[Coco] Newbie questions

[Bill Pierce]

Sean,
For the most part, the maual you want for now is for "Disk Extended Color Basic"
Just type that in the search bar on the Color Computer Archive linked below and you'll find the PDF (as well as any other documentation for the Coco)
RGBDOS only "adds" a few commands to DECB to enhance it.
And yes... hyphens are allowed in DECB. But it is known that some Coco 2 games will not run on a Coco 3 and some Coco 3 games/programs will not run on Vcc due to several missing features in Vcc.
Vcc is strictly a Coco 3 emulation. If you need Coco 2 emulation, try the latest release of XRoar.


Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Margules <s_man501 at yahoo.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Jan 24, 2014 11:37 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Newbie questions


I've been trying to work with just RGBDOS, (because I have a hard drive so why 
not use it?) and I'm pleased to report that I've been able to back up just about 
any .dsk image I care to AND RUN IT which is quite a step forward for me. I used 
the (very) little bit of Basic I still remember from when I was a kid to make 
myself a menu I can run the different floppy images from so I don't keep getting 
my names and syntax mixed up (run for basic, runm for bin, dos for sierra games, 
etc.)

Only residual issue I'm having is that there is one game (VIRUS-D) which is one 
of several on the disk (VHD slot now), which gives me an error whenever I try to 
run it (from the menu or just with the "run" command). I was thinking perhaps 
hyphens are illegal characters in run commands?

Is there a reference out there for the type of BASIC used in RGBDOS? I found one 
for BASIC09, but it sure does look like that is rather intimately connected to 
the Nitros9 OS, which I've been avoiding for the time being as instructed. 
Thanks, 

Sean




On Wednesday, January 22, 2014 11:11 PM, Nick Marentes <nickma at optusnet.com.au> 
wrote:
 
Sean Margules <s_man501 at ...> writes:

> 
> Ok ok. No more Drivewire or HDBDOS till I get a better  handle on this
stuff. Promise.
> 

You'll thank us for setting you on a structured path to CoCo nirvana.   :)

Seriously, you'll enjoy it more and learn with less frustration.

As I said before, I've seen newbies turned off when they dive in at the end.

Hard drives can come in when you start exploring OS-9.

Learn the basics before jumping in to the advanced.

Nick


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