[Coco] ack!

[Wayne Campbell]

I got it. I'm interested in knowing if any of this is under current development, or if it's just being held onto. I think a level 3 is due... given how long it's been since level 2 was introduced.

Wayne


Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

>
>Wayne, I just sent a private email with the link
>
>Bill Pierce
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 10:25 pm
>Subject: Re: [Coco] ack!
>
>
>I had heard of Alan Dekok and Level 3 back in 88-93 when I was still using my 
>Coco3. I had heard of his work with overcoming the bootfile size limit and the 
>system page issues. I was never sure what had become of Level 3 until now.
>
>It would be cool if those things that were previously considered as worthy of 
>inclusion in a level upgrade to OS-9 could be made to work in NOS-9. Especially 
>if 6309 enhancements make them faster.
>
>Other than that, I don't know enough to comment.
>
>Wayne
>
>Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>Wayne, The Level 3 that Curtis is referring to is a complete rewrite of RBF & 
>SCF by Alan Dekok that lock's their modules into their own address space 
>allowing more contegious memory for the whole boot file. It was never used in 
>NitrOS9 as it was never stable. Through the years it was forgotten by most as it 
>was known by even fewer. Alan had a website which (I think) is on the wayback 
>machine or one of those website archives, explaining the whole process, but the 
>file links are long gone. The main module sources (only 2) are in the nitros9 
>repo but all the supporting patches to the other modules were (seemingly) lost. 
>Gene has worked with this recently but ran into problems trying to include 
>drivewire as the dw drivers/descriptors reside both in rbf and scf which is a 
>no-no in the Level 3 setup. I don't know if he got it to boot without dw... 
>Gene?
>>
>>Bill Pierce
>>My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>>https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>>Co-Webmaster of The TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
>>http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/
>>Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
>>http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>>E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
>>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 9:41 pm
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] ack!
>>
>>
>>I thought NOS-9 contains the Level 3 upgrades? Maybe not all? Any plans to take 
>
>>NOS-9 in that direction?
>>
>>Wayne
>>
>>"L. Curtis Boyle" <curtisboyle at sasktel.net> wrote:
>>
>>>Heh... "too big" of boot files was the precise reason that Alan Dekok did OS-9 
>
>>Level 3.
>>>
>>>L. Curtis Boyle
>>>curtisboyle at sasktel.net
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> 
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