[Coco] 26-3022 disk interface question

Barry Nelson barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com
Thu Jun 11 17:11:03 EDT 2015


No, you can not load it from cassette.
1) You do not have enough ram on a 16k machine to do that.
2) Even if you did have enough ram, the rom has position dependent code, so the ram is not at the right address.
 
On Jun 11, 2015, at 3:22 PM, coco-request at maltedmedia.com wrote:

> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 01:29:57 -0700
> From: "K. Pruitt" <pruittk at roadrunner.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] 26-3022 disk interface question
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> 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?



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