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

[Mark Marlette]

At 08:59 PM 12/31/2003 -0800, you wrote:

John,

Don't piggyback...You'll have problems. The address bus is un buffered on 
the CoCo. The added load will take away more from what it already doesn't 
have. The Pro-Tector takes care of the but  I would remove the processor. 
You are NEVER going to use the 6809 again anyway. :)

Regards,

Mark
Cloud-9


>Based on the feedback, I'm going to save it for my Coco3 and not install it
>on my Coco2.
>
>I'll try Nitros-9 so I can access all the functionality.  I have the
>directions for piggybacking it from the web somewhere...
>
>Thanks all,
>John
>
>
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>Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:33 AM
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Any reason to put a 6309 in a Coco2?
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>
> > Dear "Itching to install"
> > Well, Why not piggyback a socket onto your coco2's 6809?
> > You could use the 6309 in your coco2 for a while to see what
> > it will give you (if anything).
> > Then when you get a coco3 you could pull it out and install
> > into your coco3.
> > Eric
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