[Coco] Disto 2 Meg kit

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

I just got a response from Bob Devries that just consisted of a link to the
PDF of the 2 Meg instructions that appear to be similar to what I got with
my 2 Meg kit.

He appears to believe what I have is the same.

I do not think that it is.

Here is the beginning of what I have.

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Inside DISTO's 2-Meg Kit
Tony Distefano


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Inside the DISTO 2 Meg Kit
Introduction:
This brief will describe, in detail, how the DISTO 2 Meg Kit for the COCO 3
works. In order to fully comprehend the following brief, I will assume that
you are already very familiar with CPUs, DRAM (Dynamic Random Access
Memory), discrete logic gates, circuit diagrams and understand how the GIME
chip of the COCO 3 works. It is also recommended that you have and
understand the complete schematic diagram of the COCO 3.

Included is a full schematic diagram of both the DAT board and the Memory
board as well as a full listing of the PAL (Programmable Array Logic) chip.
The discussion will start with a short overview on what is required to get
the COCO 3 to recognize and use 2 megabytes of memory. Then, a review of how
the GIME works, followed by a theory of operation of DRAM refresh. Finally,
there will be a 'chip by chip' circuit description and timings. Although I
have spent a lot of time and effort into making this brief as accurate as
possible, there is always a chance or errors.

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We are not talking about the same thing in my option

Tony said on a posting somewhere that he did not sell many copies.

I paid ~ $25 for the booklet.

Stephen H. Fischer

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Mark Marlette" <mark at cloud9tech.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Disto 2 Meg kit


> Stephen,
>
> Full of errors as Robert has indicated.
>
> I asked Tony about this at one of the fests.....He just smiled. To the
> casual observer, it looked good. To a technical observer, there is NO WAY
> this could work.
>
> Mark
>
> Quoting "Stephen H. Fischer" <SFischer1 at MindSpring.com>:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Tony Produced and sold a little booklet about the 2 Meg adapter.
>>
>> I sent this to Paul and he checked it
>>
>> I will look for it and make it available.
>>
>> Stephen H. Fischer
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
>> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2006 4:14 AM
>> Subject: [Coco] Disto 2 Meg kit
>>
>>
>>> Does anyone here have technical knowledge of the Disto 2 Meg kit?
>>
>>> Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia