[Coco] coco FLEX
Dave Philipsen
dave at davebiz.com
Tue Aug 11 18:25:05 EDT 2015
I just tried both of the phone numbers I had for Bud Pass today and they
are owned by someone else. He may not even live in Conyers, GA anymore
as I checked Zillow and it says the house located at the address he used
for many years was sold in 1998. He should still be around somewhere if
he's been in good health. According to info on the web he's going to be
70 this year. Does anyone know how to get in touch with him? It's
possible we may even be able to get some other software that he wrote.
I think he did a 68000 assembler and maybe even a disassembler. I could
be wrong but I thought I once had a disassembler written by him that was
not Sleuth...
I once had a PT-68K4 system (still have the motherboard) that I ran OS9
68000 on. It seems I might have had some of his software running on
that too. It's been so long and I've been away from it all....
Dave Philipsen
On 8/11/2015 12:37 AM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
> Dave, that's understandable.
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> Bill Pierce
> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tue, Aug 11, 2015 12:37 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] coco FLEX
>
>
> I don't mind sharing but I want to make sure it's ok with the author if
> he's
> still around. I haven't even tried to contact him yet and I don't
> know if
> anyone else has recently either.
>
> Dave Philipsen
>
>
> On 8/10/2015 10:11 PM, Bill
> Pierce via Coco wrote:
>> Dave, would you be willing to share the sources with
> the Coco Community? This would greatly compliment the Sleuth disassembler. We
> could then update the OS9 assembler to match the newer NitrOS9 defs.
>> Having
> spent that amount on the sources, I could understand if you didn't want to share
> the sources, but they could be very usefull
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Bill Pierce
>>
> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to slow
> down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
>>
>>
>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio
> Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:
> Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Mon, Aug 10, 2015 10:02 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Coco]
> coco FLEX
>>
>> Yes, I believe he was working under the moniker "Computer
> Systems
>> Consultants".
>> All of the program names for the assemblers I bought
> are
>> CSCXXXX.EXE where XXXX
>> is the part number of the CPU it assembles for.
>>
> The source code files that I
>> have can be easily ported to pretty much
>> any
> system. Originally, Bud sent me a
>> ZIP file with all of the sources
>> as well
> as MSDOS EXE files for 5 assemblers
>> and a number of nice
>> utilities for $200
> as I recall (it has been close to 25
>> years ago now).
>>
>> Dave Philipsen
>>
>>
>>
> On 8/10/2015 1:23 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco
>> wrote:
>>> Gene, it may have been
> him alone, but there was a company name and they
>> advertised in all the mags
> "Computer Sytems Consultants" Sleuth was called
>> "Super Sleuth" (at least in
> the RSDOS version) and he offered both RSDOS and OS9
>> versions.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Bill Pierce
>>> "Charlie stole the handle, and the
>> train it won't
> stop going, no way to slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro
>> Tull
>>>
>>>
>>> My
> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
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> CocoPedia
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>> for TRS-80/Tandy Color Computer Forums
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>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>
>> From: Gene Heskett
> <gheskett at wdtv.com>
>>> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent:
>> Mon, Aug 10,
> 2015 2:03 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] coco FLEX
>>>
>>>
>>> On Monday 10
>> August
> 2015 13:10:09 Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
>>>> Cmillus, Sleuth
>>> can be
> downloaded from Gene's site. The manual (the
>>>> RSDOS version) can be
> found
>> somewhere in the maltedmedia archives, or
>>>> I could post it if needed.
> But
>> Sleuth is a "diassembler" and not an
>>>> "assembler". And yes, it is
> supposed
>> to
>>> "cros-disassemble". The same
>>>> company that did Sleuth also
> had
>> compilers/assemblers, but I don't
>>>> think anyone has ever ported them.
> If
>> they
>>> are of the quality of
>>>> Sleuth, I would love to see them come
> to
>> light.
>>> Not a
>>> "company" as such, its Professor Bud Pass's work, at
> the
>> University
>>> of Georgia
>>> IIRC.
>>>
>>>> I am currently modifying a
> version of the
>> Sleuth sources to recognise
>>> the newer NitrOS9 defs, but have
> stopped for
>> now as I have a lot of
>>>> work to do
>>> involving my studio and
> the new band I'm
>> plying in. I hope
>>>> to get back to it
> soon.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Bill Pierce
>>>>
>> "Charlie stole the handle, and the
> train it
>>> won't stop going, no way
>>>> to
>> slow down!" - Ian Anderson -
> Jethro Tull
>>>>
>>>>
>>> My Music from the
>> Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer
> 2 & 3
>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
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> Co-Editor for
>> CocoPedia
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>> Moderator
>>> for
> TRS-80/Tandy Color Computer Forums
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original
> Message-----
>>>> From:
>> camillus <camillus.b.58 at gmail.com>
>>>> To: Bill Pierce
> via Coco
>> <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>> Sent: Mon, Aug 10, 2015 12:53 pm
>>>>
> Subject: Re:
>> [Coco]
>>> coco FLEX
>>>> Hi Kip,
>>>>
>>>> To be honest I'm at zip
> what flex
>> concerns, in the
>>> old days our
>>>> computer club broke into two,
> flex and os9
>> groups. I was with
>>> the
>>>> latter one, not so much for os9 but
> the good old
>> basic.
>>>> The reason I
>>> want to get a minimal
>>>> flex going
> is because there
>> is a 6502 to 6808 code
>>> translator called
>>>> sleuth or
> something.
>>>> I have an
>> old project that runs with
>>> 6502 cpu and I would
> love it to
>>>> run it on the
>> coco or my mini 6809 board. The
>>> code is about
> 10 pages
>>>> of 6502 assembler
>> code and that is to much to handle to
>>> do it
> by hand.
>>>> Now how are your
>>>>
>> projects going, sounded that some people
> got anxious about delivering
>>>> the
>> goods. Hope everything came out well. We
> need
>>> people that take
>>>> initiative
>> and make something.
>>>> Keep it up
> Kip.
>>>> PS: If
>>> you have sleuth and the
>> 6502 to 6809
>>>> translator
> code would it be possible to
>>> mail me a copy?
>> thank
> beforehand
>>>>
>>>> cb
>>>>
>>>> Sent from Mailbird
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>>> On
>>>> 8/10/2015 6:00:43 AM, Kip Koon
> <computerdoc at sc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi
>>> Camillus,
>>>> How
>>>> are you coming
> along
>> with Color Flex? I recently got Flex 9
>>> running on
>>>> a Multicomp
> board that
>> uses an FPGA Mini-Development module which
>>> is
>>>> programed as a
> 6809
>> microcomputer system on a chip. The Multicomp
>>>> board
>>> provides 1MB
> Static
>> ram, 2 serial ports, VGA monitor, PS/2
>>>> Keyboard, SD Card
> Interface and a
>> little prototype area which I'm
>>>> planning on adding a
> DS1302
>>> RTC chip. My
>> 6809 Multicomp runs
>>>> CamelForth out of the ram in
> the FPGA and can
>>> load and
>> run 6809
>>>> Extended Basic, Cubix and Flex 9 all
> from the same SD Card.
>>> I have
>> not
>>>> learned Flex much yet though. There
> are simply too many
>>> interesting
>> things to learn and play with! I'd like to
> learn how you are
>>> wanting
>>>> to use
>> Color Flex if you'd like to share it
> all with me. One of the
>>> questions I
>> have about Color Flex, is can Color
> Flex use a large
>>>> storage
>>> medium like
>> the CocoSDC for storage or maybe
> the more
>>>> traditional media like a
>>> hard
>> drive or Compact Flash emulating
> an IDE
>>>> hard drive. Thoughts, ideas? I'm
>> looking forward hearing from
> you.
>>>> Take care my friend.
>>>>
>>>> Kip
>>>> Koon
>>>>
>> computerdoc at sc.rr.com
>>
> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
>>>>
>>>> -----Original
> Message-----
>>>>> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf
>> Of camillus
>>>>> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 2015 8:03 PM
>>>>> To:
> Steve
>> Batson
>>>> via Coco
>>>>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] coco FLEX
>>>>>
>>>>>
> thanks
>> stephen
>>>>> Sent from
>>>> Mailbird
>>>>
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>>> On 8/6/2015 5:26:32 PM, Stephen H. Fischer
> wrote:
>>>>> Go To
>>> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/
>>>>> Enter "FLEX" in
> the search box.
>>> SHF
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From:
> "camillus"
>>>>> To: "Steve
>>> Batson via
>>>> Coco"
>>>>
>>>>> Sent: Thursday,
> August
>> 06, 2015 3:19 PM
>>>>> Subject:
>>> [Coco] coco
>>>> FLEX
>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all
> to it may
>> concern
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is
>>> Flex for the coco still
> alive?
>>>>>> And
>> if yes please some contact info
>>> from where or who?
> thankx
>> cb
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>> Cheers, Gene
> Heskett
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