[Coco] Looking for I/O specs for DECB,Nitros,.....

[Brett K Heath]

On Tue, 2 May 2006, Willard Goosey wrote:

> >Date: Mon, 1 May 2006 18:16:16 -0700 (PDT)
> >From: Brett K Heath <hcmth019 at csun.edu>

> >So what I'm asking for is pointers to/copies of technical docs that
> >contain this info for any OS, Disk controller, or whatever that is used
> >with the coco. I understand that some of this may be proprietary info and
> >am not asking anyone to violate confidentiality or copyright, but some
> >information is considerably more useful than no information.

> The handful of documented ROM calls for BASIC are in the BASIC and
> Disk BASIC manuals.   Someone else pointed out the Unravelled books,
> and I have to agree with that.

> I believe the manuals for OS-9 are buried somewhere in RTSI's incoming
> directories.

> If you want your FORTH to run on the bare metal, you'll need to bully
> someone out of their coco Service Manuals.  Tandy *might* still have
> some, but geting them to admit it... Though there might be scans on
> RTSI by now...

Thanks, RTSI is another good idea I should have come up with for myself.
I'll rummage around to see what I can find.


Brett K. Heath