[Coco] how to find out BASIC version?

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Torsten

For the CoCo 3 if you power up with no disk cartridge you should see 

Extended Color Basic Version 2.0

with the FD502 pack inserted 

Disk Extended Color Basic Version 2.1

For Extended Color Basic the start address for the Copyright string to display is at 
$80EB. The major version will then be at $80FD and the minor version at $80FF

For Color Basic it is at $A147 start and the major # at $A153 and the minor # is at 
$A155.

For Disk Basic 1.0 the Copyright Strting starts at $C113 and the Major number is at 
$C140 and the minor # at $C142.

For Disk Basic 1.1 the Copyright string starts at $C1 and aslo is 29 bytes. The Major 
and Minor #'s are at $C153 and $C155 respectively.


hope this helps.

james
On 19 Nov 2003 at 17:49, 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
> 
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