Whilst in a self-induced trance, Jeff Hellige happened to blather:
> I found what looks to be a few intersting disks today, though at the
>moment I can't check to see what's on them or anything. They are all for
>the CoCo though, and all Tandy-labled disks in Tandy jackets still...and
>some are even for OS-9. They are:
> Flightsim I, (c) 1984
This is one of the original flight simulators that came out for several 8 &
16-bit machines that IIRC the copyright was bought up by none other than
Micro$hark.
> Multiview for OS-9 L-II, (c) 1987
This is a GUI for OS-9... it was rather interesting [and I've heard useful
with a hard drive], but *extremely* slow with floppies.
> OS-9 Pascal Disk I & II (version 02), (c) 1983
Standard USCD P-code compiler... interesting thing is you could compile
programs larger than 64K (max memory for a CoCo 1/2) out-of-box.
> C Compiler for OS-9 Systems (version 01), (c) 1983
IIRC, *almost* standard K&R C... methinks there were a few *very minor*
differences that were easy to code around, but non-standard nonetheless.
> Color Disk EDTASM (version 01), (c) 1983
This can be fudged to use the 80x24 screen of the CoCo3 (quite nicely, I
might add... as I used it quite often like this) but the line-editor was
still weird. There are patches available to make this assembler support the
Hitachi 6309 processor, which is a M6809 workalike -with enhancements.-
> Ghana Bwana, (c) 1984
> OS-9 Profile, (c) 1984
> Biosphere for OS-9, (c) 1985
Never played with any of these... others will have to take the ball and run
here.
> At least now I've got a few CoCo disks to try once I finally find a
>disk controller for my III!
Uhhh, I might have one *for trade*. Presently, I have two available working
Disto MC-1 [Mini-Controller 1] boards, but without getting into that entire
pirating issue *again*, I have no available DOS's for them. I am looking
for a shareware RS-DOS clone that I could burn into e-prom for you, or I
could purchase ADOS-3 or Extended ADOS-3 for you and install it. Be warned:
I don't have cases for these controllers, so you'll have to run them nekkid
or fudge something of your own. (The Tandy FD-500/501/502 case will work
fine... but you can't buy them thru RS anymore, AFAIK.)
I'll keep looking for a week or two for a DOS you can use, and let you know
if you're interested.
See ya,
"Merch"
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Roger Merchberger | If at first you don't succeed,
Programmer, NorthernWay | nuclear warhead disarmament should *not*
zmerch_at_northernway.net | be your first career choice.
Received on Mon Jul 21 1997 - 20:47:34 BST