Josh: Create manufacturer landing page / navbox in house style (CategoryHeaderBox, cmbox notice, model tables, navbox transclusion). Part of homepage red-link cleanup.

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Create manufacturer landing page / navbox in house style (CategoryHeaderBox, cmbox notice, model tables, navbox transclusion). Part of homepage red-link cleanup.

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| title = Coleco
| subtitle = Telstar, ColecoVision, Adam, and Coleco Mini-Arcade Tabletop Games
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| type = notice
| text = The Coleco category is '''new!'''. Many of the pages do not exist, documentation has not been uploaded, and the category is subject to change. '''If you wish to contribute, please do!'''
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Welcome to the '''Coleco''' category! Coleco — the Connecticut Leather Company — produced some of the earliest dedicated home video games in the Telstar series, the cartridge-based ColecoVision, the Adam home computer, and a famous run of licensed tabletop Mini-Arcade games in the early 1980s. This section collects maintenance, troubleshooting, and capacitor replacement guides across the entire Coleco line.

Each system features:
* Maintenance and cleaning procedures, including the Adam digital data pack mechanism
* Common fault troubleshooting (no video, dead RF, dead controllers, no boot)
* Capacitor replacement specifications for the ColecoVision and Adam
* Expansion-module documentation (Modules #1, #2, and #3)

== 🎮 Telstar dedicated consoles (1976-78) ==
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{| class="wikitable styled-table" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
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! Model !! Maintenance !! Troubleshooting !! Capacitor Guide
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| [[Coleco Telstar]] || [[Coleco Telstar General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Telstar Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Telstar Capacitor Replacement Guide]]
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| [[Coleco Telstar Classic]] || [[Coleco Telstar Classic General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Telstar Classic Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Telstar Classic Capacitor Replacement Guide]]
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| [[Coleco Telstar Deluxe]] || [[Coleco Telstar Deluxe General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Telstar Deluxe Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Telstar Deluxe Capacitor Replacement Guide]]
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| [[Coleco Telstar Ranger]] || [[Coleco Telstar Ranger General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Telstar Ranger Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Telstar Ranger Capacitor Replacement Guide]]
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| [[Coleco Telstar Alpha]] || [[Coleco Telstar Alpha General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Telstar Alpha Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Telstar Alpha Capacitor Replacement Guide]]
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| [[Coleco Telstar Colormatic]] || [[Coleco Telstar Colormatic General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Telstar Colormatic Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Telstar Colormatic Capacitor Replacement Guide]]
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| [[Coleco Telstar Colortron]] || [[Coleco Telstar Colortron General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Telstar Colortron Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Telstar Colortron Capacitor Replacement Guide]]
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| [[Coleco Telstar Combat!]] || [[Coleco Telstar Combat! General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Telstar Combat! Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Telstar Combat! Capacitor Replacement Guide]]
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| [[Coleco Telstar Marksman]] || [[Coleco Telstar Marksman General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Telstar Marksman Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Telstar Marksman Capacitor Replacement Guide]]
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| [[Coleco Telstar Galaxy]] || [[Coleco Telstar Galaxy General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Telstar Galaxy Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Telstar Galaxy Capacitor Replacement Guide]]
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| [[Coleco Telstar Arcade]] || [[Coleco Telstar Arcade General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Telstar Arcade Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Telstar Arcade Capacitor Replacement Guide]]
|}

== 🎮 ColecoVision & Gemini ==
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{| class="wikitable styled-table" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
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! Model !! Maintenance !! Troubleshooting !! Capacitor Guide !! AV Mods
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| [[ColecoVision]] || [[ColecoVision General Maintenance]] || [[ColecoVision Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[ColecoVision Capacitor Replacement Guide]] || [[ColecoVision RGB Mod]]
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| [[Coleco Gemini]] || [[Coleco Gemini General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Gemini Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Gemini Capacitor Replacement Guide]] || [[Coleco Gemini Composite Mod]]
|}

== 💻 Coleco Adam Computer ==
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{| class="wikitable styled-table" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
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! Model !! Maintenance !! Troubleshooting !! Capacitor Guide !! DDP Drive Service
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| [[Coleco Adam]] || [[Coleco Adam General Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Adam Troubleshooting Guide]] || [[Coleco Adam Capacitor Replacement Guide]] || [[Coleco Adam DDP Belt Replacement]]
|}

== 🎲 Mini-Arcade Tabletop Series ==
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{| class="wikitable styled-table" style="width:100%; text-align:center;"
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! Title !! Maintenance !! Troubleshooting !! VFD Repair
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| [[Coleco Pac-Man Mini-Arcade]] || [[Coleco Pac-Man Mini-Arcade Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Pac-Man Mini-Arcade Troubleshooting]] || [[Coleco Pac-Man Mini-Arcade VFD Repair]]
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| [[Coleco Ms. Pac-Man Mini-Arcade]] || [[Coleco Ms. Pac-Man Mini-Arcade Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Ms. Pac-Man Mini-Arcade Troubleshooting]] || [[Coleco Ms. Pac-Man Mini-Arcade VFD Repair]]
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| [[Coleco Donkey Kong Mini-Arcade]] || [[Coleco Donkey Kong Mini-Arcade Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Donkey Kong Mini-Arcade Troubleshooting]] || [[Coleco Donkey Kong Mini-Arcade VFD Repair]]
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| [[Coleco Frogger Mini-Arcade]] || [[Coleco Frogger Mini-Arcade Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Frogger Mini-Arcade Troubleshooting]] || [[Coleco Frogger Mini-Arcade VFD Repair]]
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| [[Coleco Galaxian Mini-Arcade]] || [[Coleco Galaxian Mini-Arcade Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Galaxian Mini-Arcade Troubleshooting]] || [[Coleco Galaxian Mini-Arcade VFD Repair]]
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| [[Coleco Zaxxon Mini-Arcade]] || [[Coleco Zaxxon Mini-Arcade Maintenance]] || [[Coleco Zaxxon Mini-Arcade Troubleshooting]] || [[Coleco Zaxxon Mini-Arcade VFD Repair]]
|}

== 🖥️ All Coleco ==
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== 🧪 Tools & Procedures ==
* '''[[Recommended Tools]]''' – Essential tools for restoration, soldering and diagnostics.
* '''[[Capacitor Failure Symptoms]]''' – Recognising and diagnosing failed electrolytic capacitors.
* '''[[CRT Discharge Procedure]]''' – Safety steps for systems with integrated CRTs.

== 🛠️ Service Manuals & Documentation ==
* [[:Category:Service Manuals|Service Manuals]] – Cross-manufacturer manual collection.
* [[:Category:Capacitor Replacement Guides|Capacitor Replacement Guides]] – Model-specific capacitor specs.

== 🔍 See Also ==
* [[:Category:Vintage Computers|'''Vintage Computers''']]
* '''[https://forum.retrotechcollection.com RTC Community Forum]'''

[[Category:Vintage Computers]]

Category:Coleco - Revision history

Josh: Create manufacturer landing page / navbox in house style (CategoryHeaderBox, cmbox notice, model tables, navbox transclusion). Part of homepage red-link cleanup.