30 May
1998
30 May
'98
12:16 a.m.
Tony Duell wrote:
For OS-9 level 2, you _require_ a CoCo 3 -- 128k was the minimum RAM
supported, and no earlier Color Computer ever officially supported
more than 64k.
And me, as well as the 5.25" version of LS-DOS -- I used to have the 8"
version as well, but that was all lost during a move some years back, the
IRS has my "eternal" "gratitude". (Ben Franklin told us long ago
that
three moves equals one fire, I think they're that generous if the move is
planned in advance).
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
<Tandy had
little input into the design really), it was a fine machine.
<OS-9 on the CoCo was the first real OS I ever used - it taught me a lot
<about writing device drivers, multitasking, etc. And the CoCo3 (alas not
<at all common in the UK) was a very interesting box.
OS9, I've heard a little about it but never seen it. Is it available?
It's somewhat unix-like - but with 'strange' command names like EDIT,
DIR, etc. Internally it's a very modular OS and quite easy to hack about
on. And the manuals that came with it are excellent.
For a CoCo3, you really need OS-9 level 2. That supports the MMU in the
machine, and gives you access to up to 512K RAM. Later versions of OS-9
level 1 will boot, but will treat the machine as a CoCo 2. Old versions
of OS-9 level one will not boot. You might be able to order the disks from Radio Shack.
Don't they have a
way of buying the disk for old software products for not too much?
What ever
happend to LDOS?
Well, you mean apart from die-hards like me still running it :-)