[Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS

Mon Oct 7 12:38:42 EDT 2013

Thanks, Tom. I now have both VCC sites bookmarked.

I have DW4 installed, as well as VCC 1.4.3. I will be testing things today,
and I'll post what I discover here. I am hoping I will have no issues, but
if a few occur I consider that part of the learning curve.

Thanks Bill for the help you have given.

Wayne

On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Tom Seagrove <tjseagrove at writeme.com> wrote:

> http://vcc.cococoding.com
>
> On Oct 7, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I have been searching for vcc143.zip but cannot locate it on the internet.
> Someone please provide the url?
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
> On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > 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
> > 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: 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
> >> 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: 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
> >>> 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: 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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