Dedicated to the Tandy/Radio Shack MC-10 Micro Color Computer and the Color Computers 1, 2 & 3

THE COCO RUMOR MILL
(parody)

It has been rumored that Tandy (along with Motorola) is working on a CoCo IV computer to be released shortly. At present the only advance information available is that a new microprocessor will be incorporated into the unit-- the 6813!

Our research staff has been able to uncover a list of new opcodes that distinguish the 6813 as a breakthrough in computer technology. The list is presented here for your information.

ABBA - Play Swedish rock ERS - Erase Read-only Storage RBT - Read and Break Tape ADGB - Add Garbage ETOY - Emulate ZX-81 REST - Relax for 12 cycles BAD - Bark At Dog HFA - Hire From Atari RRT - Record and Rip Tape BBL - Branch on Burner out Light HCF - Halt and Catch Fire RTR - Refuse To Run BAH - Branch And Hang HFC - Hide From Children RTM - Return To Motorola BFEI - Beg For Expansion Interface HFP - Hide From Pinto RTT - Return To Tandy BLI - Branch and Loop Infinite HIC - Help Intel Chip RSD - Read and Scramble Data BPB - Branch on Program Bug IAD - Illogical AnD RWD - ReWind Disk BPO - Branch if Power Off IBM - Interrupt Bad Mnemonics SINK - Sink INto I.C. socKet BPM - Begin Pirate Mode IOR - Illogical OR SRZ - Subtract and Reset to Zero BRN - BuRN up SAM chip JOF - Jump On Floor SSD - Seek and Scratch Disk CFP - Call For Programmer JOM - Jump On Motorola STD - Stop Turning Disk CLD - try to CooL Down SAM chip JOT - Jump Off Table STI - Sell T.I. Stock CMS - Catch MouSe JTZ - Jump To Zaxxon program TLK - Start speech synthesis CNP - Call National Parts KAL - Fly over Russia TPR - Tear PapeR CPB - Create Program Bug MDB - Multiply and Drop Bits TRS - TRaSh ('TRiSs') program CPM - Correct Program Manual MWK - Multiply WorK WED - Write and Erase Data CRN - Convert to Roman Numerals NOPE - Refuse to do anything WID - Write Invalid Data CSD - Create Static Discharge OCD - Open Commode-Door WOJ - Wear Out Joystick DAO - Divide And Overflow PAS - Print And Smear XBRA - Goto Zoo DEVO - Start new wave (Sine) PIP - Pulverize Interface Peripheral XOR - eXecute OpeRator EIP - Erase If Pirated PSD - Perform Safety Dance XPR - eXecute PRogrammer

Besides having the above user friendly opcodes, the 6813 will also have 161 easy to remember addressing modes! P.S. There is no word from Tandy as to when we might expect these improvements (they are still trying to figure out what a 6809 is!). Perhaps in the next computer catalog.

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