[Coco] Help Locating some Parts

[Frank Swygert]

Well, pricing is subjective. Marks's stuff is all new or thoroughly tested, and that takes time. Electronics in small quantities are rather expensive nowadays too. Quantities are all small for the CoCo, always have been compared to computers like the Apple II and Commodore 64 (more or less CoCo contemporaries).

If all you have is a CoCo3 mainboard, you're better off watching e-bay for a complete CoCo 3 rather than trying to piece on together. You could cobble up a CoCo2 case and keyboard (but won't have the four extra keys the CC3 has) and make that work, but untested CoCo3s usually go for little enough.

Go to the files section of the list and download "Tandy's Little Wonder" from the Farna folder. That will show you how to connect to a standard PC/AT power supply or some other external power source. Lots of other repair, maintenance, and historic info in that book also (I wrote it in the 90s, revised in 2006).

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Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:09:59 -0500
From: Mike Needham<jmikeneedham at gmail.com>

Hello Mike:

Thank-you for the response. I have already talked with Cloud9 on the
possibility of getting these particular parts and he will not sell these to
me because he uses all his cases and power supplies to make his refurbished
units for sale.  Also, my personal feelings are that he is a little high on
his prices.  But, yes I am aware of this resource.  However, I need to find
the case and power supply for my COCO from another source.

I appreciate the manuals link though:-)

Thank-you for the response.

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