[Coco] OS-9 Floppy / Printer configuration?

[Chad H]

Thanks you're your help with the floppy drive config/OS-9 issue everyone,
sorry if there was any confusion.  I was finally able to strip down NitrOS9
enough using SAVE to extract the modules and OS9Gen to get what I needed
back into a new boot disk (which was DS 360k) and copied over the entire
DeskMate files to that disk.  Only other issue, albeit a small one, was that
deskmate refused to load at bootup.  SHELL had to load first before DeskMate
would load properly....weird.  I checked the original DeskMate disk and this
wasn't the case with it, shell didn't load until you exited DeskMate.  No
biggy, I just type a command once at the OS9 prompt to load it.

Now....I will see if I can figure out something on the Printer
driver...should be a bit easier since I got this far on NitrOS9 I hope.
Setting the Baud rate at 1200 should be easy I'm thinking but I would like
to have the driver set a initialization ASCII string to the printer (for
CRLF, etc.) before it prints....if this is even possible.

- Chad e

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Gene Heskett
Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 10:53 PM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Floppy / Printer configuration?

On Monday, July 26, 2010 11:49:47 pm Bob Devries did opine:

> Chad,
> 
> I *think* the joystick routines are built into the VTIO module. Unlike
> Level 2 NitrOS9, they are not a separate entity/module.

Then I am incorrect, Bob.  Its been yonks since I last built a level 1 boot 
disk, and so far back that Nitros9 hadn't made it back to level one 
hardware.  That was when I last made a new boot disk for the Grass Valley 
E-DISK emulator I had written in 1985.

> Regards, Bob Devries
> 
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Chad H
>   To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'
>   Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 12:53 PM
>   Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Floppy / Printer configuration?
> 
> 
>   Update...  I went back and added the SHELL to the OS9Gen and it
> finally booted.  DeskMate did load from this NitrOS9.  However, it
> acted like there was no joystick attached.  Which NitrOS9 module deals
> with joysticks? - Chad
> 
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com
> [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Chad H
>   Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 9:42 PM
>   To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'
>   Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Floppy / Printer configuration?
> 
>   Ok, I've backed up a little bit.  My current thinking tells me the
> easiest way to get a slimmed down "OS-9" that works well with
> Double-sided drives is going to be to take the NitrOS9 and strip out
> the bootstrap modules I don't need.  I've been toying around with
> saving the original bootstrap modules and then using OS9Gen to rebuild
> the bootstrap leaving out some of the modules.  So far, I've only
> gotten a NitrOS9 copyright screen but it goes no further.
> 
>   Here was the last list of original bootstrap modules...
> 
>   REL KRN KRNP2
>   INIT BOOT IOMAN
>   RBF RB1773 D0
>   D1 D2 DD
>   SCF VTIO COVDG
>   TERM SCBBP P
>   SCBBT T1 PIPEMAN
>   PIPER PIPE CLOCK
>   CLOCK2 SYSGO SHELL
> 
> 
> 
>   Latest OS9Gen I used included...
>   RB1773
>   D0
>   VTIO
>   TERM
>   IOMAN
>   RBF
>   SCF
>   SYSGO
>   CLOCK
>   CLOCK2
>   SCBBT
>   SCBBP
>   COVDG
> 
>   This resulted in bootup to NitrOS9 logo...went no further
> 
>   Which modules are a must to include for proper bootup?!
> 
>   Thanks.
> 
>   - Chad
> 
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