[Coco] CB, ECB, DECB, & SECB

Sun Jun 11 02:44:05 EDT 2017

I've had a sneaking suspicion that perhaps Spectral Associates coined the
term so as to have something for the title of the relevant Unravelled
volume, lacking any generally agreed upon name for SECB.  Or, maybe that's
what they referred to it as informally at Microware when it was under
development.  Perhaps it originated with one of the guys in the 3 Mugateers
graphic.

Art

On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 2:31 AM, David Ladd <davidwladd at gmail.com> wrote:

> Art,
>
> I looked at the PDF of the original manual that came with the CoCo 3.  It
> refers to the updated basic in the CoCo 3 as "Extended Color Basic Version
> 2".  I did not see anywhere where I read a reference to Super Extended
> Color Basic.
>
> My opinion it is probably something the group adopted to make it easier to
> distinguesh between the Extended Basic 1.x on the CoCo 1 & 2's verses the
> expanded command set in the Extended Basic 2.x on the CoCo 3.  Otherwise if
> you were to look at it probably should be named what???? ECBv2?  (*shrug*)
>
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> On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
>
> > That doesn't match my recollection, but perhaps someone here has that
> > booklet and can say whether or not it used the term Super Extended Color
> > Basic.
> >
> > Art
> >
> > On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 7:42 PM, Camillus Blockx <
> camillus.b.58 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > 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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