[Coco] how to find out BASIC version?

[Arthur Flexser]

On Wed, 19 Nov 2003, Torsten Dittel wrote:

> How can I get the version number of the Color BASIC if an Extended Color
> BASIC is installed? There was an EXEC to get the startup message or some
> PEEKs but I don't remember that. I'm trying to make an inventory of my
> CoCo collection and thought it would be nice to have that info beside
> the Cat.-No. I also have a disk controller without label, how can I find
> out which one it is?
> 
> Regards,
> Torsten
> 

I don't have the peek info handy, but if you just print out
CHR$(PEEK(I)) for addresses above $A000, you'll pretty soon hit the
startup message issued by Color Basic, which includes the version number.
I think it's somewhere around $A160.

Art