[Coco] Black CoCo 3 - WAS--> Another *WOW* auction at Ebay

[Darren A]

On 1/5/09, theother_bob wrote:
>
> Well I do have a CoCo3 keyboard that was made with black instead of grey
> plastic.
> Keys are the usual white though, but it's still somewhat of a novelty.
> I put it in my CC3 Portable, along with a black cartridge door to match.
>
> Bob
>
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That CoCo 3 keyboard (with the black bezel) was sold in Radio Shack
stores as a generic hobbyist part and was not advertised as CoCo
compatible.  Many astute CoCo 1 and 2 users realized that it would
work quite nicely as an upgrade for their machines.

Darren