Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!think!ames!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!nosc!ucsd!ucsdhub!loral!dml From: dml@loral.UUCP (Dave Lewis) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809 Subject: Re: CoCo 3 suggestions Summary: Uses for Multi-Pak Keywords: MPI Message-ID: <1821@loral.UUCP> Date: 15 Aug 88 16:11:29 GMT References: <4503@saturn.ucsc.edu> Reply-To: dml@loral.UUCP (Dave Lewis) Followup-To: comp.sys.m6809 Organization: Loral Instrumentation, San Diego Lines: 35 In article <4503@saturn.ucsc.edu> sneezy@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Frank Farm) writes: >If there really IS a future in cartridges, it won't include me. >I *don't* have the MultiPak. I'm certainly not going to risk plugging >and unplugging my disk controller, and I'm not excited about paying for >an MPI that will take up EVEN MORE of the limited desk space that I have >simply to be able to play a game at the flick of a switch. And what >happens after you've bought four or more game cartridges? Do the >plug-unplug procedure again? Why buy the thing in the first place? >You can plug and unplug to your heart's content WITHOUT the MPI. Well I *do* have a Multi-Pak, and all 4 of its little slots are full of: * Disk controller (of course) * Deluxe RS-232 pack (on sale, $30, who could resist) * George Indorf/Intronics EPROM programmer, modified to run with OS-9 * ummm...well...Polaris. I admit it. Thing is, I HAVE to have the Multi-Pak to use my system the way I'm used to. I run a 9600 baud terminal off the RS-232 pak because the CoCo's 32 X 16 Ugly font is too painful to contemplate, and since I modified the EPROM programmer I can use all those neat OS-9 utilities (some of which I wrote) to diddle the binary files. There's also the OS-9 L1 assembler, and the Z-80 assembler I made by replacing the mnemonic table, code generate, and address mode sections. Point is, I need to run all this stuff (except Polaris) at the same time. Let's see you do that without a Multi-Pak. (Don't talk to me about Y-cables) And since it's all hooked to a CoCo 2, I don't have to worry about PLA mods. (I've got a CoCo 3 too...just don't have a disk controller for it yet. The CoCo 2 and the Amiga keep me busy enough as it is...) -- Dave Lewis Loral Instrumentation San Diego (619) 282-3341 ihnp4 --\ bang --\ kontron -\ hp-sdd --\ calmasd ->-> crash ->--> loral!dml sdcrdcf -->--------> sdcsvax -/ (uucp)