tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193206842024-03-07T14:25:36.580-06:00CoCo HutTRS-80 Tandy Color ComputerCaptain Computerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17419446900695639607noreply@blogger.comBlogger199125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-41688241268883624572011-02-18T22:38:00.000-06:002011-02-18T22:38:48.939-06:00Last post here...Howdy folks. The title says it really. Four years ago, when Cris asked me if I'd be a contributor here, I was shocked as I was still relatively new to the modern CoCo scene. I'd spent a little time starting my current collection, and in turn commented to his 'CoCo Collector' posts regarding eBay auctions he had discussed and I had won. Cris then asked if I'd write occasional posts to the blog and I gladly accepted.<br />
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Fast forward four years, and I have way too many projects to keep track of. I've got my hardware testing, <a href="http://coco.randomrodder.com/">website</a>, <a href="http://cocom3repack.blogspot.com/">repack blog</a>, and many others too numerous to list. Pre-accident Brian could have handled all of this, but, it's all a little hard to handle now. Too easy to get frustrated, disappointed and aggravated; something has to give. Unfortunately, it's gonna have to be the blogging. Since the blogs have been the areas that have suffered, they are gonna go. Both of 'em.<br />
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The CoCoHut is Cris' blog; he started it and he can make the decision to close it when he sees fit. He's been AWOL for quite some time - I haven't heard from him in over a year.<br />
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I will not be leaving the CoCo Scene. My latest project has been the creation of an actual forum, which can be found <a href="http://coco.randomrodder.com/forum/index.php">here</a>. Slowly, I'll get the contents of the repack blog transferred over to the '<a href="http://coco.randomrodder.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=16">Mod My CoCo</a>' section. When that's done, I'll close the repack blog also.<br />
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This was a tough decision, but, I've got to lighten the load some. It's been a fun ride, and I hope everyone will join us over at the forum.<br />
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Later,<br />
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BrianUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-22150481209761801352010-11-06T14:22:00.000-05:002010-11-06T14:22:41.935-05:00Oy....Just finished four MAJOR projects at work that began in June. Due for some downtime and look forward to getting into some CoCoing....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-53279751996937757632010-06-14T14:44:00.001-05:002010-06-14T14:44:34.513-05:00Time's flying...Okay, been busy, not gonna make a bunch of excuses - been CoCoing whenever I can, and since I've got a CoCo3.com MicroSD Drive Pak and a Cloud9 DriveWire HDBDOS Pak, that's been quite a lot. Look for full blown USER reviews on my website later this month. If someone else wants to do benchmarking, knock yourself out, I don't have time for that. While I've been busy as (insert your favorite word here), there's been quite a bit of action over on the eVilBay. So, without further ado...<br><br><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/tandy-color-computer-3-trs-80-/260612264002?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_210&hash=item3cadb39042#ht_666wt_1137"><h2>tandy color computer 3 trs-80</h2></a><p>This was a decent auction but DAMN!!! Shipping from Canada was a killer...</p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TRS-80-Color-Computer-T-D-Software-Disk-97-/220615645518?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item335db7994e#ht_500wt_1154"><h2>TRS-80 Color Computer T & D Software Disk #97</h2></a><p>John over at gimechip.com, aka shadow_nightwarrior, had a butt-load of T&D disks up for auction. Not gonna post them all here, tho...</p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computers-Lot-2-Vintage-/390203862438?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ad9f66da6#ht_8488wt_1137"><h2>Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computers Lot of 2 Vintage</h2></a><p>This was almost criminal... THe buyer got a hell of a deal.</p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/RADIO-SHACK-TRS-80-COLOR-VINTAGE-COMPUTER-/160441583582?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item255b1047de#ht_647wt_1137"><h2>RADIO SHACK TRS-80 COLOR VINTAGE COMPUTER</h2></a><p>This IS criminal...</p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Color-Computer-3-original-box-/180516691247?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a07a21d2f#ht_545wt_1137"><h2>Tandy Color Computer 3 with original box!</h2></a><p>Not bad....</p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Color-Computer-3-w-512k-ram-upgrade-/320539475037?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa1a43c5d#ht_622wt_1137"><h2>Tandy Color Computer 3 (w/ 512k ram upgrade)</h2><p></p><p>Wow, didn't see that coming....</p><p>That's about all I see of interest. Later...</p></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-88131595841825790302010-05-15T16:18:00.000-05:002010-05-15T16:19:47.956-05:00Rare, rarer or rarest?<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><font color='#33ff33'><br/>One of the things I've noticed about eBay recently is the increasing use of the 'rare' moniker. That word has been attached to everything from hardware to software to 1980's Radio Shack catalogs. Quite honestly it's driving me bonkers. The question that's eating at me is this: when dealing with vintage/retro computer equipment, what qualifies as rare? <br/><br/>My line of thinking believes the white CoCo1 comes pretty close to being the rarest creature living in the CoCo family.However, I'm hesitant to even consider it a 'rare' item, especially compared to an IMSAI or an Atari Falcon, computers that would give even Indiana Jones a tough time finding. When those two pop up on eBay, they command a price one would think should accompany truly rare vintage/retro computing equipment.<br/><br/>I'll fully agree that certain items qualify as rare. One needs only look at the <a href='http://cgi.ebay.com/Exatron-IF-FD-Controller-Tandy-Color-Computer-CCDOS-/300425061952?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f2baa640'>Exatron Stringy Floppy Controller</a> and the <a href='http://cgi.ebay.com/PBJ-Bus-Expander-Tandy-TRS-80-Color-Computer-/300424754262?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f2b5f456'>PBJ Expansion Interface</a> auctions to see two examples of rare CoCo artifacts. I've not seen these two items on eBay since I started tracking CoCo stuff in 2006. Add those to a mislabeled <a href='http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-64k-Coco-2-Radio-Shack-Color-Computer-/300426882592?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f2d66e20'>White CoCo with a Keytronic KB-500 keyboard</a> - the white is rare enough, but, that keyboard has not shown up on eBay since I've been looking either.</font><br/><br/><font color='#33ff33'>Looking at the Vintage Computers category on<br />eBay, the Atari, Commodore, and PC categories usually out-number the<br />TRS-80 categories by a 3 to 1 margin. (I am boycotting everything,<br />including discussion, of the fruity computer company, so they are not<br />included) This easily makes the TRS-80 stuff 'more rare' than most<br />others. But, are they really rare to those looking for them? That's am<br />impossible question to answer, unfortunately, since I cannot read the<br />minds of the people viewing the auctions. </font><br/><br/><font color='#33ff33'>When compared to the the Commodore auctions, the TRS-80 items tend to sell for more, especially the CoCo3, Model I and III. The TRS-80 line also fares well when compared to a few of the Atari auctions, the exceptions being the Atari Falcon, MEGA ST and TT. The Atari 400 seems to be the red-headed step-child of the Atari family, rarely commanding a decent price unless it's accompanied by numerous accessories and software. The 800 line sells well, but, prices seem to be a moving target with no rational behind them.</font><br/><br/><font color='#33ff33'>What about software? Can that be considered a rare item. My opinion is this: the rarity of software is completely dependent upon completeness of the package, and demand. Remember, most of the software for vintage/retro computers is now freely available SOMEWHERE on the internet, as is most of the documentation. So unless people are looking for a specific package for a museum, club collection, or other reason, there's little reason to be looking for software. For software to be considered rare, IMO, it should include the original packaging, manuals, and media, all in good and working condition. The media or manuals by themselves do not make the item rare - yes they can complete a collection, but, for the media you can do that yourself.<br/><br/>What got me started on this subject is all of the auctions the have the 'rare' moniker listed boldly in the auction titles or description recently. While not in the title, this auction for the <a href='http://cgi.ebay.com/Winnie-Pooh-Hundred-Acre-Wood-Sierra-TRS-80-Sealed-/110524716303?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19bbc9550f#ht_1780wt_1165'>CoCo Winnie the Pooh game</a> is an example, and it's price is ridiculous. Yes, it's original, and sealed, and it'd be a cold day in Hades before I paid that price. I already have a copy I got from the CoCo Lounge before Glenn closed it down (also got the Mikey's Space Adventure and Flight Sim II in complete packaging). The seal was broken, but, it is a complete package and I paid less than $20 for each package. There's also a TDP-100 listed for $300 right now, using it's rarity status. While in a different case, it IS a CoCo.</font><br/></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-69972915958137421842010-05-07T07:38:00.002-05:002010-05-07T07:40:35.946-05:00Another quickie...Looks like this must be the year of the rare items for the CoCo. Going thru eVilBay again last night I saw this:<br />
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</div><div>I've never seen one of these in person, nor have I seen one on eVilBay before now. If I had the extra cash, I'd bid on it myself. This ranks right up there with the <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Color-Computer-3-COCO-3-with-3-disc-drives-mouse_W0QQitemZ290397788054QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item439d0e9796#ht_805wt_1165">Amdek 3" Dual Disk Drive in this auction</a> a few months ago in rarity level.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Later,</div><div><br />
</div><div>MCCM</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-55226963954031636812010-04-26T10:42:00.001-05:002010-04-26T10:43:15.267-05:00Okay.... I'm a slacker...Okay, sorry for the lack of posting. I've been otherwise occupied with my website(s), work and life. So, without any further delay, I will post some recent CoCo activity of interest. I hope some of you readers were the lucky recipients of these fountains of CoCo-Goodness...<br />
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<h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=130384394785&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"><span style="font-size: small;">WICO NEW JOYSTICKS ADAPTOR FOR TRS80 COLOR COMPUTER</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Well, what can I say, I was the lucky winner of this. I've been wanting one of these for a while now. Can't wait to get it in and start play with my WICO joystick I've had for three years...</span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220591859882&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"><span style="font-size: small;">Tandy Color Computer 3 with 512K RAM Upgrade</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This was a good buy for someone. </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220591835789&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"><span style="font-size: small;">Tandy Color Computer 3 Floppy Drives</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Another good buy. </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220591733596&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"><span style="font-size: small;">TANDY MULTI-PAK INTERFACE UNIT TRS-80 COLOR COMPUTER 3</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Seller claims this has the PAL upgrade. I had expected this one to go a little higher ~ $75 mark. Wasn't too far off. </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220591729115&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"><span style="font-size: small;">TANDY MULTI-PAK INTERFACE UNIT TRS-80 COLOR COMPUTER 2</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I figured this one would go for about $50. Again, not too far off. </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Orchestra-90-CC-Stereo-Music-Synthesizer-Tandy-Coco-2-/120558117640?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c11d2e308"><span style="font-size: small;">Orchestra 90-CC Stereo Music Synthesizer Tandy Coco 2</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> I suppose a fair price for this. God knows there are better speech and sound paks for the CoCo line... </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer-W-16-games-and-more-/270564554304?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Video_Games&hash=item3efee77640"><span style="font-size: small;">Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer W 16 games and more</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I was a little surprised this one sold for $125 - evidently someone thought it was worth it as there wasn't a lot of action on this auction... </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280494740912&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT"><span style="font-size: small;">Trs-80 color computer cart: Speech Systems "The voice"</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Heh, I won this one also. If only the other bidders has a clue as to how close they came to going over my max bid... Now I gotta first see if the thing works, and second, related to the first, find the software... </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=19320684"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"></span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Tandy-FD-501-Disk-Drive-All-Connections-/380224857840?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item58872ae6f0">Vintage Tandy FD 501 Disk Drive All Connections</a></b></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unless the winning bidder has a spare parts floppy somewhere, he'll have to replace this drive in this one. Not a bad price at any rate. </span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Color-ComputerMetric-Serial-Parallel-Interface-/320518017661?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa05cd27d"><span style="font-size: small;">Tandy Color ComputerMetric Serial Parallel Interface</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">These are pretty rare devices, so, this isn't a bad deal at all. </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Radio-Shack-Color-Computer-Multi-Pack-Interface-/320518016114?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa05ccc72"><span style="font-size: small;">Tandy Radio Shack Color Computer Multi Pack Interface</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I guess I had to eat my words on this one... The seller and I passed a few emails regarding the starting price on this. I seriously doubted it would sell that high. Guess I was wrong. BTW, the seller was very gracious and not rude at all, so, I would deal with him in the future if he had a product I was interested in.</span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TANDY-MULTI-PAK-INTERFACE-TRS-80-COLOR-COMPUTER-2-/260586686035?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cac2d4653"><span style="font-size: small;">TANDY MULTI-PAK INTERFACE FOR TRS-80 COLOR COMPUTER 2</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There's been a butt-load of MPI's on eBay this year... </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TRS-80-Vintage-computer-Silver-4K-Ram-model-1-RARE-RS-/300415886465?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f22ea481"><span style="font-size: small;">TRS-80 Vintage computer Silver 4K Ram model 1 *RARE* RS</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">No comment for this one... </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-TANDY-DELUXE-JOYSTICK-26-3012B-FREE-SHIP-/390172215987?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5ad8138ab3"><span style="font-size: small;">VINTAGE TANDY DELUXE JOYSTICK 26-3012B ++FREE SHIP++</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This is just silly... </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=19320684"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-TRS-80-color-computer-radio-shack-/190387601029?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c53fc3e85">Vintage - TRS-80 color computer (radio shack)</a></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-Tandy-Color-Computer-3-Manuals-and-Box-/280492998398?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item414eaf7efe"><span style="font-size: small;">Radio Shack Tandy Color Computer 3 with Manuals and Box</span></a></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">No too bad. </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There were interesting auctions - if you've been watching eBay, you saw 'em and hopefully you won some. I'm not making any promises on updates here. I've got a ton going on right now. I'll try to pop in every so often and give an update. Cris is trying to locate his 'CoCo Collector' file. I'd like to update it with some newer data as well as add some rare items that have been spotted recently.</span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Later,</span></span></h1><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">MCCM</span></span></h1>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-79230541250227937672010-03-14T22:16:00.000-05:002010-03-14T22:16:56.626-05:00Sorry...Sorry that it's been so long since the last post - life and work has gotten in the way. I'm gonna throw some eBay action up here on the screen and not even comment on them, so, here goes...<br />
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<h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1" style="color: #333333; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/tandy-64k-color-computer-2_W0QQitemZ110504567688QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item19ba95e388#ht_500wt_1182">tandy 64k color computer 2</a></h1><div><br />
</div><div><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1" style="color: #333333; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer-Works_W0QQitemZ250593552172QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a588a272c#ht_674wt_1165">Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer - Works</a></h1><div><br />
</div><div><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1" style="color: #333333; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Nice-trs-80-26-3004a-With-trs-80-X-pad-Rare-Find_W0QQitemZ130374079140QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e5ae692a4#ht_500wt_1182">Nice trs-80 26-3004a With trs-80 X-pad Rare Find</a></h1><div><br />
</div><div><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1" style="color: #333333; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/RADIO-SHACK-TRS-80_W0QQitemZ140390958822QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item20aff406e6#ht_6239wt_1165">RADIO SHACK TRS-80</a></h1><div><br />
</div><div><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1" style="color: #333333; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Extreme-Rare-Diecom-Adapter-Sega-Phaser-Tandy-TRS-80_W0QQitemZ260568748359QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3cab1b9147#ht_500wt_1182">Extreme Rare Diecom Adapter+Sega Phaser / Tandy TRS-80</a></h1><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1" style="color: #333333; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer-2-System_W0QQitemZ110499004364QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19ba40ffcc#ht_2315wt_939">Vintage Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 2 System</a></h1><div><br />
</div><div><h1 class="vi-is1-titleH1" style="color: #333333; font-size: large; font-weight: bold; line-height: 27px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-TRS-80-Color-Computer-System-Tested-Game_W0QQitemZ110499005770QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item19ba41054a#ht_2299wt_939">Vintage TRS-80 Color Computer System Tested Game</a></h1><div><br />
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</div><div>Look all you want, but, I think that Diecom light gun adapter is about the rarest thing I've seen on eBay for a few years.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Anyway, my excuse for not posting a lot leave a little to be desired - in short since my car accident, I've found it necessary to start training for a new career. I don't know what the future holds for it, but, I've been taking classes in web design. I've learned a lot, but, I still have more to learn. My first go 'round was actually the site for my employer, and it turned out pretty well. My next one was my own web site, and two sub-domains are CoCo-centric so this is as good a place as any to talk about it. If you are interested in looking at yet another CoCo website, take a look at <a href="http://coco.randomrodder.com/">Random Rodder's CoCo Den</a> at let me know what you think. Shortly there will be an anonymous FTP access also.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Later, </div><div><br />
</div><div>MCCM</div><div><br />
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<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-Tandy-TRS80-Color-Computer-MIB-W-access_W0QQitemZ320480982953QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9e27b7a9#ht_826wt_1165"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Radio Shack Tandy TRS80 Color Computer MIB W/access</span></a><br />
<p>Well, I can understand why this one didn't sell. $50 seems a little high as a starting price.</p><br />
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-Tandy-TRS80-Color-Computer-MIB-W-access_W0QQitemZ320480982953QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9e27b7a9#ht_826wt_1165"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Radio Shack Tandy TRS80 Color Computer MIB W/access</span></a><br />
<p>Well, I can understand why this one didn't sell. $50 seems a little high as a starting price.</p><br />
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Color-Computer-3-COCO-3-with-3-disc-drives-mouse_W0QQitemZ290397788054QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item439d0e9796#ht_805wt_1165"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Tandy Color Computer 3 COCO 3 with 3 disc drives mouse</span></a><br />
<p>This auction was an interesting one. Up until the last hour it was stuck at $56 and change. In the last few minutes it exploded. It surpassed by expectations by selling for as much as it did. I figured it would go for about $125 or so. Guess the rarity of the Amdek unit definitely added to the value of this one...</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-25618829963760951832010-02-07T18:36:00.001-06:002010-02-07T18:36:13.200-06:00Not much still....<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>As I sit in Alley Katz in Gainesville watching my family bowl, I figured I'd do something constructive (yeah right) and make a 'Hut entry.<br /><br />After the last few weeks of CoComania, things have settled down. The mailing list has been fairly quiet, and there's not been a whole lot going on on CoCo3.com. Even eVil Bay is still slow (unless you are into Atari, Apple and Commies). So, I thought I'd go in another direction and talk about collecting in general. Is anybody still actively collecting? Are you using your real CoCos or using emulators? Currently my collections consists of the following:<br /><br />3 - 512k CoCo3' (2 have 6309's)<br />My repack CoCo3 which is 128k (soon to upgrade to 512k), upgraded to a 6309, 2-3.5" floppies, 1-5.25" floppy, Roy's VGA adapter connected to a 15" HP LCD, MPI, and a Radio Shack multimedia sound system is being installed. All jammed into a Model III case.<br />2 - CoCo2's (one is a 3127B lowercase capable)<br />1 - grey CoCo1<br />1 - White CoCo1<br />1 - MPI I am trying to repair<br />2 - FD-501 (1 with 2 DS/DD 5.25's, and 1 with 1 5.25 and 1 3.5)<br />1 - FD-502 with a single DS/DD drive<br /><br />I have misc. games, cassettes, and software.<br /><br />The reason I ask is I have come across a guy want to get rid of a BUNCH of CoCo stuff. My issue is that I'm really not sure I need it, but, I'd rather buy it than see it land-filled. <br/><br/><div class='zemanta-pixie'><img src='http://img.zemanta.com/pixy.gif?x-id=247d38a4-a082-8797-be78-a4ca5358dca8' alt='' class='zemanta-pixie-img'/></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-12557166541573546952010-02-04T07:52:00.000-06:002010-02-04T07:52:52.523-06:00THEY WON!!!!The CoCo trio who entered into the<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":kn"> RetroChall<wbr></wbr>enge Winter Warmup 2010 won!!! Boisy, Aaron and Jim brought the internet to the CoCo via Drivewire4, entered the Challenge and won. There's something very cool about the CoCo being in the spotlight again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":kn">You can check out all of the info here:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":kn"><a href="http://www.retrochallenge.net/updates.html">RetroChallenge</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":kn"><a href="http://home.spogbiper.com/">Aaron's CoCo served homepage</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":kn"><a href="http://www.hat3.net/java-drivewire-server">Jim's Project page</a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":kn">My congratulations to the three gentlemen. This was a very cool project with spectacular results. If nothing else, it certainly raised interest in the CoCo again for lots of people. And hey, it finally gave me the kick in the ass I needed to clean a spot on my desk to set up one of my CoCo systems again.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":kn">Way to go guys!!! You deserved it!!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="hP" id=":kn">MCCM.</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-25404001866783935412010-02-02T10:39:00.000-06:002010-02-02T10:39:40.571-06:00Quick eVil Bay updateA quick scan of eVil Bay netted a couple CoCo3 auctions:<br />
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<b><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Computer-3-TRS-80-System-Joysticks-Plus-Games_W0QQitemZ350312127086QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item51903ada6e">Tandy Computer 3 TRS 80 System & Joysticks Plus Games</a> </b>appears to be a run of the mill auction; CoCo3, switchbox, video cable, couple games and joysticks.<br />
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The next one is billed as <b><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Color-Computer-3-COCO-3-with-3-disc-drives-mouse_W0QQitemZ290397788054QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item439d0e9796">This is the BIGGEST CoCo package to ever hit eBay</a>. </b>While it is a fairly complete system, it's hardly the BIGGEST CoCo package ever to hit eVil Bay.It DOES have a very noteworthy piece of hardware - an Amdek dual mini-disk drive system. I've never seen one of these in person, but, remember drooling over them in ads in the Rainbow... While it doesn't live up to it's billing as the BIGGEST, it may well be in the top ten in the last few years.<br />
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Later,<br />
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MCCMUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-89451666992546680532010-01-31T12:43:00.003-06:002010-01-31T12:55:09.952-06:00Still pretty quiet<div 14pt;"="" font-family:="" font-size:="" new="" roman',="" serif;="" times,="" times="" york',=""><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">Man, it's still pretty quiet on eBay. And equally quiet it seems this week on the mailing list. There are a few tidbits worth looking at, so, here we go:</span></span><br />
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</span> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">If you're in the need for a</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-TRS-80-High-Resolution-Joystick-Interface_W0QQitemZ260544129057QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca9a3e821"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">Hi-Res joystick interface</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">, here's one that looks decent and at a fair price.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">Here's a </span><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TRS-80-RADIO-SHACK-COLOR-COMPUTER-WITH-2-JOY-STICKS_W0QQitemZ200433330191QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2eaac1e80f#ht_500wt_1182"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">nice looking grey CoCo1</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">, with not a whole lot of info included...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"><br />
</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">If you're in the market for a decent looking CoCo2, the this one may be for you. the seller has it listed as a </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Computer-2-Model-26-31278_W0QQitemZ200433528207QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2eaac4ed8f#ht_500wt_1182"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">Tandy Computer 2 Model 26-31278</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">, but, I'm sure he means a 26-3127B which if my memory serves is the Korean version capable of true lowercase text instead of just the inverse text we've all grown to love/hate...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">The same seller with the Hi-Res adapter also has a single button </span><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-TRS-80-CoCo-Color-Computer-Mouse_W0QQitemZ260545067539QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca9b23a13#ht_526wt_1165"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">CoCo mouse</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"> up for sale as well...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">There's another nice looking </span><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1980-RADIO-SHACK-TRS-80-COLOR-COMPUTER_W0QQitemZ320481168971QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9e2a8e4b#ht_5523wt_1165"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">grey CoCo1 up for auction</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">, seems to be complete with most original documentation that came with it, but, does not say if it's in an original box. Also includes some bonus material from a ZX Spectrum if you need that as well. From the pics it looks like it's been opened up, maybe a memory upgrade??? (just a guess...)</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">Our next victim, err, auction is for a </span><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-1980-RADIO-SHACK-TRS-80-COLOR-COMPUTER_W0QQitemZ320481168971QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9e2a8e4b#ht_5523wt_1165"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">CoCo2 with original box</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">, or, what's left of the box... Seller claims the original docs, and antenna box are with it, but, as is the case with so many of these auctions, he has no idea of the functional status (I will use a rare case of better judgement and not say any more about this...). </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">There seem to be plenty of CoCo2's up for sale, including this one: </span><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-Tandy-TRS80-Color-Computer-MIB-W-access_W0QQitemZ320480982953QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9e27b7a9#ht_778wt_1165"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">Radio Shack Tandy TRS80 Color Computer MIB W/access</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"> (is this the ever elusive Men In Black edition?) I have no idea what the computer actually looks like; the seller has pics of everything BUT the computer...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">Here's the ONLY </span><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/tandy-color-computer-3-128k-works-vintage_W0QQitemZ160392163259QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item25581e2fbb#ht_706wt_1165"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">CoCo3 auction</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"> I've seen this week. And it's a pretty complete system, with RGB monitor and R/S printer to boot. If I wasn't already committed to but another system from someone else, I'd seriously consider this myself. Hopefully it'll fine a nice caring home soon...</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">That's about all that really caught my eyes, auction wise this week. There are a couple of game up for sale that are price rather high, IMHO ($60 for Thexder). Whatever.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">I did get a little quality CoCo time in this week, with my newly repaired and upgraded CoCo3. You can read about it on my repack blog if you like. </span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">Till next time,</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 27px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #60bf00;">MCCM</span></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-79868362077896167432010-01-24T20:32:00.001-06:002010-01-24T20:32:33.381-06:00Shhhhh... can you hear that...?<div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;color:#000000;"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00">Well, that's the sound of nothing. And quite literally nothing has been going on this last week. No auctions really grabbed my attention, no major revelations in CoCoWorld this week - pretty much nothing. There was an update on the </font><a href="http://retrochallenge.net/updates.html"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00">RetroChallenge</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00"> website. Looks like our three intrepid entrants into the game are making good headway with internet enabling the CoCo via Java DriveWire. You can go to </font><a href="http://home.spogbiper.com/"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00">Aaron's home page</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00"> for the complete play-by-play, and the page is being served from a COCo3 no less.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00">My only CoCoing has been with snipping out a CPU and throwing a socketed 63C09EP in it's place on one of my CoCo3's. I'll be posting more on that on my repack blog later...</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00">I still haven't heard from Cris - the CoCoHut website is still very much MIA, so I hope he can get things straightened out.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00">Last about it for this entry.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#80FF00">Later...</font></div><div style="position:fixed"></div> <!--//--></div><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-32552138133903321232010-01-19T12:17:00.000-06:002010-01-19T12:17:58.654-06:00eVil Bay Auction results, and....We'll do the and first. Briza has been in contact with Cris, aka CaptCPU (not as fun as Capt. Morgan, but, what can ya do...?). Cris has no idea why his website is down and is going to look into it. When I looked into everything, his domain name was registered until 2011, so, hopefully he'll show back up in these parts...<br />
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Below are some of the result from auctions I've noted earlier:<br />
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Reasonable looking <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer-Lot-System-3-Games_W0QQitemZ270513021863QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3efbd523a7#ht_500wt_975">CoCo1 with games</a> went for a reasonable price...<br />
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This <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-TRS-80-Color-Computer-Controller_W0QQitemZ330393916713QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4ced031529#ht_500wt_975">CoCo1 FDC 26-3022</a> went for a surprisingly low price. I figured it's at least go for $20.<br />
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This <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/RADIO-SHACK-TRS-80-VINTAGE-COMPUTER-W-CASSETTE-LAB_W0QQitemZ290389536103QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item439c90ad67#ht_4157wt_958">REALLY nice grey CoCo1</a> went for an insanely low price of $9.99...<br />
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That's it for now. I'm looking to post on some current auctions later today - I hope...<br />
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MCCM.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-66008051325362759492010-01-16T13:16:00.000-06:002010-01-16T13:16:46.209-06:00Quick update...If you've been following my CoCo3 repair escapades on the mailing list, it's over for now. You can go to my <a href="http://cocom3repack.blogspot.com/">repack page</a> and see the gory details...<br />
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I lampooned <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-64k-Color-Computer-2-Model-26-3127B_W0QQitemZ190300762112QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2c4ecf3000#ht_3055wt_1165">this auction</a> from KPSURPLUS earlier. I couldn't let well enough alone. Last time he put up a CoCo auction this ridiculous, I offered $5. I just did the same thing here. Why? I dunno, we'll see if I get the same result (was banned from making offers on any of his auctions for a while).<br />
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This <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-CoCo-Orchestra-90-Stereo-Music-Synthesizer_W0QQitemZ320470449864QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9d86fec8#ht_500wt_1182">Orchestra-90</a> went very reasonable.<br />
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The low serial is the only reason I can think of why <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer-2-Manuals_W0QQitemZ120513624177QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0f2bf871#ht_888wt_1165">this CoCo2</a> went for $51.00. Then again, CoCo2's seem to have a history for going at prices higher than I'd guess. Some much higher than CoCo3 prices.<br />
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Yet, here's an example of a <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Computer-2-Bustout-Game_W0QQitemZ350300842283QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item518f8ea92b#ht_500wt_1182">CoCo2 that didn't sell...</a><br />
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Either someone was desperate for a <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TRS-80-FLOPPY-DRIVE-AND-DISK-CONTROLLER_W0QQitemZ180452360003QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item2a03cc7f43#ht_500wt_1182">3029 controller, floppy and rusty case</a> or, well... damn... I can't think of a reason.<br />
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Remember that <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-LOT-TANDY-COLOR-COMPUTERS-BOXED-TRS-80-128K_W0QQitemZ290388177097QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item439c7bf0c9#ht_6752wt_939">CoCo2 & CoCo3 auction</a>? Wow... I know they both needed a bath, but, I didn't expect this low of a price for a boxed CoCo3.<br />
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That's about it for now....<br />
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Later,<br />
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MCCMUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-20885296448230972642010-01-10T06:05:00.005-06:002010-01-10T06:13:15.316-06:00CoCo Developments and eVil Bay updates<div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt;color:#000000;"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">Good morning all,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">Well, at least where I'm at it's still morning. I'm sure all of the readers of this blog (all four so far) are members of the CoCo mailing list, and are probably already aware of the recent developments on the CoCo scene. If not, crawl out from under that rock!!! You can look at the at </font><a href="http://five.pairlist.net/pipermail/coco/"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">mailing listarchive</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"> to get caught up. I'd suggest looking at around Christmas time to see that Aaron Wolfe, Boisy and Jim Hathaway have made the CoCo internet capable with a Java version of DriveWire 3. And to top it off, Aaron now has a </font><a href="http://home.spogbiper.com/"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">CoCo3 serving up a web page</font></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; white-space: pre;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">!!! </font></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
</font></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large; white-space: pre;"></span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="white-space: pre; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt;"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">The gang of three have entered the project in </font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12pt; white-space: normal; "><a href="http://www.retrochallenge.net/updates.html"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">RetroChallenge Winter Warm-up 2010</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"> and by looking at the current entrants, I'd say they have a great chance!!! They have implemented a telnet client, an IRC client, and have successfully connect CoCo to CoCo over the internet. That's cool by ANY standards.</font></span></span></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">Now, over on CoCo3.com, there's been activity as well. A gang of four, consisting of Jason, Briza, Robert Gault and Potatohead, have discovered and provided test dsk images of a 256 color mode (composite only so no RGB love here) that uses i byte per pixel. Meaning NO special software or page flipping techniques will be required to design some great 8-bit games with cool graphics and enough CPU cycles left over for killer sound effects and music. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">As someone pointed out regarding both of these projects, these have been done with hardware and equipment that was available in the 1980's so there is no special hardware being utilized with any of this. The 256 color composite mode DOES require a 512k CoCo3; that's my understanding anyway. The DriveWire3/internet capabilities should be available to any member of the CoCo line.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">___________________________________________</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">Okay, time for some eVil Bay updates:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">First on the hit list is a semi-nice looking </font><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer-Lot-System-3-Games_W0QQitemZ270513021863QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3efbd523a7#ht_500wt_975"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">CoCo1 with a few carts</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">. It has a little wear about where you'd expect, but, it also has a COOL keyboard overlay that I have no Earthly idea where it came from...</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">Here we have a first generation </font><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-TRS-80-Color-Computer-Controller_W0QQitemZ330393916713QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4ced031529#ht_500wt_975"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">CoCo floppy controller - Model 26-3022</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">. This is the ONLY Radio Shack made controller that can be modified for hi-density floppy use. It's also the least reliable in OS-9/NitrOS-9.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">If you are in the market for a </font><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/RADIO-SHACK-TRS-80-VINTAGE-COMPUTER-W-CASSETTE-LAB_W0QQitemZ290389536103QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item439c90ad67#ht_4157wt_958"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">NICE CoCo1</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">, this auction may be your ticket. It comes in it's original box, has the manuals, cassette recorder, and couple carts and the CoCo Learning Lab on cassette. So far the price is reasonable and shipping is tolerable. Should make a nice score for some CoCoNut.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">Shadow-Nightwarrior is back with another interesting auction.A set of </font><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TRS-80-Color-Computer-OS-9-Disks-720k-DSQD-C-CompilerV2_W0QQitemZ220537620347QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item335911077b#ht_500wt_975"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">5 1/4" quad-density OS-9 floppies</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"> containing a C compiler. Good luck on figuring it out. Even more good luck on getting a drive that'll read those disks...</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">Well, I guess that's it for this episode. If anyone has any suggestions of what they want to see, let me know and I'll try. If anyone would like to post articles here, contact me and we'll get it arranged...</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
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</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">Later,</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><br />
</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80">MCCM</font></div><div><br />
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I'll do the best I can to post CoCo related stuff in a semi-frequent nature...</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Okay, on to eVil Bay....</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The first victim, uh, auction is for a </span></font><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-TRS-80-Color-Computer-3-NOT-WORKING_W0QQitemZ220536848866QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item33590541e2#ht_500wt_1182"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Non-Working CoCo3</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> that, from the description sounds like it could simply need the GIME removed, cleaned and reseated....</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'Prepare for LUDICROUS SPEED!!!' to steal a phrase from Spaceballs... </span></font><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TANDY-TRS-80-ORCHESTRA-90-CC-MUSIC-SYNTH-NEW-IN-BOX_W0QQitemZ220488277701QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3356201ec5#ht_1268wt_939"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">What the hell????</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> Now I know the O-90 is cool and all, but, for $150 a whole lot more coolness could be gotten; IDE interface, TC^3, MicroSD DrivePak, set up DW3 and host a CoCo website from your CoCo...</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'They've gone to plaid...' And here's another CoCo2 auction from KPSURPLUS that's only slightly less stupid than yesterday's entry. At least </span></font><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer-Vintage-26-3136_W0QQitemZ320468700626QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9d6c4dd2#ht_2497wt_1165"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">this CoCo2</span></font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> looks like it was dried off before being put away...</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The following eVil Bayer has got several auctions up for grads for floppy ROM's. </span><a href="http://myworld.ebay.com/shadow_nightwarrior/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">shadow-nightwarrior</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> has had some interesting stuff up in the past, but, I have no clue who he his. His website is www.gimechip,com but, that's still no help to me any way, here are his floppy ROM auctions: </span><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/F-DOS2-2-DOS-ROM-for-the-TRS-80-Color-Computer-3-Tandy_W0QQitemZ220533668271QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3358d4b9af#ht_500wt_1182"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">FDOS 2.2</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, </span><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/16K-JDOS-for-Tandy-Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer_W0QQitemZ220534900093QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3358e7857d#ht_500wt_1182"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">JDOS</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> , </span><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ADOS3-DOS-ROM-for-the-TRS-80-Color-Computer-1-2-3_W0QQitemZ320470852102QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9d8d2206#ht_500wt_1182"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ADOS3</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Evidently he's not a big fan of his ADOS3 configuration because he's offering to give it away...</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Here's an auction for 2 COCos, a <a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-LOT-TANDY-COLOR-COMPUTERS-BOXED-TRS-80-128K_W0QQitemZ290388177097QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item439c7bf0c9#ht_6704wt_939">CoCo2 and a CoCo3</a>, which even the seller admits need a good cleaning. I'm not thrilled in the least with the $40 shipping price to Florida, tho...</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">That's about it for today. Like I said, I'm going to try and start posting semi-regularly again. I've also started some work on my repack, and am <a href="http://cocom3repack.blogspot.com/">still posting on the blogsite for it</a>. If you're interested, hop on over an take a gander - just don;t laugh loud enough for me to hear...</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Later,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#00FF80"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">MCCM</span></font></div><div style="position:fixed"></div> <!--//--></div><br> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-79659207295639427562010-01-07T21:28:00.003-06:002010-01-07T21:33:50.011-06:00Update and eVil Bay update<div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma, 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"><br />
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<div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:14pt;color:#00F00;"><div>Okay, a few folks said they were interested in seeing some posting going on here again, so let's see if the works. I'll start with an explanation of my absence; in short other hobbies, life, recovery.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Other hobbies: Each year I put up Christmas lights. Everybody does right? Well, no. And certainly not everyone goes as far as I do, though some make my display look like a Light-Bright on steroids. No, I usually put up 15-20,000 lights each year and sync them to music. This starts sometime in August and runs thru December. Which is why my last post was in August 2008. Usually, I pick back up in January. Last year I didn't....</div><div><br />
</div><div>Life: Spending time with my wife and kids during and after the holidays. Nuff said...</div><div><br />
</div><div>Recovery: On February 2nd, 2009, I was stopped at a traffic light when some asshat who was not paying attention rear ended me. I was in a 1995 Ford Thunderbird. He was in a GMC 2500 series pickup. I was standing still. He was going about 50mph. I remember the initial impact, and my car hitting the van in front of me. I don't remember anything else until I was out of my car walking around. Physically, I hurt like hell, but, with no apparent major injuries, I turned down the ride in the meat-wagon and waited until the FHP trooper was done and my wife took me to the hospital. Talk about a bunch more ass hats. If your guts aren't dragging and your brains aren't oozing out of your head, there's nothing wrong with you. </div><div><br />
</div><div>In the weeks after I had numerous problems, both physicality and mentally - I hurt like hell everywhere and my memory was non-existent, I had trouble finding words to complete sentences, my eyes were VERY sensitive to light (still are), I had mood swings worse that Carrie and Sybil combined, and was not getting more than 2 hours sleep per night. When I say my memory was bad, I mean I forgot complete conversations, forgot entire nights, forgot how to do parts of my job. We began to look my symptoms and look over pictures of my car. We discovered three distinct impact marks from the truck's tire on my rear bumper and trunk - I had been bounced around like a pinball between him and the minivan in front of me. </div><div><br />
</div><div>After numerous MRI's and other tests, I was finally diagnosed wither herniated discs in my back and neck, torn rotator cuff in my left and right shoulders, and 'post concussion syndrome', or in other words, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. While I'm not back to 100%, at this stage I;m probably as far back physically as I'll come. We have seen improvements in the head symptoms and hopefully those will continue. However, many people whom I have talked to who are familiar with this type of injury tell me I'll be battling it on and off for the rest of my life...</div><div><br />
</div><div>Anyway, on to the eVil Bay stuff...</div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Segoe UI';white-space:pre;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">KPSURPLUS is back with a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-64k-Color-Computer-2-Model-26-3127B_W0QQitemZ190300762112QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2c4ecf3000#ht_3055wt_1165">CoCo2</a> that looks like it's been rode hard and put away wet... and the price is ridiculous at $69.00 for being sold 'as parts.'</span></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;"><br />
</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;">If you have a Model III in need of a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TRS-Tandy-Computer-Picture-Tube-KTR-131B_W0QQitemZ250560083171QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3a568b74e3#ht_7111wt_1165">picture tube</a> this may work for you. Tho the seller says he is trying to 'build his rating back up' and that usually scares me...</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;"><br />
</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;">Here's a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-CoCo-Orchestra-90-Stereo-Music-Synthesizer_W0QQitemZ320470449864QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a9d86fec8">CoCo Orechestra 90</a> for a very reasonable price at $7.95 right now. I'd be interested if I didn't already have one...</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;"><br />
</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;">And we have a much better example of a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer-2-Manuals_W0QQitemZ120513624177QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1c0f2bf871#ht_888wt_1165">CoCo2 with Manuals</a> here than the KPRIPOFF above. Shipping cost is fair, the price is a little high at $49.00.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large; white-space:pre;"><br />
</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;">Not in as good shape as the one right above, but, far better than KP's, this <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Computer-2-Bustout-Game_W0QQitemZ350300842283QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item518f8ea92b#ht_500wt_1182">CoCo2 with Bustout</a> is priced fair and shipping is also where one would expect.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;"><br />
</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;">Don't know who this guy is, but, um no.... <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TRS-80-FLOPPY-DRIVE-AND-DISK-CONTROLLER_W0QQitemZ180452360003QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item2a03cc7f43#ht_500wt_1182">CoCO disk drive and controller...</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;"><br />
</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;">There are some others that are still more than 4 days out right now. I'll try to catch up on them tomorrow.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;"><br />
</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;">Later,</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;"><br />
</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Segoe UI', 'new york', times, serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;white-space:pre;">MCCM</span></font></div><div style=""></div></div><br />
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I haven't had time what with work, my ongoing recovery, trying to maintain my own blogs, CoCoing, Christmas, learning web design, etc... to do much here. <br />
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Has anyone missed the eVil Bay updates or has the lack of activity gone un-noticed? If this blog is even read any more, let me know and I'll try to get back to doing some semi-regular posting...<br />
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MCCM.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-9250127363155746042008-08-26T11:50:00.000-05:002008-08-26T11:54:21.295-05:00More noteable sales<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'>Okay, I had a few auctions I'd been watching, hoping to be able to bid on a few things. My F-250 Super Duty drank the extra money, so... all I can do is report what happened with the auction...<br/><br/><a href='http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=310074902236&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=021'><small><small><small><span class='ebay'><h1 class='itemTitle'>2 VINTAGE TANDY TRS-80 CoCo-2 SYSTEMS - 25 GAMES +MORE</h1></span></small></small></small></a>Here was a nice auction with 2 CoCo2's, some paks, an O-90 and a floppy controller. Oh yeah.. the FDC was a 3029 model. Decent selling price.<br/><br/><a href='http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=150283392151&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=005'><small><small><small><span class='ebay'><h1 class='itemTitle'>Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer (first generation!)</h1></span></small></small></small></a>Here's a decent looking first gen grey that sold a for a little more than I thought it'd go for.<br/><br/><small><small><small><a href='http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290253627944&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019'><span class='ebay'><h1 class='itemTitle'>Tandy TRS-80 CoCo Color Schematic Designer v2.0 w/Disk</h1></span></a></small></small></small>Well, this auction fell under the category of 'Damn, I didn;t see that one coming'. In a good way I might add. I had planned on bidding on this until Ilogged on close to the end and saw what the latest bid was. Didn't realize this was such a rare piece.<br/><br/><a href='http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290253782643&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019'><small><small><small><span class='ebay'><h1 class='itemTitle'>Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 26-3003A Vintag</h1></span></small></small></small></a>Here's another auction of a CoCo1 that's been modded. Almost bid on it myself...<br/><br/><br/>That's about all of the stuff I'd been watching. Haven;t been on eVilBay for a whle. I'll go look and if there is anything of interest, I'll add some auction to watch...<br/><br/><br/>Later,<br/><br/>mccm<br/><small><small><small><br/><br/><br/></small></small></small><br/><br/><br/></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-26395601642238800662008-08-18T10:50:00.001-05:002008-08-20T07:36:28.141-05:00Recent sales..<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Been watching a few items of interest and wanted to do a quick update on some recent sales. Nothing really earth-shattering has been going on, but, there are some items that I would classify as rare; I'll note 'em when I get to 'em:<br /><br /><br /><small><small><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=190243374998&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=009">Custom Deluxe Joystick for the TRS-80 / Tandy CoCo </a><br /></h1><big><big>Here's a nice PC joystick modded to work with a CoCo. Sprybug was the seller; and he's also back in CoCoworld and, apparently with the help of Bob DeVries, will be tackling Mini-Hog again. I look forward to playing Sonic on a CoCo...<br /><br /><br /></big></big></span><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170249089508&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007">TRS-80 CoCo Color Computer WORDPAK RS </a><br /></h1><big><big>This on I'd classify are rare. Since I've been tracking CoCo stuff on eVilBay, I've never seen this PBJ product. A rare find indeed...<br /><br /><big><big><big><big><br /></big></big></big></big></big></big></span><big><big><big><big><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170249107384&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007"><small><small><small><small><small><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle"><span class="ebay"></span></h1></span></small></small></small></small></small></a></big></big></big></big><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=170249107384&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=007">TRS-80 Tandy Color Computer Coco MULTI-PAK </a><br /></h1><big><big>While the item is not rare, the price sure is. I haven't seen an MPI go for this much for a while.<br /><br /><br /></big></big></span><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290252361995&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019">Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Computer Games Sands of Egypt </a></h1><big><big>Ahhh, yes... good old Sands of Egypt... spent many hours on this game as a kid. Never did solve it. Guess it's a good thing I lost this auction. My wife may have divorced me...<br /><br /><br /></big></big></span><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=310074908509&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=021">10 VINTAGE TANDY TRS-80 CoCo-3 GAMES +DISKS +PAPERWORK</a></h1><big><big>Looks like a nice start to a good collection of original softs. There's enough here to make most CoCo-lovers drule... </big></big><br /></span></small></small><br /><small><small><span class="ebay"><big><big><br /><br />As for current auctions, not much of interesting items, IMHO. This seller, <a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZretro_eng">retro_eng</a> has a few late Rainbows up for grabs. Another seller, <a href="http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZ53onthemove">53onthemove</a> has had some nice items as well. He says they are all estate items.<br /><br />Well, that about covers it for this trip around the auction world.<br /><br /><br />Later,<br /><br />mccm <br /></big></big></span></small></small><br /><br /><small><small><span class="ebay"><br /></span></small></small></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-14146815392858156122008-08-11T15:43:00.000-05:002008-08-11T15:47:11.531-05:00Quick noteable sale...<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><small><small><span class='ebay'><h1 class='itemTitle'><a href='http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110276865069&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=001'>Radio Shack Tandy 128K Color Computer 3 CoCo3 TRS-80 <br/></a></h1><big><big>Here's what I'd consider to be an average (at best) CoCo3 going for a decent price. Must be the box (looked like a nice box at that...). Another eVilBay seller, mkandrac36, had several nice CoCo3's that took multiple auctions to get rid of, tho I don;t know if his had boxes. Just one of those things, I guess.</big><br/><br/>Later,<br/>mccm</big><br/><br/></span></small></small></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19320684.post-51257807622818911712008-08-11T06:31:00.001-05:002008-08-11T06:34:50.989-05:00eVilBay Rundown<div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">Okay, there are a few interesting auctions on the 'Bay right now, so, without further ado...<br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer-Spectaculator_W0QQitemZ290251004633QQihZ019QQcategoryZ74947QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"><small><small><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle">Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer Spectaculator</h1></span></small></small></a>Disk version of Spectacultor. If you don't recall, and I'd say you lived under a rock if you don't, Spectaculator is a spreadsheet program for the CoCo. I never used it so I have no idea of it's capabilities.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Radio-Shack-TRS-80-Color-Computer-Personafile_W0QQitemZ290251008503QQihZ019QQcategoryZ74947QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"><small><small><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle">Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer Personafile </h1></span></small></small></a>Disk version of Pesonafile, which is basically a personal database. Again, never used it...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-Radio-Shack-TRS-80-CoCo-Color-Computer-Scripsit_W0QQitemZ290251015837QQihZ019QQcategoryZ4193QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"><small><small><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle">Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 CoCo Color Computer Scripsit </h1></span></small></small></a>Disk version of the 'Shack's word processor. If you like it for collectors purposes, I'd say go for it. For actual use, there are much better wp's for the CoCo (TW-64 to name just one).<br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/Tandy-TRS-80-Radio-Shack-CoCo-EDTASM-with-ZBUG-Editor_W0QQitemZ290251768207QQihZ019QQcategoryZ80321QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"><small><small><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle">Tandy TRS-80 Radio Shack CoCo EDTASM with ZBUG Editor </h1></span></small></small></a>Disk version of EDTASM w/Z-BUG. If you want to do Assembly language programming on a real CoCo, you'll need this (or something like it.)<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/TRS-80-Color-Computer-Homebrew-Style-Drive-Controller_W0QQitemZ250280794648QQihZ015QQcategoryZ74947QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"><small><small><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle">TRS-80 Color Computer Homebrew Style Drive & Controller</h1></span></small></small></a>Just what the title says. If nothing else, the spare controller is a good find. They ain't makin' any more of them...<br /><br />That's about all that caught my eye out of the current auctions. There is some hardware (meaning CoCo's) on eBay, but, nothing out of the ordinary.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Now, let's look at some recent sales</span>:<br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=130244065720&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=003"><small><small><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle">TRS-80 Radio Shack COLOR COMPUTER 2 - Mint Condition</h1></span></small></small></a>I'd like to have got this one. Looks to be an HJL keyboard on this CoCo2. Would've been worth it just for the HJL, IMO.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290250764364&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019"><small><small><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle">Tandy Radio Shack CoCo TRS-80 Color Computer FHL O-Pak </h1></span></small></small></a>This FHL package, I think, would HAVE to fall into the ultra-rare categroy. In the three years I've been tracking the CoCo stuff, this is the first I've seen. Whoever zepplin71 is, I'm sure he's happy...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290250542027&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019"><small><small><span class="ebay"><h1 class="itemTitle">Lot Tandy TRS-80 CoCo Computer Friends Disk Magazine </h1></span></small></small></a>Another one I'd like to have gotten my hands on. I know you can download the CFDM still, but, to have original with the hard copy, I dunno, just seems kewl...<br /><br /><br />Thant's about all for now. I've got another project coming up in a few months. My daughter's Girlscout troop is going for their badges in computers (who'da thunk it). Since I'm the only parent with any computer knowledge, I get to help them with this one. So I get to sit with 22 five to ten year old girls for two hours and give them the basics of computer use and terminology. Figured I'd also give them some exposure to the CoCo by having them type in a quick basic program on it. Maybe something that will allow them to print their name or something on a dot matrix printer.<br /><br /><br />Later,<br /><br />mccm<br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1