joe@watvlsi.UUCP (Joe Morrison) (11/25/85)
I have a "bare bones" Colour Computer right now, and would like to turn it into a reasonable development system. (Mostly for the experience it will give me playing with hardware.) I want to put 256k into it, and there are several schemes I've heard of for doing this. Question 1: what sort of configuration does OS-9 expect? Can OS-9 recognize and make use of more than 64k? Question 2: I have heard that I can put on a second terminal through the serial port. Is this true? Question 3: How are other devices usually attached? If I have a printer, modem, disk drive and a second terminal, is there a way to get them all on using the cartridge port? Will I ever get to use the cartridge port again? Question 4: Am I asking too much of the Coco 2? Should I just give up and buy an Atari ST? Question 5: Where do I get OS-9 anyway? Are there better places to buy it than from Radio Shack? I am willing to hack up my Colour Computer if necessary, by the way! If anyone has some suggestions for me or answers to my questions, I would very much appreciate hearing them! Please reply by mail, and if there is much response I will post the usual summary. My apologies to OS-9 haters! I agree that OS-9 should have its own newsgroup... Cheers, -- Joe Morrison, U of Waterloo {decvax, allegra, ihnp4} ! watmath ! watvlsi ! joe --- "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected." - The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June, 1972.