09 PM, Steve Batson <steve at batsonphotography.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Cross Posting from the CoCo FB page
>> 
>> Triad 512K Upgrade from Cloud-9 arrived today. Pulled the 4 RAM chips,
>> clipped the two caps, blew off the board with compressed air in case any
>> little fragments from clipping the caps were left behind. Installed the
>> board. But the case back on the CoCo and fired it up. Came right up, passed
>> the memory check using the included software.
>> This eliminated my issues going into width 40 or 80 and hanging the
>> computer. Next up will be to try some CoCo 3 games on it, but all is
>> looking good now. Once I get the RGB2VGA converter, I'll be set! :)
>>