[Coco] Coco 2 6847-TI Vdg?

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Fri Apr 5 18:40:40 EDT 2013


Are you certain about that?  I have the pretty strong impression that the
model ending in B, the Tandy (rather than Radio Shack) nameplate, and the
T1 VDG always went together.  Do you know of an exception?
Art
On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Retro Canada <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>wrote:

> not all B models. there are some without. But if is Tandy labelled
> apparently will be a coco2b.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 2013-04-05, at 6:07 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
>
> > You have the newer VDG.  (All model numbers ending in B do.)  But
> > Basic displays inverse lowercase unless you enable the true lowercase.  I
> > don't remember offhand how to do that.  If you have a routine that copies
> > the ROMs to RAM, it just takes a single additional poke to an address in
> > the $9xxx range.  Or you could download ADOS, which fully supports the
> > real lowercase.
> >
> > Art
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 5:55 PM, Aldo Lagana <a.lagana at snet.net> wrote:
> >
> >> I just noticed my coco2 is a 26-3127B Korean model.  It does display
> zero
> >> with a slash through it but haven't opened her up and wonder if it may
> have
> >> the newer VDG.
> >>
> >> Is there a way to tell otherwise?  Shift 0 displays standard reverse
> video
> >> lowercase.  Was it more rumor than reality they displayed true
> lowercase?
> >>
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