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From: bbw842@leah.Albany.Edu (Barry B Werger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Re: Wordpower 3.2 disk I/O blues
Summary: CoCo III peripheral incompatability
Keywords: CCBUS coco
Message-ID: <1687@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 11 Mar 89 23:31:42 GMT
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Well, here goes....

I love my coco.  I waited a long time for the coco 3 and OS/9 level
2, and finally they arrived. Shortly thereafter I left for college, and
for a while was separated from it...

I never got Level II running.  I couldn't find a radio shack that had ever
heard of the multipack modification for the coco3.  My disk controller
needs the now-nonexistant 5 volt power line, so i cannot use it withjout
the multipack.  One of my disk drives seems to be on it's last legs in
terms of functionality, and the other I need a cable for; it's a 40 track
double sider.  As you can see, I'm in bad shape.

I want to get my system running!  I haven't touched it in so long because 
I've had a VAX to play with; now that I have been studying operating
systems in-depth i want to play with OS/9 some more.. with my new skills
and knowledge I want to go play and work again with the coco...

So, can anybody tell me...
Where can I get the PAL chip for the multipack, or do new multipacks have it
already?  Or are there aftermarket products, reasonably priced, that will do 
the job?  Any great deals or ideas on a hard disk?  Any suggestions?

Also, on occasion the coco3 has seemed a bit flaky...  it was one of the first
shipped...  any news that i've missed on hardware bugs? 

Thanks, all,
-barry