[Coco] Re: Re: Shell + 2.2a

John Donaldson jadonaldson at charter.net
Tue Jul 13 09:56:06 EDT 2004


If you downloaded the new NITROS9 disks, then look in
modules/6309l2/bootlist and you will
find the bootlist file. It contains the drivers setting for making a
boot disk that includes B&B.
Also don't forget to use sysgo.h0.

John Donaldson


Charlie wrote:


>Well I made a Nitros9 boto disk, but I can't seem to get my B&B hard disk

>control to work with it. I loaded bbfhdisk.dr and h0.dd but I can't access

>/h0.

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>"John Donaldson" <jadonaldson at charter.net> wrote

>in message news:40F2B071.6060906 at charter.net...

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>>Charlie,

>> Try downloading the files from http://www.nitros9.org/. There files

>>for the COCO1/2,

>>COCO3 with 6809 and COCO3 with 6309. Both of the COCO3 versiosn have

>>SHell 2.2a

>>already installed. You will need the DSKINI.exe file to transfer them

>>from a DSK to a real coco3

>>diskette.

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>>John Donaldson

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>>Charlie wrote:

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>>>What can I do to fix the problem? What files were merged? I know most

>>>of my OS9 system was put together many years ago, and I remember

>>>replacing many commands with ones from delphi.

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>>>I don't know very much about OS9 but I would love to understand it

>>>better. Not to mention get everything working with Shell+2.2a :)

>>>

>>>Thanks.

>>>

>>>Charlie

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>>>On Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:15:06 -0700, Ray Watts

>>><rayanddoraleew at earthlink.net> wrote:

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>>>>Charlie wrote:

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>>>>>This weekend I replaced Shell+2.1 with Shell+2.2a on my COCO3 OS9

>>>>>LevII system. I correctly did the IPATCH to SCF.MN and made a new

>>>>>boot disk. When I boot the system to OS9 everything seems fine

>>>>>and Shell+2.2a seems to be working.

>>>>>

>>>>>However, the 1st thing I tried to do gave me trouble. I get a not

>>>>>enough RAM error when I try to format a floppy disk. Switching back

>>>>>to Shell+2.1 everything works fine.

>>>>>

>>>>>Can anyone help me with this?

>>>>>

>>>>>Charlie

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>Isn't that the notorious case where files merged with Shell+2.1 was

>>>>JUST below 1024X8-512? Then when you replaced 2.1 with a larger

>>>>2.2a you went over the 8k limit. Sure sounds like it.

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