[Coco] Dual Aracde 1up conversion

L. Curtis Boyle curtisboyle at sasktel.net
Tue Jan 15 13:57:25 EST 2019


Still broke.

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net

TRS-80 Color Computer Games website
http://www.lcurtisboyle.com/nitros9/coco_game_list.html



> On Jan 15, 2019, at 12:43 PM, rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c81CESvwVX
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> Sent from my BlackBerry
>  Original Message
> From: Salvador Garcia via Coco
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2019 1:38 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Cc: Salvador Garcia
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Dual Aracde 1up conversion
> 
> 
> Any chance that this is the video?
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77SSuT22V6Y
> 
> 
> I also got the message "This video is unavailable" using the original link.
> 
> Salvador
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>    On Monday, January 14, 2019, 4:51:10 AM CST, Lee <leep at tigerbase.com> wrote:
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> "Video is unavailable"
> 
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 10:17 PM rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> My first video game system as a kid was the Atari 2600.
>> My first computer durring that same time period was the RadioShack Color
>> Computer2.
>> 
>> This is my Arcade 1up converted to a dual purpose retro machine letting me
>> relive my youth with both systems.
>> 
>> I am using both an Atari 2600 and a RadioShack Coco2 motherboard instead
>> of emulation.  I made a custom joystick platform with dual pistol grib
>> controllers.  The right controller works with the Atari while the left is
>> for the Coco.  The single Atari joystick works with all games since the
>> single player games used the same joystick input consistent ly.  The Coco
>> is a different story as some games used the right controller port and
>> others used the left; as a result of this I made a custom 'y' cable to tie
>> the single pistol grib to both right and left ports of the coco motherboard.
>> 
>> An 'A/B' switch on the back of the Arcade 1up switches easily between
>> either system as seen in this video.
>> 
>> https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c81CESvwVXY
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