[Coco] 6309 running in a Coco 1
Bruce W. Calkins
brucewcalkins at charter.net
Thu Jan 2 06:36:46 EST 2014
FWIW; 6809's were not all that expensive at Jameco Electronics.
http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_320590_-1
That would save desoldering a good chip.
Bruce W.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Kip Koon"
> Hi Everybody!
>
> I have been running a Coco 1 with a 6309 microprocessor booting Gene
> Heskett's version of NitrOS-9 6809 L1 v3.2.9 Coco 1 for a while now and it
> runs great. No illegal op codes have been trapped thus far. The reason
> why
> I upgraded my Coco 1 to a 6309 was because it already had a socketed 6809
> in
> it, so the decision was basically a no-brainer. It was only after I
> started
> looking for a 6309 version of NitrOS-9 for the Coco 1 that I realized none
> existed on the standard distribution. I'll have to desolder the 6809 out
> of
> my Coco 3 and put a socket in its place before I can run NitrOS-9 6309 L2
> v3.2.9 for the Coco 3.
>
> Kip
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