[Coco] Re: Re: Nitros9 and the '86 GIME

[Charlie]

I can send you an 86 gime if you like. It wouldnt be a problem.

Charlie

"Robert Gault" <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote
in message news:415C25DE.5050807 at worldnet.att.net...
> Charlie wrote:
> >>From my setup:
> >
> >>What are you booting, 6309 or 6809 version, LevelI, LevelII, LevelIII?
> >
> >
> > 6809L2
> >
> >
> >>When does the boot process die, immediately, at the NitrOS-9 Boot
> >>screen, during the module boot listing, after sysgo starts? How much
> >>memory, 128K or 512K?
> >
> >
> > The Nitros9 boot screen, usualy after KREL Boot Kernel ... *CRASH*
> >
> > 128K or 512K
> >
> > Charlie
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> OK, what is being described by several people corresponds to a crash
> either in the models rel, osp1/krn, or boot. Since the crash occurs
> after rel boot and krn have loaded (see quote above), that means track
> 35 has been loaded, rel has started and initialized the GIME. Rel, boot
> and os9p1/krn have been relocated in memory, and the code in rel has
> jumped to os9p1/krn.
>
> Since the code works with an '87 GIME, we know that rel jumps to the
> correct location to start os9p1 running. My guess, since as described
> above very few ..... and no other module names are seen during the boot
> process, os9p1 is crashing during the setup of the GIME IRQ & SWI
> routines, before boot tries to load the os9boot file.
>
> At one time I had an '86 GIME but have not been able to find it. That
> means I can't do any testing. The way to do the testing would be to put
> trap routines at strategic stops in rel and os9p1/krn to see exactly
> just how far the boot process gets. At some point in the sequence of
> traps, video will get corrupted and we will have found the offending
> sequence of code. If needed, boot and os9p2/krn2 can also be tested
>
> Any volunteers?
>
>
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