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From: emjej@uokvax.UUCP
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Subject: Re: OS-9 an TRS CoCo - (nf)
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Date: Sat, 10-Dec-83 22:51:25 EST
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uokvax!emjej    Dec  9 11:50:00 1983

More recent info (to me, anyway): the Tano Dragon, for which OS-9 is
going to be available, does things right with respect to serial/parallel
I/O, to wit they have a real live parallel port and the hardware to do
serial I/O right. They're priced the same for a 64K machine as the current
RS price, although the latter may come down soon. The catch on the CoCo
price, of course, is the $180 expansion box and <price unknown to me, but
I think at least a hectobuck> RS-232 cartridge you have to tack on to the
CoCo to get it to do stuff reasonably.

						James Jones