[Coco] becker and VCC1.43beta

[Bob Devries]

Hello, Aaron.

Well, I did the config wizard in DW4, and also set up the becker port in 
VCC.
VCC responds correctly, with DW ConnOK, and then R 00.0 W 00.0 (thos 
characters are SOOO small).

If I try to select the server in DW5, it presents me with 127.0.0.1:65504, 
so that part is correct, but there's no "instance" in the "File/Choose 
Instance" pull-down. Also, I cannot insert a disk in the upper pane; it 
remains stubbornly blank.

The file nos96309l2v030209coco3_becker.dsk will not boot in VCC. It reads 
the boot track "KREL Boot Krn tb" then hangs, or sometimes adds *m. This 
happens whether or not DW4 is running.

I'm sure I'm still doing something wrong.....

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Wolfe" <aawolfe at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] becker and VCC1.43beta


> On Apr 19, 2013 1:54 AM, "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello all.
>>
>> Well, I hate to admit it, but I can't get the becker part of VCC working.
>>
>> Is there anyone in a position to give a detailed HOW-TO on what goes
> where in both VCC and DW4?
>>
>> My DW4 has DriveWire - 127.0.0.1:6800 at the top. Is this supposed to be
> different from the port that's set in VCC (65504). Which ROM image should 
> I
> be using in VCC, and is that for 6809 or 6309?
>
> The drivewire UI is using the title bar to tell you what drivewire server
> it is managing, not related to how Vcc and that server are communicating.
>
> If you open the simple wizard and choose Emulator/Tcpip on the first page,
> and then directly click Finish, you will have a perfect config for doing
> everything on one computer.
>
> So, those two clicks and you are done configuring Drivewire.   To set up
> Vcc, open the configuration dialog and select the bitbanger page.  Click
> the check box to enable the Becker interface.  Enter 127.0.0.1 as your
> server IP, and 65504 as your server port (these may already be set, they
> are the defaults).  Click Apply and/or OK.  You're now done configuring
> things as far as the connection goes.
>
> You should see DW: label in the Vcc status bar, and it should say OK and
> give two numbers.  These measure the read and write speed of the 
> interface.
> If you see Error or do not see DW ConnOK and numbers, stop as we have
> failed to get the connection set up correctly.  Go directly to jail, do 
> not
> pass Go, etc.
>
> Assuming you get this far, the rest is really up to you.  What are you
> hoping to do?  If you want to use OS9 (where most of the fun drivewire
> stuff is) you need to attach a boot disk or hard disk image that includes
> one or more DriveWire OS9 modules built for Becker mode to Vcc as usual 
> and
> boot it as you would boot any OS9 system in Vcc, nothing special required
> beyond the os9 drivers.  I believe Bill posted links to some images
> containing his awesome SoundChaser music player and songs.
> If I understand correctly you can just attach to Vcc, boot, and you're
> ready to play MIDI music via the DriveWire server, no special config 
> needed
> there.
>
> HDBDOS is also available, there are instructions in the readme and on the
> Vcc.cococoding.com page, its just a matter of telling the fd502 to use the
> included ROM, essentially just like sticking a real DW ROM into a real
> fd502.  Using HDBDOS this way you would insert disks via drivewire rather
> than vcc,  they do not need to be special disks, any decb disk should work
> fine.
>
> David may have more to add, I know he is working on some additional
> updates.  Hope that gets you started at least.
>
>
>
>>
>> What disk(s) should be in DW4's drives? Should I have a VHD file in VCC?
>>
>> A lot of questions, I know, but any leads towards a working system would
> be great.
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
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