Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site pur-ee.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!mckay From: mckay@pur-ee.UUCP (McKay) Newsgroups: net.micro.6809 Subject: Upgrade a Coco or replace it? Message-ID: <2529@pur-ee.UUCP> Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 12:22:00 EST Article-I.D.: pur-ee.2529 Posted: Mon Jan 14 12:22:00 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Jan-85 02:34:31 EST Organization: Electrical Engineering Department , Purdue University Lines: 39 <* bug busters *> Here's a new topic worthy of a little debate: The setting: I've got a Coco with two floppies and have been running OS-9 for a few months now. I like OS-9 a lot. It's intelligently designed (for the most part) and gives me a low cost UNIX-like environment to do some home-hacking in. But... The problem: I'm finding I'd like a bit more in the mass storage area and a real serial port for my terminal (sitting next to the Coco). A little more CPU speed wouldn't hurt either. The question: Should I upgrade the Coco or start over (somewhat) with another machine? A few constraints on this: First, this must be a fairly low cost operation, but I am ready to spend about the cost of a harddisk for the coco and few other pieces of hardware; say $2000 tops. Second, I'd like to hang on to as much of my current hardware as I can. That means the printer (a serial printer nothing special), a terminal (IBM 3101, a semi-smart terminal) and the floppies (if possible, they're 35track RS look-a-likes). So far, I'm convinced upgrading is the answer, but maybe you can convince me otherwise. Is there a new (or unknown to me) machine that's cheap and runs OS-9 better (define it as you will) than the Coco? -- Dwight Douglas McKay, ECN Software Support _\/ USENET: {decvax|harpo|ihnp4|inuxc|seismo|ucbvax}!pur-ee!mckay \ \ MCI Mail: paintedpony / \ /^^^^\ /______\