[Coco] 128K CoCo2
Joe Grubbs
jsgrubbs at hotmail.com
Tue Apr 21 08:12:22 EDT 2015
Thanks Kip. Would you mind snapping a few pictures of it in your CoCo? I want to replicate this and would like to see how it was executed in real life.
-Joe
> From: computerdoc at sc.rr.com
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 01:04:14 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Coco] 128K CoCo2
>
> Hi Joe,
> I just looked at the article you mentioned below and my 128K upgrade is exactly what the article describes. I tried the POKE statements and I get no garbage screens so I wonder if I have the wrong Coco 1 on my Computer Data Center table. I'll have to check that out later though as I am preparing for the CoCoFEST trip. I have to make sure all the SBCs I want to demo are in good working order! :) Let me know your progress on your software project. An alternate version of NitrOS-9 L1 to take advantage of this 128K modification would be interesting to say the least!
>
> Kip Koon
> computerdoc at sc.rr.com
> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Joe Grubbs
> > Sent: Sunday, April 19, 2015 5:13 PM
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] 128K CoCo2
> >
> > Yeah I'd have to write my own code to take advantage of the extra 64K. Just curious if anyone here has actually performed the
> > upgrade and if 128K is the practical limit before doing some massive surgery.
> >
> > FWIW the article can be found on page 162 of:
> > http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Documents/Magazines/Rainbow,%20The%20%28Clearscan%29/The%20Rainbow%20V
> > ol.%2004%20No.%2005%20-%20December%201984.pdf
> >
> >
> >
> > > From: os9dude at gmail.com
> > > Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 14:41:18 -0400
> > > To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> > > Subject: Re: [Coco] 128K CoCo2
> > >
> > > On Sun Apr 19 2015, Joe Grubbs wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > While searching for the reverse video mod in old issues of Rainbow,
> > > > I stumbled upon an article detailing a simple way to take a CoCo2 to 128K.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone ever done this? And is 128K the upper limit *without*
> > > > doing massive surgery? This circuit was nice because it retained the
> > > > SAM, added a few logic ICs, and used a piggyback set of 4164s
> > > >
> > >
> > > There were several options to go 128k on the CoCo 1/2 and all of them
> > > - if I recall correctly - were straightforward 32k bank switching
> > > schemes, there was no way for plain old Basic to access the extended
> > > RAM for programs but only as a RAM disk or printer spooler. Maybe OS9
> > > could make better use of the extra RAM.
> > >
> > > Don't recall ever seeing any software marketed for 128k.
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