[Coco] ack!

Tue Jun 4 17:59:05 EDT 2013

Bob, that's definately the Level 3 disk.
But... It will not boot on VCC or MESS. It may boot on a real Coco. Mine is down so I cant test it.

To those asking... No, it doesn't support DW. If you read Alan's docs, (in the level 3 folder in the repo), you'll see why. Also, if this is Alan's build, it's Nitros9 L2 v1.22m and that was waaaaay before DW was supported. And no... throwing in the newer modules will not work.

Also, Bob's disk is DSDD 80trk with DNS=3. If you have DNS set to 1 it will not read.
 Also according to Alan's notes, once booted, it CANNOT be cobbled. You MUST build it from scratch (using Nitros9 L2 v 1.22n) and then, ONLY according to Alan's boot order. Otherwise this will not boot in any shape or form. I played with this, making boots for about a year and it's more tempermental than any OS9 boot system I've worked with.

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 5:22 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] ack!

Hi all,

I've placed this on my dropbox account.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c9ia3b1zi1zvzgo/OS9L3.os9

All I can say is... It works for me!

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)" <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] ack!

> Sure we do :)
>
> thxs
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just to throw a spanner in the works....
>>
>> I have here a NitrOS9 Level 3 disk which boots fine!
>>
>> If anyone wants an image file, I'm happy to make one.
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
>> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 12:11 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] ack!
>>
>>
>>
>>> On the Nitros9 Level 3 build.
>>> First, did anyone read Alan DeKok's doc and readme?
>>> This level is not going to boot properly when built until the issue of
>>> IOMan, Krn, clock and possibly krnp2 is resolved.
>>> His notes clearly state that these modules have to be modified to point
>>> to the "nitros9" module before anything is initialized. This module
>>> (nitros9) moves all modules (rbf & scf) into their proper memory spaces
>>> which is the whole reason for the new boot process.
>>> The original "modified" modules are in the maltedmedia archives (I 
>>> think)
>>> or I have them if someone wants them. These need to be disassembled and
>>> brought up to date unless someone actually has the sources. They were
>>> originally built for NitrOS-9 Level 2 6309 ver 1.22m and are labeled
>>> "ioman.l3", "clock.l3.soft.60hz", os9p1.l3" and "os9p2.122m". The "new"
>>> Level 3 modules are "nitros9" and "_end". The sources to the last 2 are 
>>> in
>>> the Level 3 folder under "Modules" in the repo.
>>> Alan states in his doc that various clocks were available for download,
>>> but those downloads are long gone. If anyone has builds of these clock
>>> modules, they need to be put into the archives.
>>> At one time I had a bootable disk running but was using Jeff's emulator
>>> and it was all a little flakey which the emulator itself was a litte 
>>> flakey
>>> so it was not a good test platform. Alan states in the doc that there 
>>> were
>>> several systems (10+) running beta Level 3 builds for almost a year. One
>>> was running a BBS that had run for 2 months without a reboot. He's said 
>>> it
>>> seemed to be stable.
>>>
>>> To get this going, ioman.l3, os9p1.l3, and clock.l3.soft.60hz need to be
>>> disassembled and ioman, krn & clock need to be examined and patched to
>>> reflect what was done to those v 1.22m modules as the newer modules have
>>> been changed greatly since then.
>>>
>>> Bill Pierce
>>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>>> https://sites.google.com/site/**dabarnstudio/<https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/>
>>> Co-Webmaster of The TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
>>> http://www.**colorcomputerarchive.com/<http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/>
>>> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
>>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/**index.php/Main_Page<http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page>
>>> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com>
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 7:47 am
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] ack!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 4 Jun 2013, Christopher R. Hawks wrote:
>>>
>>>  Gene (and all):
>>>>
>>>> I have revision:
>>>>
>>>> HAWKSoft(chrish)$ hg log | more
>>>> changeset:   2829:ed9a4cb85fb3
>>>> branch:      lwtools-port
>>>> tag:         tip
>>>> user:        boisy
>>>> date:        Sun Jun 02 15:30:19 2013 -0500
>>>> summary:     Fixed makefiles and defsfile for level 3
>>>>
>>>> Until there is a makefile in
>>>> $(NITROS9DIR)/level3, level3 will not compile.
>>>> Copying the $(NITROS9DIR)/level2/makefile there might work. (I've
>>>> got to get to work, so I don't have time right now.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That will be the least of your issues getting it to build.  Trust me, I
>>> spent several hours on it before Boisy made his announcement about a 
>>> fix.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>>
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