[Coco] DriveWire bootstrapped off MP3 player!!! No floppy or

[Arthur Flexser]

 controller required!
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I believe the DLOADM bug was fixed in the later ROM version, before
DLOAD(M) disappeared entirely when the CoCo 3 came out.  But, you are correct
that no one used it anyway.

Art

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004, Neil Morrison wrote:

> 
> AFAIK, DLOAD(M) was removed. No-one used it and it was buggy.
> 
> Neil
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <alsplace at pobox.com>
> 
> 
> > Wasn't there a DLOADM too? I'm pretty sure I used to that to get my 
> > first (binary) XFER program back in 1982 on my grey case CoCo 1 in 
> > Houston.
> > 
> > Is the DLOAD code completely gone in the CoCo 3?  Since they 
> > (Microware) could only "patch" the Microsoft BASIC code, isn't DLOAD 
> > still there in the Extended Color Basic ROM area?  Meaning someone 
> > could do a poke to go back into CoCo 1/2 ROM mode then use DLOAD(M) on 
> > a CoCo 3?
> 
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