[Coco] Extended Color Basic

[Garrett Reynolds]

Excellent, I'll report back...

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On Sep 8, 2017 10:01 AM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
Come to think of it, one of them probably has the same number on it as the
chip in your CoCo 1;  if so, that's Color Basic and the other is Extended..

Art

On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:55 PM, Garrett Reynolds <greynolds86 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> Great, I'll give it a try.
>
> Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid
> On Sep 8, 2017 9:54 AM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
> If Color Basic and Extended Basic are in two chips, there should be two
> chips labeled with a Tandy copyright.  They would be 24-pin chips.  I
> believe if there was a single chip containing both, it would be a 28-pin
> chip, though I'm not 100% sure. If there are two chips, there's possibly
> labels stenciled onto the motherboard telling you which is which.
> Otherwise, I'd just plug one in at random (making sure you have the notch
> pointing in the correct direction) and see if it works, and if not, try the
> other one.  Won't harm the machine.  Actually, the one with the later
> copyright date is probably Extended Basic.
>
> Art
>
> On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:41 PM, Garrett Reynolds <greynolds86 at hotmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > How can I determine?
> >
> > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid
> > On Sep 8, 2017 8:43 AM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
> > It depends on whether the CoCo 2 has Extended Basic in a separate chip.
> I
> > think some CoCo 2s had Color Basic and Extended Basic in a single chip,
> > which wouldn't be swappable into the CoCo 1.  Otherwise, you can swap it
> > in.
> >
> > Art
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Garrett Reynolds <
> greynolds86 at hotmail.com
> > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to upgrade a 64k Coco 1 to extended color basic? I have
> a
> > > dead coco 2, perhaps I could swap?
> > >
> > > Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE Droid
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