Cloud-9 512K upgraded kit for the Tandy Color Computer 3. Includes: memory and board, instructions, and test disk. Excellent CoCo Goodness!
My hairy wrist. Also... A anti-static wrist strap. Essential equipment when working on your Color Computer's innards. Some components, like the memory, are VERY sensitive to static. That's right boys, wrap that rascal.
Removing the memory chips from the Tandy Color Computer 3. Use a chip extractor. This tool slips under the pins and a little gentle lever action pops it right out.
One of the Tandy Color Computer 3's memory chips. The rest is directly below. These chips are socketed for easy upgrade or replacement.
When upgrading the memory in the Tandy Color Computer 3, it is necessary to clip a couple of capacitors. Unless you have electronics experience, this procedure is not reversible. But you don't need any experience to cut 'em out!
Installing the Cloud-9 512K SIMM memory board in the CoCo 3. Aim carefully, line up those pins and push gently. Easy does it.
My Tandy Color Computer 3 with the Cloud 9 512K SIMM upgrade board installed. Sweet!
The memory test screen from Cloud-9's 512K SIMM memory upgrade kit for the Tandy Color Computer 3. Apparently I did it right. Go figure...
March 2007. My Tandy Color Computer 3 set up: 512K CoCo 3, 26-3124A MPI, Dual FD-501 Floppy Drives, CCR-83 Cassette Deck, flat screen VGA monitor running off of Roy's RGB-To-VGA converter. Getting sweeter every day!
March 2007. Wide shot of the indoor Evil Lab. The Color Computer 3 is on the left. That's my Sega Genesis 32X on the right. Fun stuff. Needs a Sega CD, though.
