[Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS

[Bill Pierce]

Wayne, your missing the point.
hdbdwbc3.rom just gives you a rom with becker support so you CAN boot nitros9. read the email I just sent. It' not automatic... you don't just get a magical port that never existed in the Coco without telling the system where it is.
If you put the becker disk in drive0 (floppy) it may boot (i don't think so).... but that's it.
for dw4 access, it must be in dw slot0 to boot.... how does vcc even know about slot 0...... HDBDOS

insert hdbdwbc3.rom in "external disk rom image" (fd-502 config)
check "External rom image" at the top.
Apply

Configuration/config/bitbanger
check "enable becker interface"
IP= 127.0.0.1
TCP = 65504
Apply

put the nos96309L2v030209coco3_becker.dsk (from the repo) in slot 0 of DW4

hit "F9" twice in VCC (cold start needed to start hdbdos)

at the prompt type "DOS"

you should now be in nitros9 and have 3 floppy drivers /d0 - /d2
and 4 vhd drivers /dd, /x1, /x2, and /x3  (/x0 is /dd)

insert disks and go... but leave the bootdisk in slot 0 as that's where your cmds are.
vcc's built-in HD is disabled.

/dd = dw4 slot 0 (cmds and system)
/x1 = dw4 slot 1
/x2 = dw4 slot 2
/x3 = dw4 slot 3

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: Mon, Oct 7, 2013 5:15 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS


I am thinking I need to restate something. I do not use RSDOS, HDBDOS or
any other DOS. I use OS-9, which is now NitrOS-9, and nothing else. I do
not want to set up a HDBDOS system. I just want NOS9. I don't mind bringing
my copy up to date, but I would rather leave out the HDBDOS/RSDOS stuff and
just work with NOS9. DriveWire was made to work with NOS9 first, and HDBDOS
is being added to the latest versions. I don't know what differences there
are between them, insofar as a bootable NOS9 disk image is concerned. I
would think HDBDOS and RSDOS would have no affect on DW, or on the version
of software I am usi8ng, where NOS9 is concerned.

If I am mistaken, I hope someone will clue me in.

Wayne


On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 2:07 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:

> D0-D3 in my boot are the standard drives. X0-X3 are the drivewire
> descriptors, and n,n1-14 are the scf descriptors for using dw via the
> becker port. Right?
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Melanie and John Mark Mobley <
> johnmarkmelanie at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Q) If I try using a command like 'dir /xn' (where n can be 0,1,2 or 3,
>> all I
>> get is a 221 (module not found) error.
>> A1) dir /dn (where n can be 0, 1, 2, or 3).
>> A2) type "mdir" and look for D0 or X0.
>>
>> John Mark Mobley
>>
>>
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