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

[Arthur Flexser]

On Wed, 24 Mar 2004, Chet Simpson wrote:

> 
> 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.

I don't believe CDOS had any connection to Bill Vergona and CerComp.  It
was sold by Disto/CRC as an accompaniment to the Disto controllers.

Art