[Coco] Basic09 versions

Wed Jun 7 00:48:49 EDT 2017

The interesting thing is that sometimes I would go down to the warehouse 
and they would have palettes and tables and shelves of discontinued 
stuff; old manuals, software, computers, gadgets, etc. It was a computer 
geek's dream come true.  I guess that's why I was always stopping in to 
see what cool stuff they might have.  There was also a big 
ham/electronics flea market on the first Saturday of every month in 
Dallas under one of the freeway overpasses where I would buy RAM chips, 
EPROMs, CPUs, and that sort of thing.  This was circa 1985-1989.

Dave

On 6/6/2017 11:29 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
> Wayne, I had 2 copies of L1 Basic09 over time, and I don't remember either being a flippy. I know RS never did fully support flippies... then they'd had to admit their drives were double sided and explain why they never updated Basic for double sides.
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> That is definitely the Level 1 version. It would be good to have a copy inwhatever repository is current. Can you tell me if you remember theoriginal floppy being a flippy? I have heard before that it had some fileson the opposite side, but I never thought about that when I had my Level 1system.On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>wrote:> Wayne, I have a disk image labeled "Basic09_1.0.0.dsk", and on it are> BASIC09, INKEY, RUNB, & GFX (no directories). When run it displays (level> 1, hence all uppercase):>> BASIC09> RS VERSION 01.00.00> COPYRIGHT 1980 BY MOTOROLA INC.> AND MICROWARE SYSTEMS CORP.> REPRODUCED UNDER LICENSE> TO TANDY CORP.> ALL RIGHTS RESERVED>> I'm pretty sure it's the same one you are referring to. I remember SYSCALL> was in the manual and you had to assemble it with asm yourself.>> I probably copied the disk image from my master disk before my drives went> out.> I can upload the disk to Guillaume if needed.>>>> The manual is already in the colorcomputerarchive:>> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Documents/Manuals/Programming/> BASIC09%20Programming%20Language%20Reference%20Manual%20-%20Revision%20H%> 20(Microware%20System%20Corp).pdf>> It is copywritten 1980-1984>>>>> Bill Pierce> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page>> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com>>>>>> -----Original Message-----> From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>> To: CoCoList <coco at maltedmedia.com>> Sent: Tue, Jun 6, 2017 10:02 pm> Subject: [Coco] Basic09 versions>> For a long time I have known this, but have not been able to prove it.> WhenI first got into the CoCo it was a CoCo2 Korean model and OS-9 Level 1.> Ialso had the Level 1 Basic09. When I got my CoCo3 and OS-9 Level 2,> Icompared the two versions of Basic09. T
> here were only 3 differences.Level> 14K default buffer size01.00.00 version number in the display text at the> top of the moduleCRC was not the same as Level 2 Basic09Level 28K default> buffer size01.00.01 version number in the display text at the top of the> moduleCRC was not the same as Level 1 Basic09I have never found a disk> image of the Level 1 Basic09 disk. It was soldseparately from OS-9 Level 1.> I have found the Dragon version of Basic09Level 1 (version 01.00.00), but> it has a different display text from theCoCo version.I had all but given up> hope of ever finding a copy of the CoCo Basic09Level 1 disk (or an image).> Today I was thinking about it, and decided toso some searching. Lo and> behold, I found what appears to be a pristinecopy for sale on EBay. The> description says "untested", but the disk andmanual and box look brand new!> There are 3 photos. The middle photo is acloseup of the disk in its sleeve.> The lower left portion of the exposeddisk shows the version number> 01.00.00.I want this! It is for sale for $89.99 or best offer, and the> shipping isonly $3.61. I have enough cash, but I don't have a credit card.> There are 5people watching it, and the time left is 19 days, 20 hours. No> one has madean offer yet. If I can get my friend to use his card, I am> going to buy ittoday. Once I have it, I will need to know if someone on> this list is herein Los Angeles and can make an image of the disk, and> possibly scan themanual without destroying it. Then I can add them to the> archive and wewill have the original Basic09 and manual to go with the> Level 1 system.Wish me luck on getting it!-- WayneThe Structure of> I-Codehttp://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/The_> Structure_of_I-Codedecodehttp://cococoding.com/wayne/-- Coco mailing> listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco>> --> Coco mailing list> Coco at maltedmedia.com> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco>-- WayneThe Structure of I-Codehttp://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/The_Structure_of_I-Codedeco
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