[Coco] CB, ECB, DECB, & SECB

[Arthur Flexser]

SECB, as far as I know, did not do any patching of Disk Basic, unless you
count changing the version number on the startup screen from 1.x to 2.x.
SECB is perfectly happy to run without a disk controller, and hence without
DIsk Basic.

Incidentally, only Disk Basic 1.1 (2.1), and not Disk Basic 1.0 (2.0)
contained the DOS command.  Under 1.0, you had to boot OS-9 using a Basic
program contained on the diskette.

Art


On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 2:43 AM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:

>
>
> > On Jun 10, 2017, at 12:42 AM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > If I have it correctly:
> >
> > CB = Color Basic by Microsoft
> > ECB = Extended Color Basic by Microsoft) OS-9 had to be launched by
> running
> > a file on the OS-9 boot floppy
>
> Don't think you could run OS9 from ECB since a disk controller was
> required and then you would have had DECB which came with the disk
> controller.
>
> > SCB = Super Ciolor Basic by Microsoft and Microware (CoCo 3 only, and has
> > DOS command for launching OS-9)
>
> I believe the DOS command is part of DECB and that's how we booted OS9
> Level 1 on the CoCo 1 & 2.  I also think that SECB was probably written
> solely by Microware and it patched the existing CB, ECB, DECB ROMs and
> added some extensions.
>
>
>
> Dave
>
> > DECB = Disk Extended Color Basic by Microsoft (two versions, 1.1 and 1.2)
> >
> > I think that is all of them.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 10:21 PM, Salvador Garcia via Coco <
> > coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I think I found some information. SECB is Super Extended Color BASIC and
> >> was released with the CoCo 3, and included software licensed by
> Microware.
> >> The "equivalent" BASIC on previous models did not have y Microware code.
> >> Is the ROM BASIC list complete as presented in the subject line?
> >> Salvador
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>      From: Salvador Garcia via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> >> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> >> Cc: Salvador Garcia <salvadorgarciav at yahoo.com>
> >> Sent: Saturday, June 10, 2017 12:14 AM
> >> Subject: [Coco] CB, ECB, DECB, & SECB
> >>
> >> These are:
> >> Color BASICExtended Color BASICDisk Extended Color BASIC
> >> Not sure what SECB is... Super, Supreme, Superior... ?
> >> If I understand correctly, these are all the ROMs that were released by
> >> Tandy/Radio Shack in the Color Computer.Is that correct?
> >>
> >> Thanks! Salvador
> >>
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> >
> > The Structure of I-Code
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> >
> > decode
> > http://cococoding.com/wayne/
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