by admin | Dec 3, 2025 | Collecting, Color Computer 1, Hardware, Mod My Coco
Suntanned White CoCo Cigarettes and CoCo Well, not as catchy as ‘Cigarettes and Alcohol’ by Oasis, and made much better by Rod Stewart, but the smell of the cigarettes in the poor CoCo is disheartening. It’s not caked on, but you can certainly smell...
by admin | Nov 22, 2025 | Hardware, Repair
Let's scope this out When working on the CoCo 3 I got from Brian Wieseler, I really needed to take some wave-form measurements. However, My Tektronix scope was just too damned big for my desktop at home. I’ve had my eyes on a smaller portable scope for a while,...
by admin | Nov 20, 2025 | Color Computer 3, Hardware, Repair
This CoCo 3 came from Brian Weisler on Discord. This was advertised as a known bad unit with no RAM and video issues. When it arrived, it was exactly as advertised, but the case was in really nice condition, which is always a plus. But, this CoCo 3 had a healthy dose...
by admin | Oct 3, 2025 | Color Computer 1, Color Computer 2, Color Computer 3, Hardware, Software
My First Ever SepTandy! Project Greetingz CoCoNutz! If you were alive, loved the CoCo and were into the computers during the 1980’s, you’ve had a wonderful life. And if you also received the Color Computer’s monthly magazine, the Rainbow, your life...
by admin | Aug 18, 2025 | Hardware
Keeping it cool Greetingz CoCo Nutz! Back in May I started what I thought was going to be a two part article on keeping my TDP-100 transplant cool. Yes, based on the two types of coolers I used at the time, the nuke tower was by far the better of the designs –...
by admin | Aug 9, 2025 | Hardware
When Hobbies Merge If you saw my previous blog post, one thing that stood out was the Philharmonic 12 needed a case. Even without the bodge wires, this still needed an enclosure. My first attempt was close, but the text did not turn out very good – for some...
