[Coco] Basic09 versions

Wed Jun 7 00:56:27 EDT 2017

Those were the days. You could find just about anything if you looked
around. Now, even googling doesn't always return positive results.

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:48 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:

> The interesting thing is that sometimes I would go down to the warehouse
> and they would have palettes and tables and shelves of discontinued stuff;
> old manuals, software, computers, gadgets, etc. It was a computer geek's
> dream come true.  I guess that's why I was always stopping in to see what
> cool stuff they might have.  There was also a big ham/electronics flea
> market on the first Saturday of every month in Dallas under one of the
> freeway overpasses where I would buy RAM chips, EPROMs, CPUs, and that sort
> of thing.  This was circa 1985-1989.
>
> Dave
>
> On 6/6/2017 11:29 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
>
>> Wayne, I had 2 copies of L1 Basic09 over time, and I don't remember
>> either being a flippy. I know RS never did fully support flippies... then
>> they'd had to admit their drives were double sided and explain why they
>> never updated Basic for double sides.
>>
>>
>>
>> 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: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Wed, Jun 7, 2017 12:23 am
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Basic09 versions
>>
>> That is definitely the Level 1 version. It would be good to have a copy
>> inwhatever repository is current. Can you tell me if you remember
>> theoriginal floppy being a flippy? I have heard before that it had some
>> fileson the opposite side, but I never thought about that when I had my
>> Level 1system.On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <
>> coco at maltedmedia.com>wrote:> Wayne, I have a disk image labeled
>> "Basic09_1.0.0.dsk", and on it are> BASIC09, INKEY, RUNB, & GFX (no
>> directories). When run it displays (level> 1, hence all uppercase):>>
>> BASIC09> RS VERSION 01.00.00> COPYRIGHT 1980 BY MOTOROLA INC.> AND
>> MICROWARE SYSTEMS CORP.> REPRODUCED UNDER LICENSE> TO TANDY CORP.> ALL
>> RIGHTS RESERVED>> I'm pretty sure it's the same one you are referring to. I
>> remember SYSCALL> was in the manual and you had to assemble it with asm
>> yourself.>> I probably copied the disk image from my master disk before my
>> drives went> out.> I can upload the disk to Guillaume if needed.>>>> The
>> manual is already in the colorcomputerarchive:>>
>> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Documents/Manuals/Programming/>
>> BASIC09%20Programming%20Language%20Reference%20Manual%20-%20Revision%20H%>
>> 20(Microware%20System%20Corp).pdf>> It is copywritten 1980-1984>>>>>
>> 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/> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia>
>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page>> E-Mail:
>> ooogalapasooo at aol.com>>>>>> -----Original Message-----> From: Wayne
>> Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>> To: CoCoList <coco at maltedmedia.com>>
>> Sent: Tue, Jun 6, 2017 10:02 pm> Subject: [Coco] Basic09 versions>> For a
>> long time I have known this, but have not been able to prove it.> WhenI
>> first got into the CoCo it was a CoCo2 Korean model and OS-9 Level 1.>
>> Ialso had the Level 1 Basic09. When I got my CoCo3 and OS-9 Level 2,>
>> Icompared the two versions of Basic09. T
>> here were only 3 differences.Level> 14K default buffer size01.00.00
>> version number in the display text at the> top of the moduleCRC was not the
>> same as Level 2 Basic09Level 28K default> buffer size01.00.01 version
>> number in the display text at the top of the> moduleCRC was not the same as
>> Level 1 Basic09I have never found a disk> image of the Level 1 Basic09
>> disk. It was soldseparately from OS-9 Level 1.> I have found the Dragon
>> version of Basic09Level 1 (version 01.00.00), but> it has a different
>> display text from theCoCo version.I had all but given up> hope of ever
>> finding a copy of the CoCo Basic09Level 1 disk (or an image).> Today I was
>> thinking about it, and decided toso some searching. Lo and> behold, I found
>> what appears to be a pristinecopy for sale on EBay. The> description says
>> "untested", but the disk andmanual and box look brand new!> There are 3
>> photos. The middle photo is acloseup of the disk in its sleeve.> The lower
>> left portion of the exposeddisk shows the version number> 01.00.00.I want
>> this! It is for sale for $89.99 or best offer, and the> shipping isonly
>> $3.61. I have enough cash, but I don't have a credit card.> There are
>> 5people watching it, and the time left is 19 days, 20 hours. No> one has
>> madean offer yet. If I can get my friend to use his card, I am> going to
>> buy ittoday. Once I have it, I will need to know if someone on> this list
>> is herein Los Angeles and can make an image of the disk, and> possibly scan
>> themanual without destroying it. Then I can add them to the> archive and
>> wewill have the original Basic09 and manual to go with the> Level 1
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