[Coco] [Color Computer] Multivue under latest NitrOS9

[Nick Marentes]

Bill,

I need to find the time to read the manuals (again!) but as a quick 
question...

How does one read a DW drive mounted as Drive 2 to access a DSK there?

I have the CoCoSDC Nitros VHD which mounts SD0 and SD1 buit my MultiVue 
DSK is on my PC accessed with DW on drive 2.

A work-around has been to copy the DSK to the SD card first (on the PC) 
then mount the VHD image as drive 0 and the MultiVue as drive 1.

I'm looking forward to this utility of yours. All these shell commands 
just to copy files across from one location to another is so archaic and 
error prone!

What file copying utilities are there for OS-9 (till yours is ready) 
that I can use now? After almost 30 years of CoCo OS-9 level 2 there 
must be something written to make it easier?

Nick


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Pierce"  "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts"
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> Sent:Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:21:29 -0400
> Subject:Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Multivue under latest NitrOS9
>
>   Nick, When you edit the "env.file", you will set the "/x1" - "/x3" up
> there and it will see them fine. It will see any drive you set it up
> for as long as there's a driver in memory up to 5 drives I think
>
>   BTW Nick, I hope to soon be anouncing the first "Official" release of
> my "MShell" system. I'm working a few little last minute things in
> right now.
>   MShell will view 2 directories on any 2 drives, 2 columns each, and
> this includes OS9 drives, RSDOS disks and partitions, PC files on your
> drivewire host drives.
>   Best of all, you can move files back and forth between any combo of
> the 3 types.
>   There's no setup other than copying the files to the drive (soon to
> have a install program).... No complicated config files... MShell does
> it all. It automatically recognizes all your drives (OS9, RSDOS, & PC
> host HDs).
>   Everything is point & click (or single key cmds if you have no
> mouse/joystick). Browse you OS9, RSDOS, or PC drives sytem right from
> the Coco and NitrOS9.
>   MShell works with or without DW4 and will read/write ANY drive
> (floppy, HD, scsi, sasi, ide, mfm, dw4, vhd, dsk, sd, cf, etc) on your
> system if it has a legal RBF driver.
>   The only real requirement if your Coco 3 MUST be 512k
>   MShell also works on all Coco 3 emulators and supports the becker
> port.
>
>   Bill Pierce
>   "Today is a good day... I woke up" - Ritchie Havens
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