[Coco] Need help repairing a CoCo 2
Nick Marentes
nickma2 at optusnet.com.au
Fri Oct 17 17:49:23 EDT 2014
On 18/10/2014 7:42 AM, didier derny wrote:
> Thanks to all,
>
> The problem, came from the ram chips
>
> I replaced them by 2 64kx4 chips and set the jumper to 64k
>
> Now the machines starts and display:
>
>
> “COLOR BASIC 1.3”
>
> © 1984 TANDY
>
> OK
>
>
> But I don’t see any indication saying that now it has 64k
>
> It’s strange but the chips are replacing the most often are ram chips
>
> Thanks
>
> --
>
> didier
>
>
Do a PRINT MEM. You should get 22824.
But I see you only have Color Basic so the number may be different.
You need to upgrade it to Extended Color Basic. I didn't know Radio
Shack were still selling Color Basic systems by the time the CoCo2 came out.
Nick
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