[Coco] SuperIDE on my 6809 computer

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

I suggest that you look at FLEX, a Disk Operating system that is much
simpler to bring up on a unique computer the first time.

There is a Flex Development System package that I used to bring up my first
(almost from scratch) 6809 computer.

While sample code is supplied for Disk I/O and Console, you must write your
own code for your particular hardware.

The entire FLEX package including the manuals (Which I have hard copy) is
available online. (FREE)

There is a FLEX emulator available also which would help the process.

A simple HEX monitor for a 6809 CPU is also available.

NitrOS-9 without the Graphics as Aaron suggested, is IMHO not as good an
option.

Any storage system and a dumb computer terminal program is all that you
need.

If you can read and write 256 byte sectors from any device, you are ready to
install FLEX.

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kip Koon" <computerdoc at sc.rr.com>
To: "Coco Email List" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2012 6:00 PM
Subject: [Coco] SuperIDE on my 6809 computer


> Hi All,
>
>
>
> I wonder what would be involved to interface the SuperIDE directly to my
> little 6809 computer until I get some type of Coco bus up and running on
> my
> little 6809 computer.  Having Compact Flash would be nice.  I'd like to
> turn
> this little creation into a compact flash (or similar) based NitrOS-9
> running little beast!  I've been thinking of programming an EPROM with an
> OS9 boot program in one of the emulators I have, and connecting up somehow
> a
> Disto disk controller I have and see if I can boot off one of my old OS9
> disks.  Hummm, I wonder.  Nope.  It uses the graphics system in the Cocos.
> I'd have to modify NitrOS-9 to use my 6850 serial port instead of the
> bit-banger.  I'd have to modify the OS9 Boot routine as well.  I want to
> boot with NitrOS-9 communicating the my 6850 based serial port.  Do all
> the
> RS-232 drivers in NitrOS-9 use the 16550 UART or is there one that uses a
> 6850?  It's all doable, it will just take a while.  Would anyone like to
> get
> involved in this project with me?  Thanks in advance guys.  I know OS-9
> has
> been booted on SWTPC systems, I'll have to check on that.  Do they have
> NitrOS-9 running on SWTPC 6809?
>
>
>
> Kip
>