[Coco] Coco 1 vs Coco 2 software compatibility

[Ron Klein]

Hi Bill,

I should have mentioned I have the "F" board version of the Coco 1 that I
upgraded to 64K (I hear it's the easiest Coco 1 version to upgrade).  Now
that you mention it, I do recall the baud rate being slower for Drivewire
use but didn't know why.  Thanks for mentioning that.  I would be
interested to understand the reasons for the limitation of the Coco 1 baud
rate (vs Coco 2) when using Drivewire so I hope someone that does know can
respond.

Thanks!

-Ron




On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 12:18 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com
> wrote:

> There's a difference in the bitbanger. That's the reason there's Coco1 and
> Coco2 versions of HDBDOS and NitrOS9 with Drivewire. Due to differences in
> the chip, the Coco 1 can't do the baud rates that the Coco2 can.
> I'm not sure what the exact differences are, but others will probably
> elaborate.
> Also, earlier models of the Coco 1 didn't handle the 64k upgrade well. I
> think the "F" board (the last Coco 1?) was the first Coco 1 "officially"
> setup for the 64k upgrade (I may be wrong on this one).
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wed, May 24, 2017 12:00 pm
> Subject: [Coco] Coco 1 vs Coco 2 software compatibility
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> Hello everyone,Does anyone know of any _significant_ software
> incompatibilities between a64K (Disk) Extended Color Basic Coco 1 and a 64K
> (Disk) Extended ColorBasic Coco 2?  Not looking for anything related to
> OS9/NitrOS9.  The onlything I can think of is perhaps any software written
> to take advantage ofthe "T1" based video chip in some Coco 2's for
> lowercase.  I do realizethere are many hardware differences, but focused on
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