#: 3451 S10/Tandy CoCo
    13-May-90  11:19:03
Sb: #3335-#Fastgraf / Bounce.ar
Fm: TONY CAPPELLINI 76370,2104
To: Kevin Darling (UG Pres) 76703,4227 (X)

Hi kevin,

No, I'm not using the level 1 basic09, I didn't start using os-9 until LII came
along. But I still can appreciate all the work that you and the others have put
in to make os-9 a better environment. I can't imagine what using os-9 without
windows (/term only, and 32 characters at that) would be like. Talk about an
upgrade ! If I don't think I am running out of memory because when I installed
it on my friends' system, we started it up just like the  .doc file said to.
The only  difference between our systems )as far as I can remember) is that I
have a Disto 512k ramdisk and clock and printer card. My friend is using a B&B
host adapter and cllock. I also have the (original lock up prone) B&B host
adapter. Down on the software level, that means I have a different desciptor
and drive for my printer and clock, but I really don't think that has anything
to do with my problem. My system has had a number of wierd unexplainable
problems that fade in and out. I tried resolving them to a software problem
because it only happened under os9. But one problem finally showed up under
rsdos. Anyway I am in the process of re-flowing all the solder joints on that
cc3. I bought a new one last week since they were on sale foe $129 (still too
high), and Tandy said they would be dropping the cocos. This one doesn't have
the sparklie problem !

Speeking of the sparklie problem, when you install the disto 1 meg board, do
you actually get more SYSTEM memory as well. Several times I have run out of
memory, but by using smap pmap and some other programs, it looked as I was out
of system space, not user memory. Do the patches to os9 for the upgrade take
care of this ?


By the way, when can we expect to see the new os9 for the coco 3 ????


See ya soon.

TC



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