[Coco] Nitros9 3.2.0 6809L2 on real hardware

[Willard Goosey]

>Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:50:21 -0500
>From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
>You may already know this but just because you boot to a 40 or 80 column 
>window does not mean you can't access a vdg 32 column screen.

Assuming you have VDGint in your kernel.  And, IMHO, if you're going
to have vdgint in your kernel, might as well have term_vdg.

I normally have two main OS-9 bootdisks, one windint only and one
vdgint/windint for those rare times I feel like playing with DM3 or
Carmen.
>
>What is needed is to change on the fly a window into a vdg screen as 
>follows:
>xmode /w# type=1 pag=16   * where # is any non initialized window
>iniz /w#
>shell i=/w#&

For many years I didn't have the Tandy xmode installed, since I'd
upgraded to SACIA and it came with its own xmode (or is that from the
eliminator drivers?  Or is that SACIA?  I ferget) and it made my head
hurt to keep both around.  Anyway, I was using an xmode that didn't
support the type= argument.

Also, many vdg programs blatently assume they're on /term and are
hard-coded that way.  You can patch them, sure, but usually to another
hard-coded window.
>
>The second line above may not be needed.

I've always been somewhat confused about iniz and when it is or isn't
needed.

Willard
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