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I've been Coleco'd

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The Colecovison has happily arrived 😁

Initial look suggests it may have been in a damp environment, one of the carts doesn't look great with rusty screws, but the unit itself seems in decent condition externally.

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As you can see, Oliver the product inspector has been diligently checking things out.

I should be able to use any 9 pin sticks with it as there are no controllers and I need to figure out a PSU, but I think it's going to be a a good project.

Need to figure out composite and audio out too.

Still, it was the cheapest one I could find on ebay.

Stay tuned...
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Re: I've been Coleco'd

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Wow, I had this one back in the 80's !

If I remember correctly, I swapped it for a ZX Spectrum (or was it the ZX Spectrum swapped for the Colecovision ?)...

My cat was not really interested in it, though.
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Re: I've been Coleco'd

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:yay: :yay2: :dualthumbup: :cheer:
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Re: I've been Coleco'd

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HigashiJun wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 12:53 pm Wow, I had this one back in the 80's !

If I remember correctly, I swapped it for a ZX Spectrum (or was it the ZX Spectrum swapped for the Colecovision ?)...

My cat was not really interested in it, though.
Didn't even have a 2600 myself, started off with a ZX81, so these are new things to me.

Trying to get a decent collection of consoles of this era, will go nice with the 2600/7800 I have plus the intellivision.

Here's a closer look:

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Time to crack it open and see just what I've let myself in for!

Carts came up OK, just bad labels and a couple of replacement screws :

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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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Re: I've been Coleco'd

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@rubber_jonnie

But wait, where are the controllers ?
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Eeek!

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Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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HigashiJun wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 1:20 pm @rubber_jonnie

But wait, where are the controllers ?
I mentioned in the original post, it doesn't have any, but not the end of the world.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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Re: I've been Coleco'd

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:oops:

Ok, saw the line I missed...

Is a set of controllers easy to find ?
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HigashiJun wrote: ↑Sat Sep 28, 2024 1:28 pm :oops:

Ok, saw the line I missed...

Is a set of controllers easy to find ?
They use standard 9 pin controller plugs, so from what I have read they will work with standard Atari joysticks or the 2 button ones.

Not 100% ideal but a start. I'm watching one on ebay atm.
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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
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Not so bad under the RF shield:

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800XL and 65XE both with Ultimate1MB,VBXL/XE & PokeyMax, SIDE3, SDrive Max, 2x 1010 cassette, 2x 1050 one with Happy mod, 3x 2600 Jr, 7800 and Lynx II
Approx 20 STs, including a 520 STM, 520 STFMs, 3x Mega ST, MSTE & 2x 32 Mhz boosted STEs
Plus the rest, totalling around 50 machines including a QL, 3x BBC Model B, Electron, Spectrums, ZX81 etc...
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