[Coco] 26-3022 disk interface question

[K. Pruitt]

There are a few CoCo 2's on eBay right now with a buy it now option in the 
$49.95-59.95 range.

It's eBay, so it's a coin toss as to if all the chips are actually in the 
CoCo.

Would it be possible to load Extended Color Basic from a cassette? It would 
have to be reloaded each time it was used, but would it be do-able?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry Nelson"
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2015 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] 26-3022 disk interface question


> It may be hard to find an original 24 pin Extended BASIC rom. You have a 
> couple of other options though.
> Purchase or build a 28 pin to 24 pin rom adapter and then either burn or 
> have someone burn for you a copy of Extended Color BASIC into an EPROM.
> Set this computer aside and save it for spare parts, go on ebay and look 
> for another system that already has Extended BASIC, you should be able to 
> find something for <$100.
>
>> Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 21:25:15 -0400
>> From: Joe Grubbs
>>
>> You need to add an Extended Color Basic ROM. There is an empty DIP24 
>> socket on the motherboard. It works in conjunction with the Color Basic 
>> ROM already present.
>
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