[Coco] NitrOS9 boot disk configuration question

K. Pruitt pruittk at adelphia.net
Wed Mar 7 12:18:52 EST 2012


Nevermind. I found my original Disto disk and the docs on that disk made it
clear what the 74 and 58 signify.


----- Original Message -----
From: "K. Pruitt" <pruittk at adelphia.net>
To: <Coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 8:37 AM
Subject: [Coco] NitrOS9 boot disk configuration question



>I am in the process of making a new NitrOS9 boot disk for my Coco 3. I

>have a Disto Super Controller II and I would like to take advantage of the

>no-halt feature of this controller as I do when using OS-9 L2. The

>standard.bl file on the NitrOS9 disk has two drivers listed for Disto. One

>is rb1773_scii_ff74.dr and the other is rb1773_ff58.dr. I don't know which

>one to use. So my question is what do the 74 and the 58 signify?

>

> Also, for a real time clock I use a DS1216E chip plugged in to my Disto

> Controller. For clock2 I selected clock2_smart as I am assuming this is

> the correct driver for the DS1216E. Am I assuming correctly?

>

> Thanks for any info you folks can provide.

>

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