[Coco] CB, ECB, DECB, & SECB

[Camillus Blockx]

I do think it was on the booklet that came with the Coco 3

Cb

On Jun 10, 2017 5:20 PM, "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

> ...which brings up the question of whether the term Super Extended Color
> Basic is in fact the official Tandy designation or not.  I first saw the
> term in the title of Spectral Associates' Super Extended Basic Unravelled.
> I have not seen it in anything from Tandy, and the term does not appear in
> the CoCo 3 startup screen.  Then again, Spectral Associates have worked
> with Tandy on various things, and I heard from somewhere long ago that they
> were given one of the CoCo 3 prototypes for development purposes, so I
> suspect that the term was at least unofficially used within Tandy.  I don't
> see the name mentioned in Bill and Boisy's CoCo history book.
>
> Art
>
> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 5:58 PM, Camillus Blockx <camillus.b.58 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Only Super I know is Super Extended Color Basic (Cc3)
> >
> >
> > On Jun 10, 2017 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
> > > SCB = Super Ciolor Basic by Microsoft and Microware (CoCo 3 only, and
> has
> > > DOS command for launching OS-9)
> > > 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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> > >
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