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From: pete@wlbreng1.UUCP (Pete Lyall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Re: OS9 Level 2 CC3Disk Driver
Message-ID: <191@wlbreng1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 8-Apr-87 12:00:13 EST
Article-I.D.: wlbreng1.191
Posted: Wed Apr  8 12:00:13 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 13-Apr-87 05:48:18 EST
References: <868@vaxb.calgary.UUCP> <430@csm9a.UUCP>
Reply-To: pete@wlbreng1.UUCP (0000-Pete Lyall)
Organization: Eaton Inc. IMSD, Westlake Village, CA
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Keywords: More specific complaints

In article <430@csm9a.UUCP> japplega@csm9a.UUCP (Joe Applegate) writes:
>
>Tandy provides only drivers that will work with their inferior peripherals!
>If they were to provide the same level of driver support as other manufac-
>tuers, then their customers might be tempted to buy less expensive, more
>standard, and generally more powerful peripherals!  

Well, actually level II drivers *do* support SS/DS DD 35/40/80
support. I understand it's a little fuzzy yet as to whether or not
it's a bug free implementation of this, but nonetheless, they *did*
make the effort.

I prefer to reserve the 'Tandy bashing' for the *real* screwups...

a) CM-8 has lower resolution than required for extended 80 column text
work w/o eyestrain..

b) The system seems to be extremely heat sensitive, especially with
512K onboard.

c) Both the coco3 and the Level II OS9 were OBSCENELY late...

d) Emabarrassingly buggy ROM hacks and patches... (not that anyone
would use other than OS9 .. (:^}) )

e) The Tandy 512k expansion was designed with downward facing chips -
EZ-Bake oven II (or III?)

.. I could go on...

My general feeling is that was a nice idea, no.. a GREAT idea (coco3 +
OS9 Level II), but they overmarketed and underengineered it... Too
late with too damned little... again.


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