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From: durham_2@husc4.harvard.edu (peter durham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Re: More on MultiPak Upgrades (CocoIII)
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Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 11:27:16 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 18 11:27:16 1986
Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 23:51:08 EST
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Organization: Harvard Science Center
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Keywords: WordPak, MultiPak
Summary: WPII after mod.

In article <1463@lsuc.UUCP> jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) writes:
>
>     I seem to be really caught this time.  I don't want to use the built
>in 80 column capability with the CoCo3 at this stage because it means a loss
>of about 2K for screen RAM, but as I understand it, my WordPakII isn't

	The screen RAM doesn't have to be in the 64K space that OS-9 Level
	I uses.  Drivers have been written for v02.00.00 that
	use memory in the 64K that OS-9 doesn't use.

>going to work with the new MultiPak upgrade.  Wonderful stuff.
>      Is this going to be a problem for all the WordPakII's?
>(I mean all the WordPak's.)

	In the Jan 1987 Rainbow, there is an article about the MultiPak
	modifications.  If you have an old MultiPak that just requires
	the PAL change, you could hack in a PAL switcher as described.
	Also, PBJ is rumored to be coming up with a modification that will 
	change the address of the WordPakII to that of the WordPakRS,
	making it CoCo3 compatible.

				-Peter Durham
				durham_2@husc4.harvard.edu
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