[Coco] CB, ECB, DECB, & SECB

Wayne Campbell asa.rand at gmail.com
Sun Jun 11 09:17:02 EDT 2017


EECB = Enhanced Extended Color Basic?

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 11:31 PM, David Ladd <davidwladd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Art,
>
> I looked at the PDF of the original manual that came with the CoCo 3.  It
> refers to the updated basic in the CoCo 3 as "Extended Color Basic Version
> 2".  I did not see anywhere where I read a reference to Super Extended
> Color Basic.
>
> My opinion it is probably something the group adopted to make it easier to
> distinguesh between the Extended Basic 1.x on the CoCo 1 & 2's verses the
> expanded command set in the Extended Basic 2.x on the CoCo 3.  Otherwise if
> you were to look at it probably should be named what???? ECBv2?  (*shrug*)
>
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> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
>
> > That doesn't match my recollection, but perhaps someone here has that
> > booklet and can say whether or not it used the term Super Extended Color
> > Basic.
> >
> > Art
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Camillus Blockx <
> camillus.b.58 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I do think it was on the booklet that came with the Coco 3
> > >
> > > Cb
> > >
> > > On Jun 10, 2017 5:20 PM, "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
> > >
> > > > ...which brings up the question of whether the term Super Extended
> > Color
> > > > Basic is in fact the official Tandy designation or not.  I first saw
> > the
> > > > term in the title of Spectral Associates' Super Extended Basic
> > > Unravelled.
> > > > I have not seen it in anything from Tandy, and the term does not
> appear
> > > in
> > > > the CoCo 3 startup screen.  Then again, Spectral Associates have
> worked
> > > > with Tandy on various things, and I heard from somewhere long ago
> that
> > > they
> > > > were given one of the CoCo 3 prototypes for development purposes, so
> I
> > > > suspect that the term was at least unofficially used within Tandy.  I
> > > don't
> > > > see the name mentioned in Bill and Boisy's CoCo history book.
> > > >
> > > > Art
> > > >
> > > > On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Camillus Blockx <
> > > camillus.b.58 at gmail.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Only Super I know is Super Extended Color Basic (Cc3)
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Jun 10, 2017 12:42 AM, "Wayne Campbell" <asa.rand at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > If I have it correctly:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > CB = Color Basic by Microsoft
> > > > > > ECB = Extended Color Basic by Microsoft) OS-9 had to be launched
> by
> > > > > running
> > > > > > a file on the OS-9 boot floppy
> > > > > > SCB = Super Ciolor Basic by Microsoft and Microware (CoCo 3 only,
> > and
> > > > has
> > > > > > DOS command for launching OS-9)
> > > > > > DECB = Disk Extended Color Basic by Microsoft (two versions, 1.1
> > and
> > > > 1.2)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I think that is all of them.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco <
> > > > > > coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I think I found some information. SECB is Super Extended Color
> > > BASIC
> > > > > and
> > > > > > > was released with the CoCo 3, and included software licensed by
> > > > > > Microware.
> > > > > > > The "equivalent" BASIC on previous models did not have y
> > Microware
> > > > > code.
> > > > > > > Is the ROM BASIC list complete as presented in the subject
> line?
> > > > > > > Salvador
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >       From: Salvador Garcia via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > > > > > >  To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <
> > coco at maltedmedia.com
> > > >
> > > > > > > Cc: Salvador Garcia <salvadorgarciav at yahoo.com>
> > > > > > >  Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 12:14 AM
> > > > > > >  Subject: [Coco] CB, ECB, DECB, & SECB
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >  These are:
> > > > > > > Color BASICExtended Color BASICDisk Extended Color BASIC
> > > > > > > Not sure what SECB is... Super, Supreme, Superior... ?
> > > > > > > If I understand correctly, these are all the ROMs that were
> > > released
> > > > by
> > > > > > > Tandy/Radio Shack in the Color Computer.Is that correct?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks! Salvador
> > > > > > >
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