[Coco] Basic09 versions

Wed Jun 7 01:37:39 EDT 2017

I bought the copy on ebay. It should be here on the 15th. It will be put
away so no damage occurs to it. If/when I have a chance, I will scan the
manual and other paperwork that comes with it and make a pdf of it.

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:12 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> 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
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>>>>>
>>>>> -----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/P
>>>>> rogramming/>
>>>>> BASIC09%20Programming%20Language%20Reference%20Manual%20-%20
>>>>> Revision%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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