[coco] coco1 on ebay

[Bruce W. Calkins]

Basically correct Paul,

There is a patch for OS-9 Level One to allow it to boot.  I contacted 
Boisy a year or two ago about addressing the issue in NIROS09 for the 
CoCo 1.  Due to lack of a "consumer base", this remains unavailable. 
(That is I seemed to be the only one running such an animal. 
Unfortunately the machine is in storage now and for the immediate future.)

Once in OS-9 a ram disk was about the only usable program for the extra 
memory.  The CoCo 3 with it's greater memory and "speed" left the whole 
concept as being of little use.

I have the original driver disk in my collection.  Should anyone need a 
copy to get such a item functioning, I'll be glad to provide a copy.

Bruce W.


PaulH96636 at aol.com wrote:

> Actually, the program to expand memory in the coco-1 & 2 is called  Banker, 

> by J&R Electronics, of Columbia, MD.

>  

> Said to work with CB ,DCB, DECB, JDOS, ADOS, and WordPak.

>  

> I have never seen any programs to make use of the additional  capability.  



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