[Coco] OS-9 Floppy / Printer configuration?

Bruce W. Calkins brucewcalkins at charter.net
Mon Jul 26 06:15:41 EDT 2010


> Well the "move programs to NitrOS9" didn't work with DeskMate..haven't
> had time to try with others yet.  DeskMate tries to load under NitrOS9 but
> exits almost immediately saying "NOT ENOUGH MEMORY".  The OS9
> on the DeskMate disk seems very stripped down. I'm thinking NitrOS9 is
> loading too many modules. I even tried booting from original OS-9 disk and
> then loading DeskMate, same error message.

It seems to me that your understanding is on track here.  DeskMate used most 
of the available memory.  A custom bood disk will be needed, but It has been 
a LONG TIME since I messed with my CoCo 2 with OS-9.

Bruce W. 




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