[Coco] COCO POKE CHEATS & DISK EDIT CHEATS!

[edward jaquay]

Many years ago happened to my original coco. My 10 year old son was
swapping carts while I was at work.  Replacing cpu did not fix it.  Has
been sitting on the shelf since.


On Tue, May 19, 2020, 11:52 Salvador Garcia via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

>  The problem is the wiggling of the cart when it is inserted or removed.
> We can try to minimize the wiggle, but we can't eliminate it altogether. It
> is during the wiggling that it is possible for the right pin to make
> contact with a wrong pin. Then you get the poof and your CoCo gets
> zombified and in need of a new brain.
>
> Salvador
>
>
>     On Monday, May 18, 2020, 09:02:28 PM CDT, John Guin <
> johnguin at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Thanks for that warning, Art.
>
> I've always had a question about this, and your reply below reminded me.
> Does the warning about a 12V charge destroying the CPU apply ONLY to the
> Coco1?
>
> Would a Coco2 or 3 be susceptible to this condition?
>
> I'm certain it is a bad idea to remove/plug in a cartridge on any running
> Coco, but I am interested in the likelihood of destroying a CPU.
>
> Thanks!
> John
>
> <snipped>
>
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