[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] Xpad an coco 1 16K

[Pierre Fortin]

OK, thank you very much Pedro for this information. I really have no 
luck, X-pad(nevertheless it is very clean and seems almost new ) which 
of works not and defective Multi-Pak...

Thank you
Pierre


Pedro F. Giffuni a écrit :


>

> Hello;

>

> I saw on the instructions that came with the memory upgrade (quite

> some years ago) and there were some changes required to update

> memory. There might be some resistor associated to Extended Basic

> that is giving you problems.

> The big problem is that Radio Shack made different boards and all

> have different instructions on how to upgrade them, so you cannot

> compare two different boards.

>

> Hmm.. the X-Pad... it's not really worth it, IMHO. I felt mine was

> too slow so I wrote OS-9 Pascal code to attempt to give it some use:

> I had to learn variant records to do the equivalent of Basic's peek

> and poke. At the end, even compiled code was not fast enough to drive

> it well. The Coco is a great machine to learn assembly though ;-).

>

> Hope you find some upgrade instructions somewhere :(.

>

>     Pedro.

>

>

>

> --- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, Pierre Fortin

> <pierrefortin at a...> wrote:

> > It is what I made, I have one 16K with Extended Basic but my X-pad

> does

> > not work more, anything displays in the screen when I move the

> pencil

> > and I followed well the instructions of the textbook(manual

> worker):o(((

> >

> > Thank you

> >

> >

> > Gene Heskett a écrit :

> >

> > > On Friday 10 December 2004 06:12, Pierre Fortin wrote:

> > > >Hello,

> > > >

> > > >Because my Multi-Pak is defective I cannot test my Xpad because

> it

> > > > is necessary or Multi-Pak which works or a Coco 1 16K with BASIC

> > > > extented.

> > > >

> > > >I realized this morning that I had a coco 1 4K with BASIC

> Extended

> > > > and a coco 1 16K with BASIC. What is that I can change an

> > > > electronic piece(BASIC) to have a coco 1 16K with BASIC

> Extended.

> > > > If possible then which is the piece to be changed.

> > > >

> > > >Thank you

> > > >

> > > You probably can remove the second 'extended basic' chip from the

> > > 4k, and install it in the 16k model.  Hopefully, they are

> socketed,

> > > otherwise you'll need someone familiar with electronics soldering.

> > >

> > > >Bonjour,

> > > >

> > > >Puisque mon Multi-Pak est défectueux je ne peut tester mon Xpad

> > > >puisqu'il faut soit un Multi-Pak qui fonctionne ou un Coco 1 16K

> > > > avec Basic étendue.

> > > >

> > > >J'ai réalisé ce matin que j'avais un coco 1 4K avec Basic

> Extended

> > > > et un coco 1 16K avec Basic. Est ce que je peut changer une

> pièce

> > > > électronique(basic) pour avoir un coco 1 16K avec Basic

> Extended.

> > > > Si possible alors quelle est la pièce à changer.

> > > >

> > > >Merci

> > > >

> > > >




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