[Coco] COCO3-BASIC-ROM-MXP-0986_26-334_0-S_8323_12-18-91.ROM

[Little John (GIMEchip.com)]

Mainly, just the way that the ROM was labeled. The board arrived to me 
outside of a CoCo 3 and had that strange Label on the EPROM. It didn't work 
at all. When I first saw it, I thought it might be some sort of prototype 
CoCo 3 due to the EPROM, which was soldered directly to the board and the 
way the GIME looked. I desoldered it and read it in and labeled it as it was 
labeled. Not just the EPROM, though - the GIME was a 1986 GIME and doesn't 
look like any other 1986 GIME in the rest of my CoCo 3's, but after I saw 
the date on the EPROM - I knew it wasn't a prototype. Every chip on the 
board appears to have also been replaced, but sockets weren't used which 
is - well I have no word for it - they should have socketed them as they 
were replaced. Anyway, the GIME doesn't work - I tried it in other CoCo 3's. 
I have no use for this GIME if you want to have a look at it - I am inclined 
to believe it was just a different production run than the other 1986 GIME's 
that I have. If you want it for whatever purpose, I'll mail it to you, 
thought I doubt it will be of any use. I think it was just made by a 
different fab than the other GIME's and that it probably really isn't 
unique - it's made by VTI. If you want it, just send me a mailing address 
offlist and I'll pop it in the mail. -John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at att.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] COCO3-BASIC-ROM-MXP-0986_26-334_0-S_8323_12-18-91.ROM


> Little John (GIMEchip.com) wrote:
>> Yeah - that link didn't come out right at all - it can be had by 
>> visiting:
>> http://www.coco3.com/community/2010/07/coco3-basic-rom-mxp-0986_26-334_0-s_8323_12-18-91-rom
>>
>> Sorry about that guys - John
>
> John,
>
> I went to the above url and compared the ROM in the zip file with other 
> Coco
> ROMs. It is identical to the stock Coco3 ROM.
>
> What was there about the Coco containing this ROM that made you think it 
> was
> different from the normal Coco3 ROM?
>
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