[Coco] Selling my whole coco collection ( long email)

Wed May 13 11:42:19 EDT 2020

Ditto! If you're looking to get rid of the C64, I could provide a home.

On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 9:23 AM Nick Marotta <nick at marotta.ca> wrote:

> If whoever bought this lot is interested in selling off some things I'm
> interested. What a deal!
>
> On Wed, May 13, 2020, 10:42 AM rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Canadian I guess since the boarder is still locked
> >
> > Sent from the physical keyboard of a BlackBerry
> >   Original Message
> > From: Benoit Bleau
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 10:27 AM
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Selling my whole coco collection ( long email)
> >
> >
> > Sales pending,  someone made an offer.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Benoit.
> >
> > On Wed, May 13, 2020 at 8:39 AM Benoit Bleau <benbleau at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Hello Cocoers,
> > >
> > > My coco collection got way out of hands and circumstances are making it
> > > impossible for me to hold on to it.  As you will see, the huge amount
> of
> > > stuff I have won't fit in a small 1 bedroom apartment.
> > >
> > > I have decided to sell everything.   I am keeping my first coco 1 E,
> but
> > > everything else has to go. I'm sure that someone on this team will
> > > appreciate it.
> > >
> > > I want to sell it in one go, and I think the price I'm asking will be
> > more
> > > than fair.`
> > > Since this is a huge lot, I do not have the time or the energy to sell
> it
> > > in pieces.   I'm willing to deliver it 100 miles around Montreal, QC.
> > >
> > > I started to make an inventory but when it came to small stuff, I ran
> out
> > > of juice.
> > >
> > > Here's the list of things in the collection:
> > > The computers:   over 25 of them
> > >
> > > Coco30 x 7  some working, some not, one with 6309
> > > Coco2 x 6 + 1 melted keyb + 1 new in box   total 8
> > > Coco Gray x 3
> > > Coco White  x 1
> > > MC coco x  4 + 1 in box,   5 x 16k ram pak, no foam
> > > Tano Dragon 64 2 new in box
> > > Timex Sinclair  x1 1x16k ram modukle 1016
> > > Commodore 64C x 1 Barely used, but yellowed
> > > Vic 20 x  1 unknown condition
> > >
> > > 200 Program paks,  120 different paks ,  80 duplicates some with
> > > variations on the label. 18 in boxes.
> > > 25 or so booklets.
> > > 2 PAK organisers , one with the lid.
> > >
> > > Accessories:
> > > Floppy drives:
> > > FD 501 in box
> > > FD 502 in box
> > > 26-3022 in box ( original 35 tracks drive)
> > > 13 enclosures with 1 or 2 drives,  some with 800kb, 1.2mb, 3.5 drives.
> > > IDE ZIP drive , compatible with Cloud9 super IDE
> > >
> > > Disk Controllers:
> > > 2 26-3029
> > > 2 26-3022
> > > 2 26-3129
> > > 3 FD-500
> > > 2 FD-501
> > > 1 J & M Systems
> > > 2  Disto Mini Controllers
> > > 2 DISTO SC II ( the no-halt kind)
> > > 1 4-in-1 board for the DISTO controllers ( SCSI, Parallel, serial and
> > > clock )
> > > 1 Glenside IDE interface ( I think) with  pak case
> > > 2 original Disto controllers, in white case.
> > > 1 FD 26-3029 ( I think)  with no case
> > >
> > > 2 Cloud9 Super IDE interfaces
> > >
> > > Multi paks:
> > > 4 x of the big Beige ones.  One has been moded with IRQ lines,  One has
> > > LED on it.  One was modified for coco3 ( can't remember which one)
> > > 2 x smaller Tandy multipak that matches the coco2/3 format
> > >
> > > 3 x  Xpad, one in box, 2 without box.
> > > 1 koala touch pad in box,  2 loose.
> > > 3 Stereo music synthesizer packs in boxes
> > > 1 direct connect modem pak in box
> > > 1 Plug'n power applicance light and controller in box
> > > 1 trs-80 color mouse in box
> > > 2 original joystiks in box
> > >
> > > With no box:
> > > 1 direct connect modem
> > > 5 Radio shack rs-232 packs
> > > 2 speech-sound pack
> > > 1 Word pak RS
> > > 1 CRC RS232 Super pack
> > > 1 Intronics Eprom programmer ( the best I think for the coco)
> > > 1 TRS-*) modem 1 B
> > > 1  Plug'n power applicance light and controller with cassette tapes
> > > 1 Roy Justus Coco3 to VGA interface ( I think  it's the first model he
> > > built.
> > >
> > >
> > > Boards:
> > > 1 Spectrum PAL switcher for the Multipak
> > > 1 LowerKit  from Denis.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Printers:
> > > 1 DMP 105
> > > 1 Lineprinter VIII in box
> > > 1  CGP-115  plus paper
> > > 1 Star NX-10
> > >
> > > Joysticks and mice and interfaces
> > > 6 deluxe joystiks ( 2 need repairs)
> > > 1 3rd party joystik  ( Commander deluxe)
> > > over 10 black original , some in need of repair
> > > 2 beige 2 button mice with Hires interfaces
> > > 2 separate hires interfaces
> > > 1 home made cocomax interface ( not sure if cocomax 2 or 3)
> > >
> > > 2 Cassette tapes
> > >
> > > ICs:
> > > a few 68B09EP
> > > a few 63C08EP
> > > MC6821 and MC6822
> > > One ceramic SAM chip MC6883
> > > One Video chip mc6884
> > >
> > > Software on Disc:
> > > TS-Word
> > > The Color Computer Artist
> > > VidTex
> > > Tandy Home Publisher
> > > Ghama Bwana
> > > Zone Runner
> > > The miscropic mission
> > > Rescue on Fractalus
> > > King's Quest III
> > > Carmen Sandiego
> > >
> > >
> > > OS9 :
> > > OS9 level 1
> > > OS9 level 1.1
> > > OS-9 C compiler
> > > DL _ LOGO
> > > 2 xDeskmate 3 unsealed
> > > 1 Deskmate 3 opened
> > >
> > > OS-9 level 2
> > > OS-9 development system
> > > OS-9 level 2 Multivue
> > >
> > >
> > > There is a full box of coco cassettes from tape magazines.
> > >
> > > I believe I have the full run of Rainbow magazines.  The first issues
> > > might be photocopies, though.
> > > A good deal of the Hot Coco magazines, and color computer news.
> > >
> > > I have the full Rainbon on disk collection
> > >
> > > There are probably 1000 5 1/4 disks. In that , there are a few original
> > > software disks.
> > >
> > > There is a big box of mixed wires of all kinds; cassette, printer,
> video,
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > If I recall, in there was about 6' x 6'x 6'  of boxes that I opened.
> It's
> > > a big lot.
> > >
> > > For all of that, I'm asking 1000$  canadian.
> > >
> > > I can provide photos if you want.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Benoit Bleau.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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