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- From: "Michael M. Rye" <1726@topcity.mn.org>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: First multitasking OS for home computers
- Date: Thu, 18 Jan 1996 08:46:21 -0600
- Organization: Born Information Services Group
- Message-ID: <30FE5D3D.7049@topcity.mn.org>
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- P A Williamson wrote:
- MR> In article <30FCFD5B.78E6@topcity.mn.org>, "Michael M. Rye"
- MR> <1726@topcity.mn.org> wrote:
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- MR> Just had to use a simple BASIC "poke" command into a certain location on the
- MR> machine, and it would double its speed. I had to do the same thing, i.e. slow
- MR> it down in order to write to the floppy (but not for reading), but the
- MR> point is the speed-up worked! Ran the multi-tasking OS/9 operating system
- MR> pretty darn quick in that "sped-up" mode. It performed rather well for
- MR> a 1/"2" MHz machine.
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- PW> Gotta question about 0S/9 on the Tandy. How much did this neat OS cost at
- PW> the time. I read some really nice things about it. My bro-in-law still has
- PW> a COCO 3 and we've been thinking....ya a dangerous thing to do in our case. :-)
-
- Mr. Williamson,
- If I remember correctly, I paid $69.95 for OS/9 for my Tandy Color Computer 3.
- I'm not sure about that though, but the number seems to ring a bell. Hell, it
- was a long time ago....hehehehe. Anyway, whatcha gonna do with your CoCo 3????
- I gave mine to my brother so he could use Max-10 (word processor) for typing out
- his state patrol reports (yea, he's a cop).
-
- I remember having that CoCo 3 o' mine totally maxed out with everything
- I could think of. Hell, I even had a 80 Meg SCSI hard drive for it! Hooked it
- up with a Disto no-halt disk controller with add-on SCSI host adapter. The
- HD was an old Seagate "N" series, so the controller was built into it.
-
- If you have any other questions about anything you wanna know about the CoCo 3,
- or if you just wanna chat about the "good 'ole days" of that machine, feel free
- to drop me some email at my address located in my signature.
-
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- * -Michael M. Rye- (Jedi) | Amiga 1200, '030 50 MHz, '882 50 MHz, *
- * UNIX/C Admin/Design |__10 MB RAM, 850 MB HD, Supra 28.8 kbps__*
- * 1726@topcity.mn.org | Amiga 500, 1 chip/2 fast, 2 floppies *
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