[Coco] [Color Computer] Multivue under latest NitrOS9

[Bill Pierce]

Nick, I haven't a clue  to which drive you are referring to. I understand you want access your drivewire drive, but in OS-9 it has a name. To access a drive, just reference it by name.
By default, "/d0", "/d1", "/d2", & "d3" are floppy drives. DW4 drives are usually labeled as "/x0", "/x1", "/x2", & "/x3". Hard drives have all kinds of name from "/h0" to "/sh1" etc... I have no idea what "drive 2" is.

If you're referreng to dw4's "slot 2" which would "/x2" (if counting from zero), then just want to copy the files..
copy /x2/cmds/file /drive whatever/directory/file 
Do this for all the files in the cmds dir
Then do it for all the files in the sys dir


Yeah, it's a pain....
Or look on my site for the "My Favorite OS9 Utilities" page (links on the left of every page) and look for "arc", it will move mutilple files and subdirectories. Put it in your cmds dir and type "arc" to get the commands list (you can do this with most os9 cmds files as most have built in help).


There's no "overnight" method to OS9... I've been doing this for 30 years now and I still learn something new everyday :-)
 

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Marentes <nickma2 at optusnet.com.au>
To: Bill Pierce' [ooogalapasooo at aol.com] 'CoCoList for Color Computer
 Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, Oct 29, 2014 3:41 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Multivue under latest NitrOS9


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


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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Pierce"  "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts"
> To:
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> Sent:Wed, 29 Oct 2014 01:21:29 -0400
> Subject:Re: [Coco] [Color Computer] Multivue under latest NitrOS9
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>   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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