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

Tue Aug 10 23:16:01 EDT 2004

At 03:47 PM 8/10/2004 -0400, you wrote:

Charlie,

I hear you on the PeeCee, mine develop CoCo products and keep me connected 
to the CoCo world.

Need to forward the non working information to Boisy. At least let him know 
what you are trying to do that causes the problem.

As far as the color of the display. Look in the manual, I'm sure it is 
there, display command.

Each release is better and better... I don't look back. What is nice is 
that now if we don't like something there is the ability to change it.

Regards,

Mark

>Thanks for the info Mark. When I jump 20 years to today I look to my left at
>my AMD3000+ with a gig of ram and 120 gigs of storage. When I play with my
>favorite "little" computers I grew up using I use my COCO3 and MC-10. These
>2 have been getting much more time from me than the x86 system of today.
>
>I do play with Nitros-9 a lot. Everytime I try a new release I find
>something that discourages me. This latest version was working out great,
>until I tried to view some pictures files with my favorite command "view"
>and I was getting an error 184. This might not even be the fault of Nitros-9
>but it all works under OS-9.
>
>I'd really really like to know how to make the /TERM window white text on
>all black.
>My OS-9 tells me details with error messages, Nitros-9 just tells me an
>error number.
>My OS-9 is very custom. Most of my commands were hacked up by a guy named
>"Randy" back in the Delphi sig days.
>My dsave works way different, and my attr uses wildcards.... things like
>that.
>
>I know the Nitros-9 guys are working on documentation, and that is what I
>think will make Nitros-9 much much better.
>
>Don't get me wrong I'm 100% into using Nitros-9, but knowing as little as I
>do about how it works, it is very easy to get frustrated.
>
>So now I use Nitros-9 from a floppy and Tandy OS-9 from my B&B.
>
>Charlie
>
>
><mmarlett at isd.net> wrote in message
>news:41191f1d.3eb0.0 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
> > >news:4118f996.8d.0 at cpinternet.com...
> > >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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