[Coco] Coco FLEX

[Leon Howell]

> there was no interest in Flex on the CoCo except from Frank Hogg, and even 
he stopped "pushing" it after 64K
> became standard -- and it had to be partially due to the reception he got 
after stating the Flex was a better
> OS for the CoCo than OS-9. He received a lot of negative press and "fan 
mail" after publishing those
> remarks! 

He was right though. At that time, the CoCo's limit was 64k, and OS-9 took 
about 30k or more. D.E.C.B. allowed bank switching, so 64k programs were 
possible, and most "RS-DOS" programs were more powerfull than most OS-9 
programs. Flex used much less memory than OS-9 and still allowed compatability 
with non-CoCo's, like OS-9 did, but more powerfull programs were possible.

Which do you want? A super powerfull os with striped down apps? Or a do-
nothing os with more usefull apps?

The question isn't all that relevant today, of course. With NitrOS-9 Level 2/3 
you really can have everything - A super powerfull os, Apps that do 
everything...and Flex in a window.