[Coco] Portal-9 6809/6309 IDE

[Roger Taylor]

At 04:38 PM 11/7/2003 +1000, you wrote:
>Roger Taylor said:
>
> > had to guess on this one.  Hmmm.  Just out of curiosity, is the 6803 a
> > limited version of a 6809?  Or better yet, are the assembler
> > mnemonics/operands similar?
>
>Nope, actually, the 6803 is more like the 6800. It's mnemonics are similar
>to that, too. I *think* it has an extra register or two, though. Not sure,
>I'd have to find my manual.

It boots up with the nuclear green screen, and the dreaded familiar 
Microsoft BASIC copyright.  :)
Doing a CLS # shows familiar colors, but the prompt works differently, with 
macro keys, etc.
Man no wonder Bill was on his way back then, he had all the good 8-bitters.

I would have to research the MC-10 and 6803 to see what cross-assemblers 
might be in use on the PC for any remaining developers for that machine.