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Sprucing up my TRS-80 Coco 3

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Adrians Digital Basement

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My TRS80 Color 3 looks pretty terrible! I needs a detox, deep cleaning and lots relaxation. Can I make this sad old computer look like new again?

Video Links

Participating Channels:
Mr Lurch's Things:    / mrlurchsthings  
Josh Malone:    / @48kram  
The Retro Channel:    / theretrochannel  
Adrian's Digital Basement:    / adriansdigitalbasement  
DaveJustDave:    / mrdavejustdave  
Jan Beta:    / janbeta  
MindFlareRetro:    / mindflareretro  
Tech Tangents:    / akbkuku  
Retro Spector:    / retrospector78  
LGR:    / lazygamereviews  

Sally's Beauty Supply
https://www.sallybeauty.com/

Retrobrite Turntable:
https://amzn.to/32NeedU

Key Cap Puller:
https://amzn.to/31NelXT

Using my Blue Box to do indoor retrobrite:
   • Indoor Retrobrite Followup: Scaling u...  

TRS80 Color Computer Spectrum Analyzer Cartridge video:
   • Realtime audio spectrum analyzer fro...  

Tools

Deoxit D5:
https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1
http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.16...

Jonard Tools EX2 Chip Extractor:
https://amzn.to/2VazxDS
https://www.jonard.com/Products/EX2...

Wiha Chip Lifter:
https://amzn.to/3a9ftWw
https://www.wihatools.com/precisionc...

ORing Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
https://amzn.to/3a9x54J

Elenco Electronics LP560 Logic Probe:
https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW

Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0

Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
https://www.rigolna.com/products/digi...

Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens FlipIn Head Magnifier:
https://amzn.to/3adRbuy

TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000...

TS100 Soldering Iron:
https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS10065WMI...

EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/

DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw
https://www.ebay.com/itm/USBLogicDS...

Magnetic Screw Holder:
https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG
https://www.harborfreight.com/4inch...

Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF64 test machine)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/14161820...

RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
http://www.retrotink.com/

Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/12510PCS...

Heat Sinks:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537...

Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI

Links

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=r...

Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/

Instructional videos

My video on damagefree chip removal:
   • How to remove chips without damaging ...  

Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

Outro Music:
Abyss by | e s c p | https://escpmusic.bandcamp.com
Music promoted by https://www.freestockmusic.com
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

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