[Coco] Interesting Ebay find.

[Bob Devries]

Yes, these were also sold in Australia, and started with 16K of ram and 
Color Basic, and I believe could be bought with 64K and ECB also.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phill Harvey-Smith" <afra at aurigae.demon.co.uk>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 8:39 AM
Subject: [Coco] Interesting Ebay find.


> Hi,
>
> I've just bought from ebay UK, a white CoCo 2, in a CoCo 1 case, model
> number is 26-3026, the machine has standard color basic and 16K of ram.
>
> Glen, mentions on his site that this model number is "reportedly" found
> on some CoCo1 sized Korean made CoCo 2s, sold in Australia. It would
> appear that they where also sold here in the UK, which makes sense as
> both use PAL/240V.
>
> I have posted a couple of pictures here :-
>
> http://daria.bio.warwick.ac.uk/~bshu/CoCo/White/
>
> (warning 600k images :) ).
>
> A couple of observations....
>
> 1) This definatly appears to be a CoCo 2, as it has the 28 pin custom
> chip that the 2 had (or at least my 2 other CoCo2s do :) ).
>
> 2) It seems to be fitted with a 68A09, which is a 1.5MHz rated part
> rather than a 1.0MHz, which is odd, but I guess that's what Tandy could
> get at the time.
>
> 3) Almost every major chip is socketed, even the VDG, however the basic
> ROM is not, however there is a spare socket for an ECB rom.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Phill.
>
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>
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