[Coco] cp/m emulator Disk

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Note, this is an alpha version of my reply, still being worked on and has errors.

Problem is that I do not have any VCC version running and surely not 6309 V3.300.

My W7 64 Bit Laptop computer was almost destroyed the last time I tried to install. Love System Restore that Microsoft wrote.

If others do not correct my errors next week I will try to get VCC running on a Virtual Machine (For safety).

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)" <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, April 03, 2015 5:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] cp/m emulator Disk


> 1) no not supplying boot disk
> 2) all os-9 app disks have CMDS folder. just following the pattern. But
> this is moot. A cpm program on /d1 folder cannot be executed as it's not 
> the CHX or PATH

Did you set executation bits with attr?

I remember the shell search order is local folder, Path folders and then /DD/CMDS

> 3) because some programs will be called: cpm -k dbase.com others: cpm -v
> ws.com
OS-9:Echo type one of the two following lines.
OS-9:cmp -k debase.com
OS-9:cmp -v ws.com

If you want to use a script (Good Idea if you see what I did typing the first one)

d.s
------------------------------------
*d.s 150403 Run CP/M emulator dbase version
cpm -k dbase.com <>>>/1
------------------------------------

v.s
------------------------------------
*d.s 150403 Run CP/M emulator ws.com
cpm -v ws.com <>>>/1
------------------------------------

> 4) 6309 V3.300. expecting using anything L2
> 
> <>>>.1 does not work. it creates a .1 file

Bob posted in error. Should be <>>>/1

> </term works only when called from /term. if called from /Wx will hang
> path does not propagate, ok I leave it on my run script
> 
> the ideal would be creating a new /Wx 80x24 window in green over black but
> i don't want to rely on third party programs unless they can be supplied in
> the disks.

>From my "Windows.s: script
*-------------------------------* 
*00012 
(display 1b 20 2 0 0 50 18 0 1 3 ; shell i=/1 & ) >/w & ex 
*-------------------------------* 

So:

d.s
------------------------------------
*d.s 150403 Run CP/M emulator dbase version in a new window
(display 1b 20 2 0 0 50 18 0 1 3 ; shell i=/1 & ) >/w & ex 
* following to be inserted into the line above. My memory fails me so I need to look it up. This will not work until it is
cpm -k dbase.com
------------------------------------

I need to do some research to produce one active line. Colors are not what you requested, can be easily fixed.

> 
> Luis Felipe Antoniosi
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 2:27 AM, Stephen H. Fischer <SFischer1 at mindspring.com
>> wrote:
> 
>> >I gave up taking the current directory. No one could
>> > give me a direction on that
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> Are you assuming that the users are able to boot OS-9 or are you supplying
>> a boot able disk?
>>
>> Why did you give up again? Please explain.
>>
>> Why do you not have a disk with NO folders at all?
>>
>> Why do you need a script again?
>>
>> What OS are you using and what do you expect the users are using?
>>
>> We can help you but if we cannot communicate then we cannot.
>>
>> Please use this thread.
>>
>> SHF