[Coco] CoCo2 Strange Side Switches

Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) retrocanada76 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 10:17:44 EST 2014


I would bet on the 2 more "famous" switches:

1 - reverse video
2 - pause



Luis Felipe Antoniosi



On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

>
> John, without seeing where the switches are connected, it's impossible to
> know what they are for. They could be for anything from "Shift lock" to
> "Fire Nucleor missles", the latter most likely requiring software that
> samples the DNA of 2 individuals each holding their own switch... probably
> a Tandy product...
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Goerzen <jgoerzen at complete.org>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wed, Dec 3, 2014 9:23 am
> Subject: [Coco] CoCo2 Strange Side Switches
>
>
> Hi,
>
> So I got a lot of random untested CoCo parts off eBay yesterday.  It
> included a CoCo 2 which seems to have been modified or something.  On its
> left side are two unlabeled switches:
>
> https://www.dropbox.com/s/avmph8x7oykd222/coco-switches.jpg?dl=0
>
> Anybody seen this before?  Any idea what it's about?
>
> I haven't plugged it in or anything yet, because I want to understand what
> these switches are about first (if possible).
>
> Obviously, my original CoCo 2 doesn't have these.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
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