[Coco] Basic09 versions

Wed Jun 7 01:34:26 EDT 2017

Lee retired to Mexico, and took the Coco 1/serial #0001 with him, last time I talked to him (which was the CocoFest before he moved).

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net

> On Jun 6, 2017, at 11:18 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
> 
> Hmmmm....well, it was owned by Lee Veal for many years and I'd have a hard time imagining that he would have ever let go of it.  He was an officer of the Dallas TRS-80 users group (Daltrug) for awhile.  I don't believe he is active on the CoCo scene anymore.
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> On 6/7/2017 12:12 AM, Wayne Campbell wrote:
>> Seems I heard that serial# 000001 was being auctioned off, and I don't know
>> who bought it. I might be not remembering this correctly.
>> 
>> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:09 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yep.  Definitely nostalgic thinking back...it took a lot more work to find
>>> the information / parts you needed.  There are a lot of young people that
>>> don't know what the world was like without Google!
>>> 
>>> I remember the countless nights coming home to my apartment in Irving, TX
>>> crunching away on the code for Supercomm and my RuxPro project (programming
>>> system for Teddy Ruxpin that ran under OS9) and others.  I can remember my
>>> original RS 300 baud modem with the switch you flipped when you heard the
>>> carrier on the other end, and how cool it was to upgrade to 1200 then 2400
>>> then 9600 then 14,400 bps modems, etc.  and all the hand-soldered wires,
>>> EPROMs, dot-matrix printers, modifications & stuff like that.
>>> 
>>> I may have mentioned this before but I knew a fellow down there who owned
>>> a CoCo 1 with serial #000001!  Last time I talked with him a few years ago
>>> he still had it...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dave
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 6/6/2017 11:56 PM, Wayne Campbell wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Those were the days. You could find just about anything if you looked
>>>> around. Now, even googling doesn't always return positive results.
>>>> 
>>>> On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:48 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> The interesting thing is that sometimes I would go down to the warehouse
>>>>> and they would have palettes and tables and shelves of discontinued
>>>>> stuff;
>>>>> old manuals, software, computers, gadgets, etc. It was a computer geek's
>>>>> dream come true.  I guess that's why I was always stopping in to see what
>>>>> cool stuff they might have.  There was also a big ham/electronics flea
>>>>> market on the first Saturday of every month in Dallas under one of the
>>>>> freeway overpasses where I would buy RAM chips, EPROMs, CPUs, and that
>>>>> sort
>>>>> of thing.  This was circa 1985-1989.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Dave
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 6/6/2017 11:29 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Wayne, I had 2 copies of L1 Basic09 over time, and I don't remember
>>>>>> either being a flippy. I know RS never did fully support flippies...
>>>>>> then
>>>>>> they'd had to admit their drives were double sided and explain why they
>>>>>> never updated Basic for double sides.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Bill Pierce
>>>>>> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to
>>>>>> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>>>>>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>>>>>> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
>>>>>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
>>>>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>>>> Sent: Wed, Jun 7, 2017 12:23 am
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Basic09 versions
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> That is definitely the Level 1 version. It would be good to have a copy
>>>>>> inwhatever repository is current. Can you tell me if you remember
>>>>>> theoriginal floppy being a flippy? I have heard before that it had some
>>>>>> fileson the opposite side, but I never thought about that when I had my
>>>>>> Level 1system.On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 9:01 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <
>>>>>> coco at maltedmedia.com>wrote:> Wayne, I have a disk image labeled
>>>>>> "Basic09_1.0.0.dsk", and on it are> BASIC09, INKEY, RUNB, & GFX (no
>>>>>> directories). When run it displays (level> 1, hence all uppercase):>>
>>>>>> BASIC09> RS VERSION 01.00.00> COPYRIGHT 1980 BY MOTOROLA INC.> AND
>>>>>> MICROWARE SYSTEMS CORP.> REPRODUCED UNDER LICENSE> TO TANDY CORP.> ALL
>>>>>> RIGHTS RESERVED>> I'm pretty sure it's the same one you are referring
>>>>>> to. I
>>>>>> remember SYSCALL> was in the manual and you had to assemble it with asm
>>>>>> yourself.>> I probably copied the disk image from my master disk before
>>>>>> my
>>>>>> drives went> out.> I can upload the disk to Guillaume if needed.>>>> The
>>>>>> manual is already in the colorcomputerarchive:>>
>>>>>> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Documents/Manuals/Programming/
>>>>>> BASIC09%20Programming%20Language%20Reference%20Manual%20-%
>>>>>> 20Revision%20H%>
>>>>>> 20(Microware%20System%20Corp).pdf>> It is copywritten 1980-1984>>>>>
>>>>>> Bill Pierce> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop
>>>>>> going,
>>>>>> no way to> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull>> My Music from the
>>>>>> Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3> https://sites.google.com/site/
>>>>>> dabarnstudio/> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia>
>>>>>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page>> E-Mail:
>>>>>> ooogalapasooo at aol.com>>>>>> -----Original Message-----> From: Wayne
>>>>>> Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>> To: CoCoList <coco at maltedmedia.com>>
>>>>>> Sent: Tue, Jun 6, 2017 10:02 pm> Subject: [Coco] Basic09 versions>> For
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> long time I have known this, but have not been able to prove it.> WhenI
>>>>>> first got into the CoCo it was a CoCo2 Korean model and OS-9 Level 1.>
>>>>>> Ialso had the Level 1 Basic09. When I got my CoCo3 and OS-9 Level 2,>
>>>>>> Icompared the two versions of Basic09. T
>>>>>> here were only 3 differences.Level> 14K default buffer size01.00.00
>>>>>> version number in the display text at the> top of the moduleCRC was not
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> same as Level 2 Basic09Level 28K default> buffer size01.00.01 version
>>>>>> number in the display text at the top of the> moduleCRC was not the
>>>>>> same as
>>>>>> Level 1 Basic09I have never found a disk> image of the Level 1 Basic09
>>>>>> disk. It was soldseparately from OS-9 Level 1.> I have found the Dragon
>>>>>> version of Basic09Level 1 (version 01.00.00), but> it has a different
>>>>>> display text from theCoCo version.I had all but given up> hope of ever
>>>>>> finding a copy of the CoCo Basic09Level 1 disk (or an image).> Today I
>>>>>> was
>>>>>> thinking about it, and decided toso some searching. Lo and> behold, I
>>>>>> found
>>>>>> what appears to be a pristinecopy for sale on EBay. The> description
>>>>>> says
>>>>>> "untested", but the disk andmanual and box look brand new!> There are 3
>>>>>> photos. The middle photo is acloseup of the disk in its sleeve.> The
>>>>>> lower
>>>>>> left portion of the exposeddisk shows the version number> 01.00.00.I
>>>>>> want
>>>>>> this! It is for sale for $89.99 or best offer, and the> shipping isonly
>>>>>> $3.61. I have enough cash, but I don't have a credit card.> There are
>>>>>> 5people watching it, and the time left is 19 days, 20 hours. No> one has
>>>>>> madean offer yet. If I can get my friend to use his card, I am> going to
>>>>>> buy ittoday. Once I have it, I will need to know if someone on> this
>>>>>> list
>>>>>> is herein Los Angeles and can make an image of the disk, and> possibly
>>>>>> scan
>>>>>> themanual without destroying it. Then I can add them to the> archive and
>>>>>> wewill have the original Basic09 and manual to go with the> Level 1
>>>>>> system.Wish me luck on getting it!-- WayneThe Structure of>
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