[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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