[Coco] Basic09 versions

Wayne Campbell asa.rand at gmail.com
Wed Jun 7 01:08:22 EDT 2017


That would be great, Curtis. It would be a new improvement that has been
long overdue.

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:00 PM, L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net>
wrote:

> One of these days, I have to make a modified GFX2 so that it does the
> newer Filled Circle and Filled Ellipse commands in NitrOS-9 (or the Level
> II version 3.0 upgrade from Kevin Darling, et al that Brother Jeremey sold)
> are added to it.
>
> L. Curtis Boyle
> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
>
>
>
> > On Jun 6, 2017, at 10:52 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > My collection of Basic09 versions is complete. I have received a few
> copies
> > of Level 1, and I thank everyone who sent me a copy. Gene, you don't have
> > to go out of your way. Save your energy for those trips that you can't
> say
> > no to.
> >
> > I have
> >
> > Basic09 Level 1
> > Basic09 Level 2
> > Basic09 Dragon
> > Basic09 N6809 (recompiled version after changes made in recent times)
> > Basic09 N6309 (same as N6809 except compiled for 6309)
> >
> > I have compared them and am making a detailed list of the differences
> > between them. This also includes comparisons of the versions of RunB that
> > accompany each version of Basic09.
> >
> > Inkey, GFX, GFX2 and SysCall, as far as I know, are the same in all
> > versions. I'll be happy to make these comparisons available when they are
> > finished if there's an interest.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Yep, and I remember having one of those 'notcher' tools to cut the tab
> out
> >> of the opposite side...
> >>
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 6/6/2017 11:33 PM, Wayne Campbell wrote:
> >>
> >>> I seem to recall flippies being double sided disks that had a
> >>> write-protect
> >>> tab on both sides, and you had to flip the disk over in a single-sided
> >>> drive to access the other side... hence the name "flippy". Am I
> >>> mis-remembering this?
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:29 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <
> >>> coco at maltedmedia.com>
> >>> 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
> >>>>
> >>>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> >>>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> >>>> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
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> >>>>
> >>>> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----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. There 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 system.Wish me luck on getting it!-- WayneThe
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