User:MagicFab

I am a long-time Color Computer fan from Colombia, interested in rescuing and restoring as many CoCos as I can and putting them in hands of new users. I'd also wish to offer free data recovery services for CoCo users (past and current), including decaying floppies.

My current focus is in improving existing documentation and scanning, sharing new information, repairing and restoring older systems through local meets, and learning how to build cables and other peripherals for re-distribution, mostly in Latin America.

Check out my childhood Color Computer user group reboot at https://cocobyte.co ! I am working on making User Groups a thing again.

I live in Montreal, Canada but will drive or fly to any dying CoCo :)

Contact

• MagicFab.ca - personal site, email contact form, Le Goût du Libre, my consulting work in Free open source software enterprise support and systems administration
• CoCoByte - my home country (Colombia) Color Computer user group
• RetroBytes, CoCo chat rooms in English, French and Spanish on the Matrix network, this is where I hang out

Hardware

My first computer was an original Color Computer with 4K RAM. I then upgraded to CoCo 2. I still own both systems.

I also own a CoCo 3 as a my daily driver and several CoCo 2 and 3 systems rotate in my home lab while awaiting new owners.

Rescued CoCos

• CoCo 2 64K - rescued from movie props business basement. DOA, re-set chips, worked.
• 2021-01 : CoCo 3 128K - bought from eBay, pending CPU replacement
• CoCo 3 128K - bought from estate liquidation, re-set chips, worked (daily driver)
• CoCo 2 64K - bought from eBay, shipped to Miami, sent to Colombia for repair, keyboard succesfuly replaced
• CoCo 2 16K - bought from FB marketplace

ToDo

• https://www.nf6x.net/2016/09/wanted-radio-shack-color-tvs-for-trs-80-color-computer/ - get picture and add info to Hardware page
• Cleanup software page, ROMpaks list
• Free floppy / tape software transfer service through SDC