[Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS

Sat Oct 5 23:37:48 EDT 2013

Chad... not the "headless" disks. Just the one's ending  in becker.The headless disks are for running a Coco from a remote... they have no display drivers

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: Sat, Oct 5, 2013 11:27 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS

I still thank you for the response anyway, Bill. :)

I will be looking at it more closely tomorrow. I already found out today
that 1.4.2 is not the correct version for use with the Becker port. I found
the 1.4.3 beta earlier. I will download it tomorrow. I also found all the
vhd images of NOS9 L1/2/6809/6309/becker/beckerheadless. What I really need
to know is, is there something on those images not found on the image I
have?

Wayne
 On Oct 5, 2013 11:11 PM, "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Chad, this sounds like (from both threads), that you don't even need
> hdbdos but you need dwdos which allows most of what you want. I haven't
> used it so I can't tell you how, but the docs are "supposed" to be on
> cloud9 and the zip for hdbdos there contains the dwdos files.
>
> 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
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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: Sat, Oct 5, 2013 10:45 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS
>
>
> Thanks, Bill. Now the 6809$ question... do I have to use HDBDOS, or can I
> do this with just NitrOS9? I don't use HDBDOS because I don't use RS-DOS. I
> am strictly a OS9 user.
>
> When I was attempting to help Aaron document DriveWire4 back in 09-10, he
> helped me setup the NOS9 boot floppy I use now. It has dw built in. I'm not
> sure if that was dw3 or dw4, but I do have the driver and descriptors in my
> boot file.
>
> Wayne
>  On Oct 5, 2013 10:33 PM, "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Wayne, in the VCC 1.4.3beta zip, there a small text file. It explains
> most
> > of what needs to be done to set up the becker port. DW4 "should" give you
> > the telnet capabilities you want. That's one aspect of DW I've yet to
> > explore, but will soon have to.
> > The only thing is the current hdbdos does not support the becker port
> > functions other than disk access unless you use ML to access the
> read/write
> > routines directly and know the dw protocol.
> >
> > To enable the becker port in VCC 1.4.3b:
> > In "Configuration"/"Config"/"Bitbanger" you must check "Enable Becker
> Port"
> > These next ones should be set but always good to check
> > IP Address of DriveWire server = 127.0.01
> > TCP port = 65504
> >
> > In "Cartridge"/"FD-502 Config"
> > "Dos Image"/ check "External Rom Image"
> > "External Rom Image" (at bottom)
> > Click browse, go to the VCC dir, and select the "hdbdwbc3.rom" not the
> > "hdbdwbck.rom". That one's for running time critical games & Coco 2
> (XRoar).
> >
> > Start DW4  server on your PC, do the "Simple Configuration Wizard" select
> > "Emulator or other TCP/IP". click next and leave all else at the
> defaults.
> > Inset a disk in slot 0.
> > Now in VCC, hit "F9" twice (cold start)
> > You should be in hdbdos and have dw4 access.
> > If you're using partitioned VHDs, then you need to set your offsets.
> > Note: In this mode, you lose the VCC default VHD in hdbdos, But you can
> > gain it back in Nitros9 with the emudsk drivers installed in your becker
> > boot.
> >
> > 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
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> > E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
> > To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Sent: Sat, Oct 5, 2013 9:26 pm
> > Subject: [Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS
> >
> >
> > I decided today was the day to see if VCC would run on this PC. I started
> > using MESS 1.36b on my laptop because VCC wouldn't even launch on it.
> This
> > computer is different hardware, but the same XP Pro I installed on the
> > laptop. I figured the hardware difference could do the trick, and I was
> > right.
> >
> > Instead of downloading the 3.2.8 vhd image on the site, I set the FD-502
> > drive 0 to my 80-track boot floppy image, and the HD drive 0 to my vhd
> > image. I set the keyboard to OS9 mapping and started the emulation. It
> > worked flawlessly.
> >
> > I am wanting to see if I can get the Becker port working, but there's
> > nothing in the emulation help about it, and nothing in the way of options
> > in the config or devices menus.
> >
> > I will research that more tomorrow. My question is, will I be able to use
> > the Becker port as a way to telnet to another location, such as IRC. I am
> > (not at this moment) writing a IRC client, and being able to telnet
> through
> > the Becker port would allow me to test the software locally.
> >
> > Wayne
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