[Coco] Chip Availability???

[Gene Heskett]

On Saturday 06 April 2019 16:08:49 Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:

> Everyone keeps saying the "salt" chip is not available but I thought I
> remembered Gene Heskett ordering one from China 2 or 3 (maybe
> more)years ago.
>
More like 5 years I think, Bill.  It seems to work ok, but a word of 
warning/caution. I had a pl2303 usb-serial adapter in the drivewire 
path, and it was apparently oscillating at the full coco3 drivewire 
speed. One of the gates in the salt serves as the bilateral driver for 
the bit banger, and a continuous full rail to rail oscillation cooked 
that gate, which is why I had to replace it.

That pl2303 was the last one, like the others, its been filed, and 
replaced with an FDTI(FTDI?) adapter, which has no such problems.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Camillus <camillus.b.58 at gmail.com>
> To: Joe Schutts via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sat, Apr 6, 2019 11:53 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Chip Availability???
>
> HI,
>
> The only chips that are completely obsolete are the SALT chip, VGA
> chip with X in the name, for coco's 1 and 3, and the GIME for the cc3.
> The other chips are still relatively easy to find @ sometimes prices
> that buys you another coco ...lol. That being said, some smart people
> here in the group are working on solutions to at least replace those
> chips with or without improvements.So I would not be worry about your
> coco stops working, the only thing that could be a problem is time,
> and for that nobody found a equivalent.... 
>
> Happy coco time
> cb
> On 4/6/2019 10:25:03 AM, Joe Schutts via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote: Hi Everyone,
> You know, the one thing I worry about (having a CoCo 3) is HOW LONG
> it'll last. I mean will I still be able to get replacement chips if
> something burns out in the future. What I need to know, is IF anyone
> has made (or is the process) of making a list of replacement parts
> that we can get for the CoCo 1, 2, and 3 or if they are even
> available. Like I know that the GIME chip is not available (at least
> as of yet) but what about other chips??? Are they "HARD TO FIND" or
> completely unavailable. With such a list, we all might be able to
> determine the LONGEVITY of our beloved CoCo's... Just a thought...
> Thanks...
> Joe...
>
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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