Update with some Pics

Here's a pic of the CoCo3 mobo. This mod was far less nerve-racking than the MPI was. One jumper, remove a transistor and attach the proper voltages where they need to go. Bingo!!!!




This one I fretted over for a fews days prior to doing, as it is my ONLY MPI. It worked out well that Cloud9 had already completed the PAL upgrade before I even got the thing. Knowing how sensitive these are, I put it off as long as I could. Removing the IC (9) I think, was the hardest part. The instructions I followed didn't say anything about removing Q1, but, after looking at the schematics I did it anyway since with the base and emitter disconnected from the circuit it was pretty useless...

(I'll post more later on since I do not have the docs in front of me right now...)

9/4/06 - Another quick update:

Sorry for the lack of pics and updates lately. Been fighting an abscesed tooth and a stomach virus. The good news is, I was also able to get my MPI to run from DC from the ATX power supply without frying it (yea me!!!).

On a side note, it looks as if I'm getting a Model IV, in a Model III silver case, that has power supply problems. The original owner says the monitor PS is bad. I didn't know until I go to doing a little research, but, the monitor in those is a 12vdc monitor. I've never owned a Model III/IV before and am looking forward to trying to get it to run from an ATX power supply also and actually working with one. I figure a 200-250w Mini-ATX should do the trick.

I've got to prioritize here, so the CoCoIII repack comes first, then I'll get to work on the Model IV.

As soon as I remember to bring the digital camera home from work, I'll get som pics of the mods to the CoCoIII mobo and MPI to show the mods I made to get them to run from the ATX, as well as a pic of it playing Tetris... Now, I've got to order Roy's VGA adapter to get everthing running...