[Coco] DriveWire 1.1 (was: NitrOS-9 V03.02.00 Released)

[Boisy Pitre]

I forgot to add that using DriveWire in this fashion doesn't mean that 
Flex-09 will actually USE the DriveWire server as its disk once it has 
booted.  Doing so would require you to code a Flex-09 driver that 
talked to the DriveWire server.

Where can one download Flex-09 anyway?


On Dec 9, 2003, at 8:21 PM, Boisy Pitre wrote:

> The boot floppy that came with DriveWire 1.0 had an RS-DOS part and an 
> OS-9 part.  On the RS-DOS part you ran a program called "INSTALL.BAS" 
> which asked for your version of OS-9 (L1 L2 or NitrOS-9) and wrote the 
> boot track for the OS onto track 34.
>
> The new boot floppy that will come with DriveWire 1.1 still has an 
> RS-DOS and OS-9 part.  However the new BASIC program "SETUP.BAS" will 
> put the DriveWire ROM code on the boot track instead of an OS-9 boot 
> track.  Furthermore, it automatically detects if you are running the 
> program on a CoCo 3 or not and puts the appropriate track 
> automatically.
>
> The result is that after you run the program then type DOS, the code 
> at LSN $264-$275 on disk 0 of the drivewire server will be loaded into 
> memory at $2600 and control will jump to $2602.  This means you can 
> construct a Flex-09 disk image that has boot code on sectors 
> $264-$275, and this boot code can boot your Flex-09 bootfile (however 
> that is done).  CoCo 1/2 runs at 38400 bps, CoCo 3 runs at 57600 bps.
>
> Looking back, it was stupid for me to use OS-9 kernel tracks as it 
> locked that version of DriveWire with the disk images that came with 
> that version.  This new method allows the boot floppy to simply load 
> whatever is at those sectors and execute it.  Your only job is to 
> construct the code at the sectors to conform to the limits noted 
> above.
>
> On Dec 9, 2003, at 8:05 PM, John Malmberg wrote:
>
>> Boisy Pitre wrote:
>>> Richard,
>>> DriveWire 1.0 will work with its provided disk images on the CD, but 
>>> not with NitrOS-9 V3.2.0.  Cloud-9 will soon release DriveWire 1.1 
>>> for those interested in using that product with the latest NitrOS-9 
>>> version, and I've fixed things so that DriveWire 1.1 will be totally 
>>> independent of the OS you are running, let alone versions of 
>>> NitrOS-9.
>>
>> How are you making it OS independent?
>>
>> Will it work from my host system to Flex-09?
>>
>> -John
>> wb8tyw at qsl.net
>> Personal Opinion Only
>>
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