[Coco] Extended Color Basic 1.1

Ron ron at kdomain.org
Thu Aug 13 20:04:55 EDT 2015


Hi Art,

Good to know, sir!  Looks like I'll be getting the ROM from Al.

Thank you!

-Ron


On 8/13/2015 5:46 PM, Arthur Flexser wrote:
> Pretty much the only noticeable difference between Extended Basic 1.1 and
> 1.0 is that they fixed the PCLEAR bug in 1.1.  In a way, it might be
> slightly advantageous to have 1.0, because if you had 1.1, you might write
> a Basic program that doesn't run properly under 1.0, whereas having 1.0
> alerts you to this situation, which there is a simple workaround to avoid.
> (The workaround is that you put the PCLEAR at the end of the program
> instead of the beginning;  in the beginning of the program you do a GOTO to
> the PCLEAR statement and then jump back to where you left off at the
> beginning of the program.  That makes the program compatible with both
> versions of Extended Basic.)
>
> Art
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 6:25 PM, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I have some 1.0 ROMs, but no 1.1 ROMs.
>>
>> -[ Al ]-
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Ron Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 6:12
>> PM To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts Subject: [Coco] Extended
>> Color Basic 1.1
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I recently acquired a Coco 1 without the Extended Color Basic ROM
>> upgrade.  Does anyone have an extra one they would like to sell?
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>> -Ron
>>
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