[Coco] Color Basic v1.4

[Arthur Flexser]

Are we sure that this version is not the one contained in the 32K internal
ROM of the CoCo 3?

Art

On Mon, Jul 31, 2017 at 5:02 PM, David Ladd <davidwladd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Darren,
>
> Then I will assume then this version of the basic ROM was bug fixes and
> corrections?
>
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> On Mon, 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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