[Coco] VCC and NitrOS-9

[Robert Gault]

Roger Taylor wrote:
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> In reinstalled VCC 1.14 and it came up with Disk BASIC 1.1.  Typing 
> DOS253 generated an error.  At that point, I assumed the ROM was not 
> patched.  :)  If there's a switch for getting RGBDOS booting instead, I 
> guess I overlooked it.

If you click on the Cartridge menu and then on MPI configuration, you 
can select between FD-502 or Hard Drive + Cloud9 RTC as the active slot. 
If slot 3 and Hard Drive is selected, then RGBDOS is automatic. If you 
select FD-502, then you have the option of selecting the DOS.

If you click on the Cartridge menu and then on FD-502 Configuration, you 
will be able to select the DOS to be used; External Rom Image, Disk 
Basic, or RGBDOS.

You can tell which DOS is active by the message shown on the screen on a 
cold boot or F9 key.

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> I really wasn't looking for RGBDOS, but if it's built into VCC, then I 
> guess I'm stuck into using it in order to boot into the NitrOS-9 .vhd ?  
> :)  Ofcourse, I'm aware that you're the maker of RGBDOS but what about 
> the hundreds of people not on this list who has downloaded VCC.  Their 
> natural instinct is to go to the author for support, so you *might* want 
> to give a heads up to the crowd so he won't be swamped with questions.  
> If it's in the docs, that should help.

See above and read the VCC boot message. Strictly speaking, RGBDOS came 
from Ken-Ton but the modification for emulators is my work. The VCC site 
has a reference to my site under Links "Robert Gault's home page. The 
source for the RGBDOS rom image." Also the Vcc.pdf file at the bottom of 
the first page has:
"The RGB-DOS image was taken from Robert Gault's website. Please consult 
his website for support and documentation."

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> Anyway, great job to whoever is responsible for VCC booting up a 
> NitrOS-9 "hard drive" with the Sierra games on it, and plenty of space 
> to copy in all of my OS-9 .dsk images and much more.  This is what I was 
> looking for in a simple way but nobody could get it right until now I 
> guess.
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