[Coco] Coco model 2

[Gregory Cooper]

Thank you for the responses.   I think the machine is in 'fair' shape, but
there is something odd about it.  After reading a few responses I thought I
might have been crazy so I dug it up and played around with it a bit.

The first time I fired it up the "Color Basic" text was not there and it
would behave in odd ways.

However, after messing around with it for a bit it did manage to start up
with the "Color Basic" text and "OK" and then everything was ok. -- Basic
programs would work as expected.

It seems like the components are ok but there may be some loose things or
some pieces that I might need to swap out.

Anyway, it looks like I've got something good to tinker around with!

Thanks again,

   Greg



On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 8:17 AM, John Donaldson <johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net
> wrote:

> Gregory,
>
> after you typed in the simple Basic program. Did you do a LIST command to
> see if it printed the lines of code and also did you try "Run <program>".
>
> If you got a "OK" back and it echo's your type then the OS is running which
> happens to be Basic.
>
> John Donaldson
>
>
>
> Gregory Cooper wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>   I recently picked up a Trs-80 Color computer model 2 used and I'm not
>> sure exactly what I have.  At a cursory glance I know it's a model 2 and
>> the
>> seller indicated that it was a 16k model.
>>
>>   BASIC doesn't seem to work.  Turning on the machine just yields an "OK",
>> an nothing more but the keyboard functions fine and video seems to work
>> without issue.   I don't currently have any peripherals so I'm not
>> expecting
>> to see the Disk Extended basic.
>>
>>   However, I would have expected to be able to enter a simple basic
>> program
>> (you know, 10 print "hello", something like that) and see it do something.
>> Instead, it just echos the characters back.  So, I know at some level some
>> of the components are functional.
>>
>>   *So, is there a "normal" state when all you should see is "OK" upon
>> turning the computer on, or is there something not right here?*
>>
>>   I don't have the time to really dig into the hardware right now, but I
>> should in a few months, so I'm just collecting info right now really and
>> wishing I did have the time to play.
>>
>>
>> Any info appreciated,
>>    Greg
>>
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