[Coco] Request for books and information:

[Robert Gault]

FirebrandX wrote:

> Greetings all!
> 
> My name's Wolff and this is my first post to the group. From the emails 
> I've been reading, it sounds like you guys are really knowledgable in 
> the area of coco3 programming, which concerns my request. I'm looking 
> for either PDFs or obtainable literature on assembly language 
> programming for the coco3. This would also include any detailed memory 
> maps, opcode lists, and anything specially written for the coco3 
> environment. I'm only into "out-of-the-box" coco3 with/without 512k, so 
> I don't need to worry about alternative operating systems other than a 
> standard coco3 with disk drive and joystick.
> 
> I used to program in assembly for the C64 and I found the "Programmer's 
> reference guide" to be pretty useful for general information. Though I 
> don't expect there is one for the coco3, it would be pretty cool if 
> there were. I have downloaded a lot of web pages and PDFs, including the 
> "unravelled" sets. What I'm looking for now though are books written for 
> the coco3. I did some extensive google searching and found a very rare 
> mention of a book called "Assembly Language on the Color Computer III" 
> by William Barden, Jr. but this book is mentioned only in a faq and not 
> anywhere else on the web. This makes me wonder if such a book ever existed.
> 
> So if any of you guys could point me in the right direction, or let me 
> know where to buy such material if needed, that would be greatly 
> appreciated. Thanks!
> 
> Best wishes,
> -Wolff
> 
> 
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The Unravelled (wish they had spelled this correctly) sets contain 
detailed memory maps for all Coco units.
Several of the web pages maintained by contributors to this news group 
also have memory maps and much other information. Search on Google.

There probably aren't any books on the 6809 in publication but look in 
libraries for books by Lance A. Leventhal on the 6809.