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Re: Coco stuff for sale in Orlando, FL (C3, CM8, FD501, mouse, etc.)

#238
From: trapenator
Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 22:20
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Everyone, my coco stuff has already been taken by somebody else.
Thanks for your interest everyone.

- j


james wrote:
> Jeff
>
> I live in central Florida. I am most interested in the Coco3,  mouse
> and hardware and drive. I am not so interested in the monitor.
>
> james
>
>
> On 4 Apr 2005 13:36:47 -0700, trapenator@gmail.com wrote:
>
> >James,
> >
> >I'd be very willing to just give it all to you.  I didn't even see
your
> >reply until today.  I was close to junking it all.  If I could
figure
> >out how to get it to you.  I don't have the original box for the
> >monitor so I don't know how I could ship it easily.  Any
suggestions?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jeff
> >
> >james wrote:
> >> On 8 Mar 2005 15:50:51 -0800, trapenator@gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hey folks.  I have a (possibly dead) Coco3 for sale.  By possibly
> >dead
> >> >I mean sometimes it boots up and goes to the BASIC prompt, but
more
> >> >often than not it just displays a bunch of garbage on the screen.
 I
> >> >has been sitting in my closet for 15+ years.
> >> >
> >> >The Tandy CM8 monitor seems to work, but the flippy cover that
goes
> >> >over the controls in front is long gone.  Also, the plug that
goes
> >into
> >> >the Coco is a little scraped up - maybe a loose wire is causing
the
> >> >display to go funky?
> >> >
> >> >I also have a single disk FD501 drive.  No idea if it works as
the
> >> >controller pack is long gone.
> >> >
> >> >I also have the official Tandy mouse, with Colorware hi-res
adapater
> >(I
> >> >can't even remember what that was for).
> >> >
> >> >So - any advice on what I should do with this stuff?  Considering
> >that
> >> >the Coco itself isn't too healthy I don't want to list this stuff
on
> >> >ebay.  Do they even sell on there?  It seems like the shipping
would
> >be
> >> >real expensive.  The CM8 weighs a ton.  I'm close to chucking all
of
> >> >this stuff in the dumpster but I'd rather see it in the hands of
a
> >> >collector/enthusiast.
> >> >
> >> >- Jeff
> >> >(trapenator@gmail.com)
> >> *******
> >>
> >> Jeff
> >>
> >>
> >> Before you chunk it into the garbage, I would like to have crack
at
> >> it.
> >>
> >> Yes there is still a market for Coco stuff on EBAY.
> >> 
> >> james
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