Retro Tandy CoCo 3 Hitachi 63B09E CPU Upgrade #SepTandy - Geek With Social Skills

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It's time to upgrade my Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 3 stock 6809E CPU with a Hitachi 63B09E CPU, then do a full recap to the CoCo 3 motherboard to future proof the machine! Let's go #SepTandy, I mean OctTandy!

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--- Video Index

0:00 - Intro: Tandy Radio Shack TRS-80 CoCo 3 Hitachi 63B09E CPU Upgrade 1:08 - Discussing the planned upgrades and future proofing of my Color Computer 3 1:51 - Removed the keyboard and you could see how dirty the case is on the inside 2:05 - Talking about the removal of the TRIAD 512K SRAM Memory upgrade 2:10 - How you remove the CoCo 3 motherboard from the computer case 2:35 - Look at how freaking dirty the inside of the Color Computer case is! 3:24 - A quick look at the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer PCB 3:37 - It's time to remove the RF shield Adrian's Digital Basement style 4:12 - Checking out the bottom of the Tandy CoCo 3 motherboard 4:49 - Looking at the original MC68B09EP IL MB28717 CPU 5:00 - Installed a brand new 40-pin socket for the upgraded CPU 5:33 - Inspecting the work that I did on the backside of the CoCo 3 motherboard 6:07 - Recapped the Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 3 PCB 6:20 - Installing the Hitachi 63B09E CPU and Cloud-9 TRIAD 512K SRAM Memory board 6:35 - I cleaned the inside of the Tandy Color Computer 3 case 7:03 - Reinsalling the RF shield, TRS-80 motherboard and doing a smoke test 7:38 - Putting the computer case top back on and discussing all the upgrades 8:33 - Using the Arkanoid game cartridge to test the RGB graphics 8:48 - Outro

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TRS-80 Tandy Color Computer 3 Memory Upgrade: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrLytiCyJX8

Geek With Social Skills Tandy Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOgohYmiitqmrq43DjhwWpHvEQwk2CKa4

TRIAD 512K SRAM Upgrade from Cloud-9: https://www.frontiernet.net/~mmarlette/Cloud-9/Hardware/512K.html

Hitachi 6309 CPU from Retro Rewind: https://retrorewind.ca/63b09e

RGB Switch-a-roo SCART cable by the CoCo Man: https://cocoman.onlineweb.shop/details/p7004829_20319861.aspx

Lots of TRS-80 computer items from Arcade Shopper: https://www.arcadeshopper.com/

CoCo 3 cap kit from Console5: https://console5.com/store/tandy-radio-shack-color-computer-3-cap-kit-coco3.html

SepTandy Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/septandy

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