Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!think!husc6!husc4!durham_2 From: durham_2@husc4.harvard.edu (peter durham) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809 Subject: Re: More on MultiPak Upgrades (CocoIII) Message-ID: <916@husc6.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Dec-86 11:27:16 EST Article-I.D.: husc6.916 Posted: Thu Dec 18 11:27:16 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 23:51:08 EST References: <1302@ihwpt.UUCP> <1463@lsuc.UUCP> Sender: news@husc6.UUCP Reply-To: durham_2@husc4.UUCP (peter durham) Distribution: na Organization: Harvard Science Center Lines: 24 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 ...seismo!harvard!husc4!durham