[Coco] Speedup pokes (was) coco 2 vs coco 3

[S Klammer]

Oops... Yes, Bill, you are very likely correct and I stand corrected. :)

Shain
On Oct 1, 2014 10:30 AM, "Bill Pierce via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

>
> Are you guys mistaking the "POKE65497,0" with "POKE65495,0" on the Coco 1
> & 2?
> There is a big difference between the two. Even though it was always said
> that some machines "may" be able to handle the 65497 poke and retain video,
> in all my years of Cocoing and having seen hundreds of Coco 1s & 2s at
> various Coco gatherings and our local Coco club meetings, and I have NEVER
> seen one handle the speed up poke and retain video. I have seen a few that
> would completely crash though. I have even seen one or two crash using
> POKE65495,0 as well.
> I have a Coco 1 (F-Board chicklet keys) and a Coco 2 (melted keys) and
> have owned 5 other Coco2s including a 2b, but none would retain video after
> poking 65497,0.
>
>
> At one point or another, I have run "Bells & Whistles 2" (a music
> composition program featured in Rainbow) on all my Cocos and B&W2 utilizes
> the "POKE65497,0" to achieve it's highest possible frequency playback (Fast
> Play). During play in this mode, they've all (except the Coco 3s) lost
> video until playback is done when the poke is reset.
> Just "POKE65497,0" and see if you still have video...
>
> Even XRoar emulates this phenomenon, though not all that acurately as far
> as the display during the poke.
>
>
> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: S Klammer <sklammer at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wed, Oct 1, 2014 9:20 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] coco 2 vs coco 3
>
>
> Likewise.  If memory serves, even with my Coco 1...
>
> Shain
> On Oct 1, 2014 8:56 AM, "Chad H" <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > NEVER any ram or video issues.  The only thing I have to compensate for
> is
> > slowing it back down for disk/tape I/o
> >
> > On Sep 30, 2014 9:43 PM, "Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)" <
> > retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > and loss of memory since SAM stop refreshing it.
> >
> > Luis Felipe Antoniosi
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 30, 2014 at 9:56 PM, <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > .. If you don't mind the loss of video sync!
> > >
> > > Nick
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts"
> > > To:"CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts"
> > > Cc:
> > > Sent:Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:51:56 -0500
> > > Subject:Re: [Coco] coco 2 vs coco 3
> > >
> > >  Actually all of my CoCo 2's can run at the double speed too.. Just
> > > missing the extra ram and GIME
> > >
> > >  Sent from my ASUS Infinity
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