The Micro Works was: 2708 Programming Algorithm?

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Thu May 9 00:11:10 2002

On Wed, 8 May 2002, Jim Kearney wrote:

> >From: "Michael Holley" <swtpc6800_at_attbi.com>
> > The board was built by
> > "The Micro Works" for the SWTPC 6800 computer.
>
> Ah, the Micro Works! That brings back memories. I worked with them on some
> CoCo projects in 1981 or so. They made a ROMpack (the first 3rd party one,
> I believe) with two 2716s or 2732s on a pcb with a vacuum-formed case in
> order to publish a game I wrote (an Asteroids clone). If I recall
> correctly, they also sold their monitor and assembler products in ROM form.
> If anyone has a copy of the editor/assembler, SDS80C, I'd love to get a dump
> of it.

They also produced CBUG, a 6809 monitor program, and DISASM, a 6809
disassembler program, amongst other things for the CoCo. I have
binaries of both of those.

Nice people.
                                                 - don

> The game didn't make that much money; EPROMs were a lot more expensive than
> the usual cassettes and you really couldn't charge too much more. I just
> dug up a 1982 price list from Computerware, a store in Encinitas, CA that
> specialized in CoCo stuff. They sold the ROMpack w/o EPROMs for $24.95. The
> game was $39.95, and on two 2716s, so there wasn't much margin there...
>
> Jim
>
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