[Coco] COCO POKE CHEATS & DISK EDIT CHEATS!

Tue May 19 22:23:43 EDT 2020

FWIW: Way back when; I cut the auto start line on the CoCo 1 side of the 
connector and put a switch in.

Bruce W.

On 5/19/20 7:45 PM, Joe Schutts via Coco wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> I've red the reports of the possibility of destroying your CPU or even the CoCo's by inserting (or removing) a Cartridge (ANY Cartridge) while the CoCo is turned on and I have to say, "WHY take the chance? It's NOT worth it..."
> At one time I had approximately 30 + Cartridges and ALL OF THEM had the Auto-Start line cut...
> I did this so that it would be much easier to copy ANY Cartridge over to disk (OR Cassette), and I did so for every Cartridge I had (except the Disk Controller's I owned). This way I had no worries about needing to insert (or removing) ANY Cartridge. Why should I, I had them on Disk (or Cassette).
> I would honestly recommend doing this instead of taking the chance of ruining your CoCo... It's better to be safe than sorry...
>
> Just my opinion...
> Joe...
>