[Coco] Restuffing a CoCo chassis

[Joe Grubbs]

I'm not sure if I should keep it or not since it would allow me to make this CoCo "original" again. I'd never use it though.
It's in good shape cosmetically but I believe it should be disassembled and the switches cleaned because some of the keys were a bit stubborn to register. It came with an overlay for some unknown piece of software:

Pic of keyboard
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/junktionfet/trs80/2015-02-12140415_zpsa0e4ff85.jpg

Pic of new melted keyboard installed and temporarily connected
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y37/junktionfet/trs80/2015-02-12135941_zps2fe814ca.jpg


> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 12:26:11 -0500
> From: sklammer at gmail.com
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Restuffing a CoCo chassis
> 
> Joe, I might be interested in your old "chicklet" keyboard if you want to
> rid yourself of it...
> 
> Shain
> On Feb 12, 2015 10:57 AM, "Joe Grubbs" <jsgrubbs at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I've been searching for a better keyboard to replace the "chicklet" style
> > in my 4K CoCo1. I finally found a non-functioning CoCo2 with the "melted"
> > keyboard, so I grabbed it for a few bucks. This was my first time seeing a
> > "melted" keyboard in person and I love the way it feels. I just need to
> > adapt it to my 4K CoCo1's mobo since the ribbon cables and connectors are
> > different.
> >
> > The CoCo itself is a basket case, so I don't feel bad about parting it
> > out; There are a myriad of things wrong--center tap off the secondary of
> > the transformer is broken, there's a weird jumper wire running from the
> > cart connector over to the P/S area, etc. It was a 16K non-ECB model anyway.
> >
> > Anyway (sorry for the boring preface), I now have an empty CoCo2 chassis,
> > and that has given me an idea. I was thinking of stuffing it with either a
> > mini-ITX mobo or maybe some kind of system-on-a-chip computer (like a
> > Raspberry Pi). I could fit a small form factor laptop style keyboard,
> > install a card reader in place of the cartridge slot, etc. The more I think
> > about it, the more I want to do it. Has anyone else attempted this before?
> > Is it sacrilege? :P
> >
> > -Joe
> >
> >
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