[Coco] Basic09 versions

Wed Jun 7 01:40:36 EDT 2017

Yea, that sounds right. It was the Canadian version, not the US version.
Sorry for not remembering that.

On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> I think the one that was auctioned on ebay was found to be the Canadian
> 000001
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wed, Jun 7, 2017 1:19 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Basic09 versions
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> 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.DaveOn 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/>>>>>
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> 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>
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> -----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!--
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