[Coco] Upgrading a CoCo 1

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Wed Jan 16 18:40:37 EST 2019


That should have been EXEC 41175, not 40075, for the version number.

Art

On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 6:22 PM Neil Cherry <ncherry at linuxha.com> wrote:

> On 1/16/19 6:00 PM, Arthur Flexser wrote:
> > If you decide to upgrade, instructions are in the May 1984 Rainbow for
> > getting a D board to 64K.
> >
> > https://archive.org/details/rainbowmagazine-1984-05
> >
> > You will also need to upgrade your Color Basic ROM if it is version 1.0
> > (type EXEC 40075 to display the version number);  Color Basic 1.0
> supported
> > only 4K and 16K.
>
> Thanks, I will take a look. I might build a cassette emulator and use
> this a a demonstrator for the local maker space (near the VCF museum).
> There is value in keeping it accurate and I think most folks would be
> shocked at how many kids collect vintage computers.
>
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