[Coco] Selling my whole coco collection ( long email)

Wed May 13 11:22:47 EDT 2020

If whoever bought this lot is interested in selling off some things I'm
interested. What a deal!

On Wed, May 13, 2020, 10:42 AM rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Canadian I guess since the boarder is still locked
>
> Sent from the physical keyboard of a BlackBerry
>   Original Message
> From: Benoit Bleau
> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:27 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Selling my whole coco collection ( long email)
>
>
> Sales pending,  someone made an offer.
>
> Regards,
> Benoit.
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 8:39 AM Benoit Bleau <benbleau at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello Cocoers,
> >
> > My coco collection got way out of hands and circumstances are making it
> > impossible for me to hold on to it.  As you will see, the huge amount of
> > stuff I have won't fit in a small 1 bedroom apartment.
> >
> > I have decided to sell everything.   I am keeping my first coco 1 E, but
> > everything else has to go. I'm sure that someone on this team will
> > appreciate it.
> >
> > I want to sell it in one go, and I think the price I'm asking will be
> more
> > than fair.`
> > Since this is a huge lot, I do not have the time or the energy to sell it
> > in pieces.   I'm willing to deliver it 100 miles around Montreal, QC.
> >
> > I started to make an inventory but when it came to small stuff, I ran out
> > of juice.
> >
> > Here's the list of things in the collection:
> > The computers:   over 25 of them
> >
> > Coco30 x 7  some working, some not, one with 6309
> > Coco2 x 6 + 1 melted keyb + 1 new in box   total 8
> > Coco Gray x 3
> > Coco White  x 1
> > MC coco x  4 + 1 in box,   5 x 16k ram pak, no foam
> > Tano Dragon 64 2 new in box
> > Timex Sinclair  x1 1x16k ram modukle 1016
> > Commodore 64C x 1 Barely used, but yellowed
> > Vic 20 x  1 unknown condition
> >
> > 200 Program paks,  120 different paks ,  80 duplicates some with
> > variations on the label. 18 in boxes.
> > 25 or so booklets.
> > 2 PAK organisers , one with the lid.
> >
> > Accessories:
> > Floppy drives:
> > FD 501 in box
> > FD 502 in box
> > 26-3022 in box ( original 35 tracks drive)
> > 13 enclosures with 1 or 2 drives,  some with 800kb, 1.2mb, 3.5 drives.
> > IDE ZIP drive , compatible with Cloud9 super IDE
> >
> > Disk Controllers:
> > 2 26-3029
> > 2 26-3022
> > 2 26-3129
> > 3 FD-500
> > 2 FD-501
> > 1 J & M Systems
> > 2  Disto Mini Controllers
> > 2 DISTO SC II ( the no-halt kind)
> > 1 4-in-1 board for the DISTO controllers ( SCSI, Parallel, serial and
> > clock )
> > 1 Glenside IDE interface ( I think) with  pak case
> > 2 original Disto controllers, in white case.
> > 1 FD 26-3029 ( I think)  with no case
> >
> > 2 Cloud9 Super IDE interfaces
> >
> > Multi paks:
> > 4 x of the big Beige ones.  One has been moded with IRQ lines,  One has
> > LED on it.  One was modified for coco3 ( can't remember which one)
> > 2 x smaller Tandy multipak that matches the coco2/3 format
> >
> > 3 x  Xpad, one in box, 2 without box.
> > 1 koala touch pad in box,  2 loose.
> > 3 Stereo music synthesizer packs in boxes
> > 1 direct connect modem pak in box
> > 1 Plug'n power applicance light and controller in box
> > 1 trs-80 color mouse in box
> > 2 original joystiks in box
> >
> > With no box:
> > 1 direct connect modem
> > 5 Radio shack rs-232 packs
> > 2 speech-sound pack
> > 1 Word pak RS
> > 1 CRC RS232 Super pack
> > 1 Intronics Eprom programmer ( the best I think for the coco)
> > 1 TRS-*) modem 1 B
> > 1  Plug'n power applicance light and controller with cassette tapes
> > 1 Roy Justus Coco3 to VGA interface ( I think  it's the first model he
> > built.
> >
> >
> > Boards:
> > 1 Spectrum PAL switcher for the Multipak
> > 1 LowerKit  from Denis.
> >
> >
> >
> > Printers:
> > 1 DMP 105
> > 1 Lineprinter VIII in box
> > 1  CGP-115  plus paper
> > 1 Star NX-10
> >
> > Joysticks and mice and interfaces
> > 6 deluxe joystiks ( 2 need repairs)
> > 1 3rd party joystik  ( Commander deluxe)
> > over 10 black original , some in need of repair
> > 2 beige 2 button mice with Hires interfaces
> > 2 separate hires interfaces
> > 1 home made cocomax interface ( not sure if cocomax 2 or 3)
> >
> > 2 Cassette tapes
> >
> > ICs:
> > a few 68B09EP
> > a few 63C08EP
> > MC6821 and MC6822
> > One ceramic SAM chip MC6883
> > One Video chip mc6884
> >
> > Software on Disc:
> > TS-Word
> > The Color Computer Artist
> > VidTex
> > Tandy Home Publisher
> > Ghama Bwana
> > Zone Runner
> > The miscropic mission
> > Rescue on Fractalus
> > King's Quest III
> > Carmen Sandiego
> >
> >
> > OS9 :
> > OS9 level 1
> > OS9 level 1.1
> > OS-9 C compiler
> > DL _ LOGO
> > 2 xDeskmate 3 unsealed
> > 1 Deskmate 3 opened
> >
> > OS-9 level 2
> > OS-9 development system
> > OS-9 level 2 Multivue
> >
> >
> > There is a full box of coco cassettes from tape magazines.
> >
> > I believe I have the full run of Rainbow magazines.  The first issues
> > might be photocopies, though.
> > A good deal of the Hot Coco magazines, and color computer news.
> >
> > I have the full Rainbon on disk collection
> >
> > There are probably 1000 5 1/4 disks. In that , there are a few original
> > software disks.
> >
> > There is a big box of mixed wires of all kinds; cassette, printer, video,
> > etc.
> >
> > If I recall, in there was about 6' x 6'x 6'  of boxes that I opened. It's
> > a big lot.
> >
> > For all of that, I'm asking 1000$  canadian.
> >
> > I can provide photos if you want.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Benoit Bleau.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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