CoCo disks

From: Jeff Hellige <jeffh_at_unix.aardvarkol.com>
Date: Mon Jul 21 11:32:48 1997

On 22-Jul-97, Roger Merchberger wrote:
>> 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.

   I forget if it was Flight Simulator I or FS II that I had for the Tandy
2000 when I still was using mine. I know that in it's 640x400 x 16 color mode
though it sure looked nice, especially compared to Flight Simulator on a
standard PC using CGA! Even EGA didn't look near as good, with it's odder
aspect ratio.

>> 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.

   Yes, I've seen this running, and it even looks fairly nice in low-res mode.

>> 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.

   That's interesting...now if I could find a P-Card for my TI-99/4A, I could
write stuff on the CoCo and run it under P-System on both the 4A and on the
5155! There's some interesting cross-platform computing...


>Uhhh, I might have one *for trade*. Presently, I have two available working
>Disto MC-1 [Mini-Controller 1] boards,

   What types of things might you be looking for in trade?

>I'll keep looking for a week or two for a DOS you can use, and let you know
>if you're interested.

   Yes, I certainly would be interested...please let me know what you come up
with. Thanks.

   Jeff jeffh_at_unix.aardvarkol.com
   
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