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Re: coco2/coco3 case question

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From: NSM
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 07:32
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"cococat" <cococat@none.nonet> wrote in message
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> On the bottom of both my CoCo 2 and CoCo 3, beneath the cartridge port
> area, there's a large regtangular empty space molded into the bottom
> caseing (on the CoCo 3, the bottom analog RGB port has a cable "channel"
> which leads to this empty area).
>
> Was this area designed to hold some possible future expansion option that
> Tandy/Radio Shack had in mind? What purpose does this empty area serve?
>
> I notice that within this said space, there is a pair of plastic standoffs
> (for lack of a better term) molded into the case, each with a hole in it,
> although it appears that on my CoCo 2 the "standoffs" are a little bit
> wider in diameter with larger diameter holes in them.
>
> Any ideas?

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