[Coco] Color Basic

[L. Curtis Boyle]

"Getting Started with Color Basic" is the one that was originally released with the last few sections missing. A friend of mine and I both got our Coco 1's within a month of each other in the summer of 1981 (he was ahead of me)... he got the origiinal, cut-down manual, but an E board, and I got the new, full manual, but with a D-board.

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



On Mar 31, 2014, at 8:37 AM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

> 
> Thanks Bruce, I just looked through all the "stuff" I had received with the Coco 1 (E board also) that Herren Floyd sent me last year and I found those same manuals. I had put the books away thinking I had scans of them in my archives.
> But, there seems to be no scans of these manuals in the archives. I hate to dismantle my copies to scan them but I may just do that. My copies are in "pristine" condition so I should get really good scans.
> 
> I also have another tidbit which I've already scanned but haven't uploaded yet. It's the "TRS-80 Pocket Handbook" (c 1982) by William Barden Jr. It's a small "leather" bound handbook of all TRS-80 BASIC commands, including Model 1, Model II, Model III, Coco CB, ECB, & DECB.
> The only reason I haven't posted it yet is that my OCR software (came with my printer/scanner) preserve page format and I would really like to make it searchable. It's 286 pages of "priceless" BASIC reference.
> 
> If someone would like to OCR the scans, I could send the PDF and/or the scans. The PDF is 65 meg and the scans are 338 meg 7zipped.
> 
> 
> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce W. Calkins <brucewcalkins at charter.net>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 9:15 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Color Basic
> 
> 
> Yes; my first CoCo (an "E" board in January of 1983) came with "Getting 
> Started With Color Basic" and "Going Ahead with Extended Color Basic."
> Bruce W.
> ==================
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Pierce"
>> 
>> Hi Guys,
>> I was wondering... Is there a "Color Basic" (CB) manual for the Coco 1?
>> I have found the "Color Computer Operation Manual" (c 1980) for the Coco 1 
>> as well as the "Color Computer Quick Reference Manual" (c 1981).
>> I also know that Tandy only released a "partial" manual for the initial 
>> release of the Coco 1 due to the manual not being finished. Was that one 
>> of the books above? Or is there another manual I have not found.
>> The next thing I find is "Getting Started With Extended Color Basic" (c 
>> 1984), so this came much later.
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
>> 
>> Bill Pierce
>> "Today is a good day... I woke up" - Ritchie Havens
>> 
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