[Coco] NitrOS-9 newbie needs some help (Final)

[Bob Devries]

> Maybe Bob Devries (who lives near me)


Hehe, Bob Devries *USED* to live near you. Actually, I moved to Dalby, 200km
west of you, a couple of weeks ago.

When I get my coco set up again (soon), I'll try that to see if it works.
--
Regards, Bob Devries. Dalby, Queensland, Australia.
Faith isn't faith until it's all you're holding on to.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nickolas Marentes" <nick at launch.net.au>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 6:22 AM
Subject: [Coco] NitrOS-9 newbie needs some help (Final)



> Boisy Wrote...

>

> I think we've exhausted all possible avenues of exploration here.  My

> conclusion is that it is a timing issue in the SS.WTrk code of rb1773

> that seems to appear on your 6309-ized CoCo 3, and is somewhat dampened

> by the presence of a Multi-Pak.

>

> We could do a lot of back and forth in trying to solve this, but for

> now I think I will make some notes about this, and try to address this

> for the next release of NitrOS-9.

>

> The current workaround for you seems to be working in NitrOS-9/6809

> Level 2 to do your formatting.  It's not the optimal solution, but it

> works.

>

>

> Nick Replies...

>

> I agree. I believe this is a good explanation for now. I guess the only

> question that remains is whether the 6309 version of NitrOS-9 fails under

> all PAL based CoCo3's and not just mine.  can give it a try for us with a

6309 CoCo3?

>

> If it fails on his also, it may be worthwhile to correct the timing issue

of

> 6309 NitrOS-9 so that it is compatible with all CoCo3's world wide.

>

> If it's isolated to mine then bad luck on me. Like you said, I can always

> format disks under 6809 NitrOS-9.

>

> Besides, I've made the decision that I won't go any further with OS-9

until

> I get a hard drive going or at least get Cloud 9's DriveCable product

(which

> is my current preferred). Can you tell me if the DriveCable server acts as

a

> hard drive or as "virtual floppy drives"? For example, can I setup a 5 Mb

> "hard drive" using the DriveCable? I understand that it will run at floppy

> disk speeds but that is ok with me.

>

>

>

>

>

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