[Coco] My coco3 gallery

Bob Devries devries.bob at gmail.com
Thu Aug 24 19:34:22 EDT 2006


Andrew L. Ayers said:


> This is cool - I love seeing "home brew" computers - but I have to ask:
>
> Why does that poor machine seem so "dusty" - has it just been in storage 
> for a long time, or does it serve a purpose in some kind of a shop or work 
> area?
>

It had been in storage for some years. I guess I should have polished it up 
first :)

> Also - I noticed that you had the boot screen up in the first photo - so I 
> can assume it still works? Did you use a disk drive with it, or something 
> else? What kind of other hacks/hardware did you use with it?

Yeah, it still works. I was kinda surprised myself.
I did use it with a disk drive (also home built) based on a 2793 Western 
Digital controller.

>
> Just curious about details, I guess - thanks for the photos!

You're welcome

>
> -- Andrew L. Ayers
>    Glendale (Phoenix), Arizona

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