[Coco] An HDBDOS DW4 poll

[Wayne Campbell]

I think it would take something like a RS-DOS emulator that runs under OS-9
to make it so you could ROM OS-9 and not boot from floppy, then emulate
RS-DOS/BASIC in a window. It might also require something like cocoboot to
build a ROM image that could provide a more efficient loading system for
the OS.

Wayne
 On Sep 23, 2013 11:20 PM, "Christopher Smith" <csmith at wolfram.com> wrote:

> Nothing yet, but I'd be tempted to do 2.  No point in directly twiddling
> values in memory when you can just let the server straighten things out for
> you.  For Drivewire.
>
> Of course, for physical disks, the answer would be more difficult.  On the
> one hand, I'm tempted to eventually set up a mass storage device with
> partitioning, but on the other hand I don't like the idea that each
> different size of device would need what amounts to basically a different
> ROM configuration, and I also don't like the idea of still having to boot
> from a floppy, as seems to be common with single-partition hard drives with
> only an OS-9 volume, though I may be mistaken there...
>
> Chris
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
> > To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 8:00:08 PM
> > Subject: [Coco] An HDBDOS DW4 poll
> >
> >
> > In writing the tutorial on setting up and using drivewire, Ihave a
> > question/poll for all hdbdos/dw users
> > It's about setting the offset for partitions in HDBDOS
> >
> > When you are using hdbdos under DW do you...
> >
> > 1. Use RSDOS/OS9 partitioned VHDs with the offset poke directly into
> > the hdbdos rom
> >
> > 2. Use RSDOS/OS9 partitioned VHDs with the offset set in th DW
> > server's "Drive Parameters"
> >
> > 3. Use only single partition VHDs for RSDOS and OS9 with no offsets
> >
> > 4. Just use floppy disk images because you never can figure out the
> > offsets for partitions or know nothing about them
> >
> > This info would be helpful.
> >
> > Bill Pierce
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