[Coco] CB, ECB, DECB, & SECB

[Dave Philipsen]

> On Jun 10, 2017, at 12:42 AM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If I have it correctly:
> 
> CB = Color Basic by Microsoft
> ECB = Extended Color Basic by Microsoft) OS-9 had to be launched by running
> a file on the OS-9 boot floppy

Don't think you could run OS9 from ECB since a disk controller was required and then you would have had DECB which came with the disk controller.

> SCB = Super Ciolor Basic by Microsoft and Microware (CoCo 3 only, and has
> DOS command for launching OS-9)

I believe the DOS command is part of DECB and that's how we booted OS9 Level 1 on the CoCo 1 & 2.  I also think that SECB was probably written solely by Microware and it patched the existing CB, ECB, DECB ROMs and added some extensions.



Dave

> DECB = Disk Extended Color Basic by Microsoft (two versions, 1.1 and 1.2)
> 
> I think that is all of them.
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
>> I think I found some information. SECB is Super Extended Color BASIC and
>> was released with the CoCo 3, and included software licensed by Microware.
>> The "equivalent" BASIC on previous models did not have y Microware code.
>> Is the ROM BASIC list complete as presented in the subject line?
>> Salvador
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>      From: Salvador Garcia via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Cc: Salvador Garcia <salvadorgarciav at yahoo.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 12:14 AM
>> Subject: [Coco] CB, ECB, DECB, & SECB
>> 
>> These are:
>> Color BASICExtended Color BASICDisk Extended Color BASIC
>> Not sure what SECB is... Super, Supreme, Superior... ?
>> If I understand correctly, these are all the ROMs that were released by
>> Tandy/Radio Shack in the Color Computer.Is that correct?
>> 
>> Thanks! Salvador
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