[Coco] Basic09 versions

Wed Jun 7 01:12:03 EDT 2017

Seems I heard that serial# 000001 was being auctioned off, and I don't know
who bought it. I might be not remembering this correctly.

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:09 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:

> Yep.  Definitely nostalgic thinking back...it took a lot more work to find
> the information / parts you needed.  There are a lot of young people that
> don't know what the world was like without Google!
>
> I remember the countless nights coming home to my apartment in Irving, TX
> crunching away on the code for Supercomm and my RuxPro project (programming
> system for Teddy Ruxpin that ran under OS9) and others.  I can remember my
> original RS 300 baud modem with the switch you flipped when you heard the
> carrier on the other end, and how cool it was to upgrade to 1200 then 2400
> then 9600 then 14,400 bps modems, etc.  and all the hand-soldered wires,
> EPROMs, dot-matrix printers, modifications & stuff like that.
>
> I may have mentioned this before but I knew a fellow down there who owned
> a CoCo 1 with serial #000001!  Last time I talked with him a few years ago
> he still had it...
>
>
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On 6/6/2017 11:56 PM, Wayne Campbell wrote:
>
>> Those were the days. You could find just about anything if you looked
>> around. Now, even googling doesn't always return positive results.
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:48 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bill Pierce
>>>> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to
>>>> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
>>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>> Sent: Wed, Jun 7, 2017 12:23 am
>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Basic09 versions
>>>>
>>>> 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>
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