[Coco] COCO POKE CHEATS & DISK EDIT CHEATS!

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On Tue, 19 May 2020 12:47:13 -0400
edward jaquay <ejjaquay at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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Yeah.. I killed my original CoCo 2 doing that crap. DON'T DO IT! It had
the J&R 256k RAM disk, composite video (my first successful soldering
job), and custom keyboard 8_(. Killed it