[Coco] Any reason to put a 6309 in a Coco2?

[Roger Taylor]

At 08:39 AM 12/30/2003 -0800, you wrote:
>  Hello all,
>
>My wife got me a 6309 for Christmas, and I am itching to install it.
>However, I can't think of a reason to put it in a Coco2, which is all I have
>available at the moment.
>
>So can anyone think of a reason to install it in a Coco2?
>
>And a related question:  was the Coco3 100% Coco2 compatible?  Was there
>anything (at all) a Coco 1 or 2 could do which a Coco3 could not?  It seems
>to me if the answer to this question is no, there is nothing a Coco2 can do
>which a Coco3 can not, then there is no reason to install the chip in a
>Coco2.


Compatible?, yes!  Will it boost performance for old programs... no.

But unless Boisy has a 6309 version of NitrOS-9 Level One, I'd have to say 
that there is no gain.  Don't solder it directly to the board, if you do 
decide to install it and write software that uses the extra instructions.


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Roger Taylor