bettablue
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Well, it arrived today! My best friend bought me a very nice looking Tandy Coco through E-Bay last week. It was delivered today! This was the very first computer I ever owned, so I was quite excited to see the old beauty. Needless to say, I was somewhat underwhelmed. Not at the PC, or lack of some miscelaneoud bits and pieces, but at the sellers lack of proper shipping! I'm really surprised that it arrived in one piece! There was almost nothing in the way of padding between the computer and the outer box. and other than the computer cover, there were only a couple of pieces of cardboard to keep it from being toally destroyed. There was absolutely nothing keeping it from moving side to side though.
However, it looks like I got lucky. The computer is in one piece afterall! Now I need to get a couple thing for it. Currently I have no way to connect it to a TV, or monitor. And, there are no game controllers, or game cartridges. So, I guess a bit of shopping on E-Bay, and Amazon are in order.
I do have a question though. I understand that by taking pin 1 an 4, and connecting them directly to an RCA plug at the other end of the cable, I can bypass an RF converter. Can I do something similar to connect the Coco to a standard VGA computer monitor? Or is there a cable I can either use or make that will allow me to connect to an input on my TV?
One more question: Can I use the same cable and converter from my Commodore VIC-20/C-64? And can I do the same with it to connect to the TV/monitor?
I realize I'm asking for a lot, but right now, I can't connect the Coco, nor my Commodores to a TV because of line noise. I suspect a bad RF converter.
Thanks much everyone. I'll hve pics to post both here and on my web site as well in a couple days. I want to get some before and after shots. The computer is pretty dirty, so it will need to be cleaned.
Thomas
However, it looks like I got lucky. The computer is in one piece afterall! Now I need to get a couple thing for it. Currently I have no way to connect it to a TV, or monitor. And, there are no game controllers, or game cartridges. So, I guess a bit of shopping on E-Bay, and Amazon are in order.
I do have a question though. I understand that by taking pin 1 an 4, and connecting them directly to an RCA plug at the other end of the cable, I can bypass an RF converter. Can I do something similar to connect the Coco to a standard VGA computer monitor? Or is there a cable I can either use or make that will allow me to connect to an input on my TV?
One more question: Can I use the same cable and converter from my Commodore VIC-20/C-64? And can I do the same with it to connect to the TV/monitor?
I realize I'm asking for a lot, but right now, I can't connect the Coco, nor my Commodores to a TV because of line noise. I suspect a bad RF converter.
Thanks much everyone. I'll hve pics to post both here and on my web site as well in a couple days. I want to get some before and after shots. The computer is pretty dirty, so it will need to be cleaned.
Thomas