[Coco] 26-3022 disk interface question

K. Pruitt pruittk at roadrunner.com
Thu Jun 11 05:11:06 EDT 2015


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Josh Harper via Coco"
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 1:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] 26-3022 disk interface question


> have no clue,but would the extended basic rom out of a F board coco 1 
> work?

I'm not sure. Though I don't see why it wouldn't work. Out of curiousty what 
version of ECB shows up for you at boot up on the F board?

>       From: K. Pruitt
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 3:29 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] 26-3022 disk interface question
>
> There are a few CoCo 2's on eBay right now with a buy it now option in the
> $49.95-59.95 range.
>
> It's eBay, so it's a coin toss as to if all the chips are actually in the
> CoCo.
>
> Would it be possible to load Extended Color Basic from a cassette? It 
> would
> have to be reloaded each time it was used, but would it be do-able?
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Barry Nelson"
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 7:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] 26-3022 disk interface question
>
>
>> It may be hard to find an original 24 pin Extended BASIC rom. You have a
>> couple of other options though.
>> Purchase or build a 28 pin to 24 pin rom adapter and then either burn or
>> have someone burn for you a copy of Extended Color BASIC into an EPROM.
>> Set this computer aside and save it for spare parts, go on ebay and look
>> for another system that already has Extended BASIC, you should be able to
>> find something for <$100.
>>
>>> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:25:15 -0400
>>> From: Joe Grubbs
>>>
>>> You need to add an Extended Color Basic ROM. There is an empty DIP24
>>> socket on the motherboard. It works in conjunction with the Color Basic
>>> ROM already present.
>>
>>



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