[Coco] [Color Computer] Re: I think I got taken on eBay

[jim_gerrie]

All the coco's 1 2 or 3 under Basic report approx 24k at startup.  Only coco 1 and 2 16k and under report less mem.  The rest of of memory whether 64k, 128k or 512k, must be accessed through other means, either a machine language program that can do so, or by using OS9.

Make sure to type PALETTE RGB or PALETTE CMP in basic to get the right colours for your output.  The rgb connector is on the bottom of the coco 3. The CMP outputs on the back, either via a TV cable or the two RCA jacks.

--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "neils_morr" <neilsmorr at ...> wrote:
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> Yes. IIRC, you need to connect it to a monitor or to a TV/VCR that has video and audio ports.
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> 24K sounds like it has 32K of RAM. I can't remember if that's right - I know you needed an extra board to get 512K.
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> Neil
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> --- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "rkindig" <randall.kindig@> wrote:
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> > I received it today and it has a CoCo3 label on it, but no composite port.  When I do a PRINT MEM it comes back with just over 24k.  Is that the right command to tell how much RAM it has?
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