[Coco] BASIC and Disk BASIC version numbers

[jimcox at miba51.com]

On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 21:36:00 -0600
  Perry M Dueck <pmdueck at shaw.ca> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>As I got "into" the CoCo late in the game, in 1987, and 
>started with a 128K
>CoCo 3 and FD-501 drive system, I never had to worry 
>about what ROM
>versions my Disk / Super Extended Color BASIC was since I 
>obviously had the
>latest versions of both at the time, and obviously the 
>final versions from
>Tandy as there never was a CoCo 4, and as I recall, the 
>newer FD-502
>controller still had the same Disk BASIC ROM version as 
>the FD-501
>controller....
>
>However, now that I have accumulated an old grey case 
>CoCo 1 and a couple
>of CoCo 2 computers, with varying amounts of RAM and ROM 
>versions in each,
>I was wondering if anyone had a list of what the latest 
>ROM versions are
>that would go into each of these machines and what the 
>RAM requirements are.
>
>I figured I'd try to find the parts to upgrade these CoCo 
>1 and 2 machines
>to 64K each, with the latest BASIC ROM's in each as well, 
>just to max out
>these machines and for maximum across the board 
>compatibility with all the
>software and games I have on cassette and floppy.
>
>best regards, Perry
>

Is there a compatibility issue with different versions of 
DECB?  I have several controllers, which would be the best 
one to work with?

Jim