[Coco] question about MPI and Orch-90

[Luis Fernández]

www.Cloud9tech.com sells a chip to repair and correct MPI addresses used
to serve in coco3 and clash between different utilities
not if specifically with Orchertra80

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> From: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 22:42:13 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Coco] question about MPI and Orch-90
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> Todd,1st, I don't think you can "hurt" the MPI is it doesn't have the PAL fix, it just will not operate properly on a Coco 3. I know I'll be corrected on this if I'm wrong. 
> 
> On the Orch90 pak... to play the demo, you do not press "E", as that will put you in "Edit" mode.
> Instead, you press "S" to "Score" the file for play. It will come back to a cursor in a few moments and when it does, press "P" for play.
> Any time you "Load" a new file or "Edit" a current file, you must press "S" before "P".
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Todd Wallace <dragonbytes at cox.net>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, May 6, 2013 10:28 pm
> Subject: [Coco] question about MPI and Orch-90
> 
> 
> Hey all,
> 
> I got my hands on a grey radio shack trs-80 26-3024 MPI.  There's a sticker on 
> the bottom that says CoC3 PAL, so I assume that means its been modified for use 
> with my CoCo3.  My question is, will plugging it in and turning it on cause 
> damage of the mod is NOT in place?  I know theres a PEEK to check, I just don't 
> want to damage the coco3.
> 
> My second question is, I got a cool Orch-90cc cart.  I plugged it in to try and 
> play the demo like the book suggests.  You press E [ENTER] and then P [ENTER] to 
> play the demo.  but when i type P [ENTER], i just keep getting ERR 04.  Can 
> anyone help?  I don't know if i'm missing something or if theres something wrong 
> with the cart, etc. Any help is appreciated.  Thanks
> 
> - Todd Wallace (LordDragon on Freenode)
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