[Coco] Coco Swiss Army Knife for newbees / anyone..

[Stephen Pereira]

Sounds like an excellent idea to me.  I would like to have this all-in-one utility.

Thanks!

smp
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Stephen Pereira
Bedford, NH  03110
KB1SXE


> On Apr 26, 2018, at 8:23 AM, Ron Delvaux <wdelvaux at cox.net> wrote:
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> A recent post to the Coco Facebook group (summarized)...
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> Me; I was thinking of someone making a program to test the processor 6809 /
> 6309 and the memory and the Gime version 
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> and if connected wether the MPI is upgraded and anything else that might be
> cool all in one utility program...Sound cool?
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> Me; All this stuff in a Swiss Army Knife program
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> <https://www.facebook.com/william.g.pierce?fref=gc&dti=2359462640> Bill
> Pierce That's doable... code for each thing is already available... we just
> need to add it all together under a menu system.
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> Me: It would be cool to have a dials and buttons look but I know its hard to
> code all that. My chrysler dash has guages that peg and then go back to
> normal
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> when you first start it up....so cool maybe that would be a cool thing to
> simulate some of the dials when you start the program!
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> And maybe ident the sound card chip in the MPI
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> <https://www.facebook.com/william.g.pierce?fref=gc&dti=2359462640> Bill
> Pierce Coco Swiss Army Knife
> W/Dials, Gauges, and Buttons (graphic)
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> 1. Coco Identifier - IDs the Coco as 1, 2, or 3
> 2. 6309 Check - Checks for the presence of a 6309 CPU
> 3. RAM Calculator - Displays amount of RAM available
> 4. RAM Check - Checks RAM for faulty chips
> 5. ROM Check - Checks for installed ROMs and versions
> 6. Check GIME - Checks the GIME version (86 or 87)
> 7. MPI Check - Checks for the presence of the MPI
> 8. MPI Upgrade Check - Checks if the MPI has been upgraded
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> Me:  That is the whole Idea....all in one instead of hunting down little one
> liners here and there...hence / easy
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> What do you guys think??
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