[Coco] Looking for non working coco case.

[Ben Jimenez]

Steve,
 
Yes, it might end up a mess, but I was thinking it would be cool to have a working emulated coco running inside a coco case. It was a project I thought of a while back, but now I seem to have time to put it together. I guess I would mostly be doing it just to amuse myself and see if I could get it done.  I used the coco as a kid and it would be to me at least a more powerful version of the coco that I made myself. So it's just something I wanted to work on as a hobby. I don't want to have to buy a fully working coco, cause it would be a waste to take out the insides. I might have to though if I can't find someone who's willing to part with an old non working one. My basic idea is to use as many of the original coco hole cut outs as I can and then add more cut outs for things like usb, etc. The power supply would have to be external. Hmm or maybe I could try to repack an old laptop motherboard into a coco. I guess I can't plan to do anything unless I
 get a case to work with. I got rid of my coco long ago.


--- On Mon, 5/4/09, steve <steve at batsonphotography.com> wrote:


From: steve <steve at batsonphotography.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] Looking for non working coco case.
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Date: Monday, May 4, 2009, 2:18 PM


I'm totally confused by this.

Are you wanting to build a system that uses one of the emulators to run 
CoCo software on the PC or Mac but put it in the case? Or, are you wanting 
to make your own hardware to emulate a CoCo using a CoCo case?

I'm assuming the later is not the case. So, the question is, why on earth 
would you try to build a computer into a CoCo case to run an emulator that 
would run on any PC under Windows, Linux, or on a Mac running Mac OSX.

Here's why I'm questioning it...

The CoCo case is fine for handling CoCo hardware that it was designed for. 
But, a PC or Mac requires more hardware, powersupply, etc and all of the 
ports are different than what the Coco case is built for. My point is all 
that hardware is not going to fit into a CoCo case, and should you get it 
to fit, it's going to be gigantic mess.

Anyway, I'm really curious to have more detail on what you are trying to 
do.

Steve

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From: "Ben Jimenez" <ben_jimenez at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:04 PM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: [Coco] Looking for non working coco case. 

Hi, 

I'd like to build myself an emulated COCO using any old color computer 
case. I'd prefer to get a coco3 case, but anyone will do. Please contact me 
at ben_jimenez at yahoo.com . Thanks.

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