[Coco] Getting into Tandy Color Computer 3, Suggestions and Info Needed

[Brandon Tetreau]

Thanks for the information, and Thanks Tim for letting me know it uses SD
Cards.

Those prices aren't so bad, It's about 80-120USD for Flash Carts for
Consoles. Can you give me more detail into the DE-0 Nano for RGB2VGA
component? It is required for use for the RGB2VGA or does it add
more functionality?

On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 10:23 AM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Brandon,
>
> Welcome to the group!
>
> There is still room on the current run of RGB2VGA boards.
> It is a bit of an expensive, but excellent solution to getting your CoCo3
> running with
> a VGA monitor.
>
> I’m also making the CoCo SDC units on a regular basis, so they are
> available whenever
> you want one.  John Strong is making 3D printed cases for the SDC.
>
> - Ed
>
>
> Prices (not including shipping):
>
> RGB2VGA & cable (assembled) = $45
> Programmed DE-0 Nano for RGB2VGA = $95
>
> CoCo SDC (assembled) = $40
>
>
>
> > On Aug 28, 2015, at 10:51 AM, Brandon Tetreau <brandon.tetreau at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Everyone, Just wanted to introduce myself. I grew up with the Tandy
> > Color Computers and recently got our system back from my parents. Got a
> > couple Tandy Color Computer 3's a CM8 Monitor, multi-pack, floppy drives,
> > etc... and tons of my old games on disk and carts but It's tough getting
> > the entire system setup. I started looking into options to use the Tandy
> on
> > newer hardware and was surprised to see Flash Carts, video cables, and
> > Drivewire and such which would really make running old games easy but It
> > appears I'm several years late as most types of Hardware aren't sold
> > anymore or have diagrams of electrical component blueprints which cause
> my
> > head to hurt.
> >
> > I'm only 33 now so I was really young when we had the CoCo but have tons
> of
> > great memories (would love to get Ghana Bwana running for my mom to play
> as
> > it was one of her favorites) and would love to get it up and running.
> > I'm hoping to summarize what I think I've learnt in searching the web for
> > ways to connect the CoCo to a modern monitor and allow playing of disk
> > images.
> >
> > Can any of you give me suggestions on what would be a good setup? I don't
> > mind having the entire system setup but it would also be cool to just
> have
> > the computer, maybe a flash cart and some joysticks.
> >
> > *Connecting Tandy to Monitor/TV*
> > *RGB to S-Video* - Made by Chistopher Hawks, emailed him but got no reply
> > *RGB2VGA* - Appears they are for purchase possibly by Zippster, not sure
> > who can purchase
> >
> > *CoCo Flash Carts/Drivewire*
> > *CoCo SDC *- CoCo flash cart which allows the running of disk images
> from a
> > Compact Flash Card (This allow you to run a HBDDOS rom and connect to
> > Drivewire)
> > *Tandy Drive Pak* - Doesn't appear to be made anymore but was a flash
> cart
> > which ran most software expect software which needed to be run
> specifically
> > from a physical floppy drive (CoCo SDC fixes this though?)
> > *HDBDOS Rom Cart *- You can put a socket on a Cart and flash HDBDOS and
> > boot from that, I'm told people used to sell HDBDOS Rom Carts complete
> but
> > It doesn't appear anymore. I found various roms in the Drivewire download
> > but perhaps people have details about which carts can be used as a donor,
> > the socket I'd need to put on, compatible eeprom, and rom required to
> make
> > this.
> > *Drivewire Cable* - Appears to still be sold on Cloud9 and can also be
> made
> > so I don't think this would be a huge issue, can also use a RS232 to USB
> > cable to connect to USB.
> >
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