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

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From: james
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 20:40
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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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