[Coco] enable no-halt disto driver

Robert Gault robert.gault at worldnet.att.net
Sat Aug 19 21:51:32 EDT 2006


Mike Pepe wrote:
> Robert Gault wrote:
> 
>> Mike Pepe wrote:
>>
>>> hey guys,
>>>
>>> playing with a disto SC2 here. how do I get the no-halt mode to work 
>>> in nitros9? I'm guessing I need to build a new boot file with the 
>>> proper driver installed?
>>>
>>> I forget how to do it...
>>>
>>> -Mike
>>>
>>
>> Decide whether you need 6809 or 6309 for the CPU and select the 
>> correct 80 track disk as that contains the needed modules. For 
>> example, change to the directory NitrOS-9/6309L2/BootLists and List 
>> the standard.bl file. You will see many entries for the WD1773 disk 
>> controller.
>>
>> Comment out the Tandy rb1773.dr and select the Disto SCII driver 
>> required for your system based on the needed I/O address, $FF74 or 
>> $FF58. It hardly matters with an emulator but is important with 
>> hardware. The I/O port is controlled by a jumper in the controller and 
>> should be set so that there are no conflicts with for example a hard 
>> disk interface.
>> Select the desired descriptors for the drives you have.
>>
>> Now you can change directories to NitrOS-9/6309L2/Scripts and use mb 
>> to create a bootable disk with the no-halt drivers.
>>
> 
> Thanks for refreshing my memory.
> 
> Now I need to refresh my memory on how edit works.
> 
> Is there some sort of nice modern editor I should be using instead? Edit 
> is *so* retro.
> 
> -Mike
> 

Assuming this is pure Coco and not an emulator, try scred, sled, tsedit, 
or dynastar. Some of these are on RTSI.



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