[Coco] Upgrade MPI?

[K. Pruitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at att.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 5:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Upgrade MPI?


> K. Pruitt wrote:
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>> By the way, I'm not trying to be a smart aleck.  I'd really like to know. 
>> I
>> remember reading an article by, I believe, Marty Goodman, about the PAL. 
>> He
>> definitely stressed having the MPI upgraded, but I only recall him 
>> emphasizing
>> program corruption and data loss, not hardware damage.  Of course it's 
>> been 25
>> years or so since I read it, so I could be remembering incorrectly.
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> I don't think there is any way that you could damage a Coco (any model) 
> with software. If your MPI works with your Coco3 without problems, great. 
> Don't change anything.
> I'm not sure which if any MPI worked with a Coco3, so I may be off on your 
> model number.
>
> Robert
>
>
> -- 

Thanks Robert.

I found the article I mentioned.  I searched earlier and couldn't find it, 
but I was searching for GIME instead of PAL.

It's the January 1987 issue of Rainbow.  Page 98.

Marty Goodman really does emphasize upgrading any multi-pak used with a Coco 
3.  Even a little stronger than I had remembered.

The article also points out the drawbacks of upgrading.