6 Sep
2002
6 Sep
'02
9:20 a.m.
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Roger Merchberger wrote:
Sellam's been dying to bring that up. Did you notice that "Control" key on
that CoCo 3 of yours?
Anyway I think most CoCo 1-2 terminal emulators use the Break key as a
control key. Not very slick, but it worked.
What really sucked was the 32 column screen. I never bought one of the many
80 column cards, they were all serial based. Only useful under OS-9.
It is funny how many places you wil find Motorola's VDG (MC6847).
Define "real" -- Admittedly, the
CoCo1's chicklet keyboard sucked bigtime,
but The CoCo2/3's keyboard is as good as anything made nowadays... (that's
With one glaring exception: NO CONTROL KEY.
What computer comes without a CONTROL key? That and the RF video out only with no built-in
composite video output
would have made the CoCo a complete lemon if it weren't for the
brilliance of the users that managed to extend and expand it. And OS-9
was also a definite plus.
I'm curious, what experience have you had with OS-9?
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