[Coco] HDBDOS And Word Processors

Brett Gordon beretta42 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 15 11:37:10 EST 2017


I think my no-frills coco3 editor works with hdb.

sites.google.com/site/cocoboot2/userspace

it takes normal decb filenames; so "FOO.BAS:42"  should work.
On Jan 15, 2017 11:05 AM, "elderpav--- via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> HI all,
>
> I don't post much, but I just have this burning question...
>
> I've tried a number of non-OS9 word processors for the Coco, and I haven't
> found any so far that play nice with HDBDOS. Either they won't work at all,
> or they only support drive numbers 0-3. Do any of you know of a word
> processor that works best with HDBDOS and hard drives, be it virtual or
> physical?
>
> Thanks,
> Fred Provoncha
> Stansbury Park, UT
>
> Sent from my iPod
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> > Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 22:50:02 +0000
> > From: Henry Rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
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> > Subject: [Coco] Is my coco3 dead?
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> > My spare coco3 won't do anything when I turn it on. No video displayed
> thru RF. , RGB via my cm8, or comp out.
> > Where should I start looking?
> >
> > Sent from my ⑩ Passport SE; not running Android.
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> > Message: 2
> > Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 18:27:01 -0500
> > From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net>
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Is my coco3 dead?
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> > Henry Rietveld wrote:
> >> My spare coco3 won't do anything when I turn it on. No video displayed
> thru RF. , RGB via my cm8, or comp out.
> >> Where should I start looking?
> >>
> >> Sent from my ⑩ Passport SE; not running Android.
> >>
> >
> > Get a copy of the Service manual and follow the troubleshooting
> procedures on
> > page 55. You will need a voltmeter and if possible a scope.
> >
> > http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Documents/Manuals/Hardware/
> Color%20Computer%203%20Service%20Manual%20(Tandy).pdf
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> > Robert
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> > Message: 3
> > Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 22:04:49 -0600
> > From: "camillus gmail" <camillus.b.58 at gmail.com>
> > To: "Bill via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Is my coco3 dead?
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> > power supply would be my first guess.
> >
> > cb
> > On 1/14/2017 4:55:16 PM, Henry Rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > My spare coco3 won't do anything when I turn it on. No video displayed
> thru RF. , RGB via my cm8, or comp out.
> > Where should I start looking?
> >
> > Sent from my ⑩ Passport SE; not running Android.
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