[Coco] Upgrade MPI?

[Bill Pierce]

There is also a part of that article in which Marty shows how to set up a switchable PAL so you can use Coco 3 or 2.
It's right near the end of the article on page 102. The paragraph is labeled "A Possible Solution for Hackers"
 
 

 


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-----Original Message-----
From: K. Pruitt <pruittk at roadrunner.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, May 6, 2015 9:14 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Upgrade MPI?



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


> K. Pruitt
wrote:
>><snip>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
> 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.






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