[Coco] DriveWire 4 - NitrOS-9 Floppy *BOOTSTRAP!*

[Aaron Wolfe]

As far as I know the only reason anyone needs a ROM for use with
DriveWire is to use DW in HDBDOS.  NitrOS9 uses its own drivers so
doesn't need any special ROM for any given hardware or drivewire
afaik.

On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Ok, someone told me this couldn't be done.  Perhaps they didn't understand
> what I was referring to..
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> *       I wanted to be able to turn on my CoCo WITHOUT a DriveWire ROM, type
> DOS and it 'BOOTSTRAP' into NitrOS-9 on the DriveWire 4 server.
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> I've managed to create a real Floppy that does just that.  DriveWire ROM not
> required!  Essientially it is a DriveWire 4 NitrOS-9 floppy that starts the
> bootup sequence from the real disk but somewhere along the way it 'switches'
> to the /DD image housed on the DriveWire 4 server and seamlessly continues.
> :-)
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