[Coco] apparently an incomplete errmsg file

[Retro Canada]

CoWin is for mutivue. It will eat up all your memory :P

Use Cogrf instead.

On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:14 PM, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 October 2012 21:48:29 Aaron Wolfe did opine:
>
>> Take this with a grain of salt as it's been a while...also i'm trying
>> to use some ascii art so fixed width will make this look
>> normal-er-ishy.
>>
>> I think you'll have this structure:
>>
>>         dw3
>>       /  |  \
>>      /   |   \
>>  rbdw3 scdwp scdwn
>>
>>  /xX..   /p    /nX..
>>
>> scdwp and scdwn are SCF, rbdw3 is RBF.  All need to talk to dw3 (dw3
>> does the actual I/O whether to bitbanger, Becker/Boisy interface, or
>> other).
>>
>> HTH
>> -Aaron
>>
> First, I need it to be able to open the console as named in the Init file,
> according to the boot trace, that is failing.
>
> I looked at the console 'Term' that I am using, which is term_win80.dt, it
> claims to be an SCF module using VTIO.
>
> So I moved VTIO to normal memory along with the term_win80.dt.
>
> No change. i2xto*].
>
> So I moved then both into the initial SCF memory block, no change. Still
> DIW at i2xto*] .
>
> So, does VTIO need an accessory helper?  I see by a dump of vtio.dr that it
> is looking for keydrv,joydrv & snddrv, which are (ATM) all in SCF memory,
> then much later I see the strings CoVDG, CoWin & Cogrf.
>
> CoVDG and CoWin are in SCF memory.  I never heard of Cogrf but I do see it
> in the modules/scf tree of my mb tree.  It is not in the current, working
> L2+dw boot its running right now, so I have to assume its optional.
>
> I need fresh ideas.
>
> One thing of note, the dw gui's printer must have a very fast timeout, this
> command line gets me 2 sheets of paper, with perhaps a Nitros9 on the top
> line of the first sheet but otherwise blank:
>
> ident -s /d0/os9boot >/p
>
> but
>
> ident -s /d0/os9boot >/d0/ident.list;list /d0/ident.list >/p
>
> works.
>
> I'm about tapped out for tonight, maybe tomorrow the "magic twanger" will
> sound. :)
>
> Humm, that phrase may be before AW's time?  Its from a very early black and
> white kids show called Howdy Doody Time.  About 63 years ago. :)
>
> Cheers, Gene
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