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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.


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...

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.

:yay: :yay2: :dualthumbup: :cheer:

HigashiJun wrote: 28 Sep 2024 12:53 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:


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 :

@rubber_jonnie

But wait, where are the controllers ?

Eeek!

HigashiJun wrote: 28 Sep 2024 13:20 @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.

:oops:

Ok, saw the line I missed...

Is a set of controllers easy to find ?

HigashiJun wrote: 28 Sep 2024 13:28 :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.

Not so bad under the RF shield: