[Coco] Color Basic v1.4
Zippster
zippster278 at gmail.com
Mon Jul 31 17:30:46 EDT 2017
Wow that was fast. Thanks Darren. :)
- Ed
> On Jul 31, 2017, at 3:41 PM, Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Zippster wrote:
>
>> Hmm… I wonder what’s different….
>>
>> - Ed
>>
>>
>
> Comparing it against the 1.2 version of Color Basic, I find the following
> differences:
>
> 1. Version number changed to 1.4.
> 2. Copyright year changed to 1985.
> 3. Changed configuration code for the SAM (supports only 16K or 64K DRAM).
> 4. Disables the "fast" keyboard test similar to CoCo 3 Basic.
> 5. Changes number of cassette leader bytes from 128 to 256.
> 6. When searching for a cassette file, skips bad "Name" blocks rather than
> ?IO ERROR.
> 7. Changes "CLR 8" to "CLRB" at $A95E (a long-standing minor bug).
> 8. Changes "STA 0,X" to "STA ,X" at $B55A.
> 9. Replaces the "Garbage Bytes" (MICROSOFT! easter-egg) with zeroes.
>
>
> - Darren
>
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