[Coco] OS-9 environment variables?

[Mike Pepe]

> -----Original Message-----

> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-

> bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Christian Lesage

> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 8:18 PM

> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts

> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 environment variables?

> 

> Roger Taylor wrote:

> > At 09:13 PM 4/15/2009, you wrote:

> >> Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com> wrote:

> >>

> >> > Is there a way in OS-9 to store a few bytes or a string from one

> >> > module and access that data from another module by nickname or

> some

> >> > other global handle?

> >> >

> >> > Can the data persist after hitting Reset to reboot OS-9?

> >>

> >> Isn't this what device descriptors are for?

> >

> >

> > Not for what I need to do.  I need the Boot module to know what Disk

> > BASIC had set the 6551 for (the command and control registers).  It

> > knows this on a first time boot because the data is there on the

> > chip.  Hitting reset clears the registers.  Boot then can't read

> > os9boot from the virtual disk across the serial link unless it sets

> > the 6551 back up.  I could take a lazy approach and just set the

baud

> > rate to say, 115200 bps, but what if the user wants only a 19200 bps

> > connection, or even a 9600 bps.

> >

> >

> Can't you have the CoCo try to automatically detect the server's baud

> rate whenever the connection fails? It would make CoCoNet easier to

> use.

> Want to change the baud rate? Do it on the server; the CoCo will adapt

> to any change.

> 

> Just my two cents.

> 

> Christian

> 


Make that 4 cents. That seems like the far simpler solution to this
particular problem than porting an entire new feature to nitros9.