[Coco] New CoCo'er, Some Q's and looking for hardware

[admin at kd8cgo.com]

On 02/27/2016 12:40 AM, Travis Poppe wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 11:18:51PM +0000, admin at kd8cgo.com wrote:
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>> I am very interested in the RGB2VGA project...
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>> Barry Nelson mentioned the CoCoSDC...
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> I can't recommend these two devices enough. I purchased both from Ed and
> have been very happy with them. It really makes the CoCo shine in more
> modern times. John Strong's 3D printed cases are very well made too.
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> It can all be a little pricey, but if it's within your hobby budget, I'd
> say go for it!
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> Best regards,
>

Ed (Zippster) has contacted me about both the SDC and RGB2VGA, it looks 
like I might be all set with those fairly soon!  On top of that, Mark at 
Cloud-9 has already shipped me some cables, RAM, and a keyboard adapter 
lightning fast.  I took an old 15-pin joystick and converted it to a 
Tandy-compatible with a little internal rewire, and I've got some proper 
DIN connectors and mono 1/8" connectors on the way to make a ".WAV loader" 
cable and to make the Joystick mod more permanent, as well as a few extras 
for future prototyping activity.  Got a DE0 Nano on the way to use with the 
RGB2VGA board as well.

I still can't believe the level of support and enthusiasm here for the 
CoCo, it's incredible!  This is the most fun I've had tinkering and 
learning with a desktop computer since forever I think... :)  I started 
listening to the CoCo Crew podcast too, and wow some of that is way over my 
head - but it sure is interesting!

--John, kd8cgo