[Coco] [Color Computer] CoCo DOS missing from coco3.com FAQ

[Chet Simpson]

I was looking through the faq on CoCo3.com and noticed there are a 
couple of items missing.


First item is under Terminal programs. DazzleTerm was offered on the 
CoCo 2 for a short while and and included graphics and the ability 
to connect to the special DazzleBBS which was the only BBS package 
that supported the DazzleTerm control code. Cer-Comp also offered a 
Terminal program but I can't rememer what it was called. It was 
available for both the CoCo 2 and CoCo 3 and may be the DataPack III 
entry.

The word processors seem to be missing an entry for MicroEMacs that 
ran on OS-9. I have the source for this if anyone needs it.


There was also a DOS/Controller package CDOS that was sold by Bill 
Vergona (Cer-Comp) in Las Vegas. He was offering it as late as 
summer of 1985 and it was availble burned into an EPROM or with a 
separate controller.

I believe the controller could be used by other versions of DOS 
including RS-DOS and ADOS. The version of CDOS that was included 
with the controller was NOT compatible with RSDOS floppies but did 
have a more forgiving disk format.

Apparently both the controller and CDOS would not work on the CoCo 3 
for various reasons.

The controller itself didn't do well in the sales department mostly 
due to it having the common Cer-Comp price tag. Last time I talked 
to Bill Vergona was later 1986 or early 1987 and he had a 
considerable number of controllers left.

If anyone wants to hunt him down and see if he has any controllers 
left you might get lucky.




If I come across any other tidbits I'll be sure to post em.




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