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From: session@seq.uncwil.edu (Zack C. Sessions)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Extending the Color Computer
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Date: 1 May 91 16:50:45 GMT
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cccph@jessica.cs.ucla.edu (Charles Hobbs) writes:

>I'm looking for a quick and dirty way to add Extended Basic to my]
>TRS-80 color computer. I heard that Tandy had stopped supporting
>this machine, so am I out of luck?

I assume your CoCo is an earlier model and only has Color Basic and
Not Extended Color Basic? You can upgrade it yourself by removing the
Color Basic chip and replacing it with the ECB chip. The chip is
available via mailorder from several advertisers in The Rainbow.
The safest way to remove the chip without damaging the motherboard
is the destructive method. (destructive to the chip, that is!) You
clip all the leads of the rom and carefully de-solder out all the
pins from the MB. The install a SOCKET into which you will insert your
new ECB rom.

Zack Sessions
session@seq.uncwil.edu