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    22-May-90  03:57:15
Sb: #2443-Tomcat Computer
Fm: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227
To: Frank Hogg 70310,317

Frank - From Phil Brown on bitnet: Would you please forward  this query to
frank?

Frank: I just read your Advertisement in the June issue of Rainbow, for the
Tomcat.  I was quite impressed, and glad you took a full-page .  But, as they
say, with the answers to questions come more questions.  I have pulled out
various issues, that I have tried to keep directly related to the Ad.  You may
want to break up your reply into 2 or more separate replies.

For the K-Bus system of OSk: I have heard that the K-bus is only 16-bit.  Is
this true, and if so, have you any plans to change this?

(Since osk is advertised with the K-bus) Does your $300 OSk package come with
the C comopiler?  How much for it separately?

And mainly for the Tomcat/TC9 : It was said that the TC9 is "K-bus compatible".
Does that mean that it is possible to add on a K-bus, or does one come with it?
(aside:  How about 1.2/1.4 Meg flopies?)

You stated that the TC9 could use a 68000 board as a co-processor.  Would that
be in some ways automatic, or is it up to us to make our programs take
advantage of this?

Similarly, What configurations are possible?  TC9 and TWO 68000 boards? TC9 and
perhaps a CoCoIII? Would TC9 and a 68030 be better than TC9 + 68000? Since a
68000 can use TC9 as a slave board, can a 68030 use a 68000 board? If you can
have multiple TC9s, how about multiple 68000 boards?

You said that the joystick res has been increased to 256.  How will this affect
a high-res joystick interface?  Is there any way to get 640 by XXX  joystick
res WITHOUT using a hi-res interface? Will it be possible to use a logitech, or
optical, "digital" mouse, under OS9? (since it will have "real" serial ports
now)

How about no-halt disk operations, under OS9, without a 68000 board?

You mentioned that under OSk, with the 68000 board as main CPU, the TC9 would
be "a multi-function graphics co-processor".  You didn't mention anything about
the graphics board I have heard about here! Does the TC9 have increased res.
over the CoCo III?