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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, 04 Apr 2005 23:29
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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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