[Coco] Re: NitrOS-9 newbie needs some help

[mmarlett at isd.net]

Charlie,

Should work under both. All of my testing has been under NitrOS-9. Do
yourself a favor and jump 20 years to today and use NitrOS-9. Night and day
difference and with the SuperDriver package and NitrOS-9 03.02.04 there is
no need to create device descriptors. The OS does it for you! Plus the new
format command, excellent work! Plus many other features that standard OS-9
can't do. Plus the speed enhancements. NitrOS-9 is avaialble in 6809/6309
versions. 

Regards,

Mark

>Mark, Is the SuperIDE with compactflash supported under Tandy OS-9 or is
>Nitros-9 required?
>
>Charlie
>
><mmarlett at isd.net> wrote in message
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>Nick,
>
>As far as the floppy goes. As Mike pointed out on the location of your
>floppy drive. Keep in mind that the CRT is a huge magnetic field and the
>floppy's head/disk/ribbon cable could be induced with outside EMI. When
you
>turn your monitor on the degaussing coil REALLY emits! You can say why
does
>it work in RSDOS then???? Eliminate the issue till you have this resolved
>and functional. Then relocate and see if the problem reappears. Basic
>troubleshooting applies here.
>
>What kind of errors are being reported from the format of the disk? Please
>provide descriptor/dmode settings and the actual error(s) being reported.
>Need more to go on rather than the same problems are still present. I have
>probably configure well over 75 new coco systems with complete setups.
>NitrOS-9 works on NTSC systems! I suspect hardware problems or PAL timing
>issues??? Other thing to watch out for is that DECB formats SSDD 35
tracks.
>NitrOS-9 will do DSDD 40T, watch the media that you use to make sure it is
>certified as such. The people are here to help you out and work through
ANY
>issue(s) you might have with getting the OS up and running.
>
>As far as a hard drive.Skip that to..Go to a solid state drive setup.
>SuperIDE is bar far the best product that we have created. The FLASH
allows
>you to put HDB-DOS into it and configure yourself, no more EPROMs. The IDE
>interface and onboard compact flash socket is nice and compact, pun
>intended. No power supplies, no cables. Cost is always an issue. If my
>sales volume increases I can lower the price! :)
>
>Look forward to your response and working through the issues "down under".
>:)
>
>Regards,
>
>Mark
>Cloud-9
>
>>
>>I've run the modified for 50Hz version of NitrOS-9 that Boisy sent me and
>it
>>didn't change any of the problems I am experiencing. It does mean I don't
>>have to keep reaching for the vertical hold on my monitor to stop it
>rolling
>>when switching to 60Hz.
>>
>>I plugged in my multi-pak (that thing takes all the elegence out of the
>>CoCo! It's so kludgy looking, especially when loaded up with cartridges!)
>>and I plugged in my FD502 controller which is giving me near 100% format
>>failures and found that formatting problems ALMOST all dissappeared. It's
>>still not perfect but it shows that the problem must be some "bus
loading"
>>or "edge triggering" problem.
>>
>>I am beginning to feel that a hard drive is a must have to do anything
>>serious with OS-9.
>>
>>What I would like is an internal IDE connector. Does anyone have one of
>>these available for sale?
>>
>>Is there some sort of bus buffer that would allow me to keep the
>Multi-crap
>>interface out of site or better still, mount the innards in a box along
>with
>>floppy drives and placed under the monitor (ala TRS-80 model 1 expansion
>>box)?
>>
>>Why do I hate the Multi-crap interface so much?
>>
>>1) I have the tandy monitor platform and with the multi-crap, I can't
>slide
>>the CoCo under it to save deskspace.
>>
>>2) Because my dual floppy drives are on the right of my monitor and up on
>>the platform, with the floppy cart in I can't access the drives without
>>bumping the controller.
>>
>>3) It makes the CoCo3 look very much like a prototype and incomplete
>>computer (still under development). Everyone who sees it laughs.
>>
>>4) It gets in the way while I'm typing, I keep bumping the carts with my
>>right hand.
>>
>>
>>5) It blew my 6809 a few years back so now I don't trust it.
>>
>>
>>Nick
>>
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