Symphony or Philharmonic?

Symphony or Philharmonic?

Symphony 12  by Speech Systems   When it comes to sound, the stock CoCo (1, 2 or 3) are limited to the DAC. While a lot can be done with the DAC, as well as compressed audio samples, all of the coco models have been hamstrung for audio capability, when compared...
Modern Solution for 8-bit Problems

Modern Solution for 8-bit Problems

Floppy Storage Need Solved What to do when you buy floppies and realize you have no safe storage? Then you realize the zip-lock baggie they were sent in may provide safety from dust, but noting else. Well, when you have a 3d printer and some free time to design...
Memories

Memories

Upgrades for ALL CoCo Models   Recently I was faced with having a few CoCo 1’s with 16k, or faulty 32k/64k upgrades.  Asking questions on social media doesn’t always result in the assistance you’d like; though in this instance I was pointwed in...
Cool My CoCo Part 2

Cool My CoCo Part 2

Cooling a hot blooded TDP-100 With the heating issues this TDP was facing, I decided to go another route. Yes, the original design was cool (I thought, anyway) but was way over designed in some ways with a focus that wasn’t on the area that needed to be cooled....
Cool My CoCo

Cool My CoCo

Cooling a hot blooded TDP-100 My TDP-100 isn’t really a TDP-100. It’s an ‘F’ board CoCo. I won an auction, the CoCo 1 was badly damaged in shipping; this gave me the opportunity to utilize a TDP-100 shell I bought from Tony Padroza a number of...