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

[Charlie]

> Besides, I've made the decision that I won't go any further with OS-9
until
> I get a hard drive going ...................

Hi Nick. What type of drive do you have for your B&B controller ? I have a
Seagate ST-225 running OS-9 so if you have the same setup maybe I can help
you in some way :)

Charlie


"Nickolas Marentes" <nick at launch.net.au> wrote in
message news:000a01c480aa$23eda8f0$bae714cb at home...
> 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. Maybe Bob Devries (who lives near
> me) 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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