[Coco] NitrOS9 Boot Help

Sat Apr 11 12:47:30 EDT 2015

> In the last two pokes, use &HD instead of &D

That solved the SN ERROR. I got an OK after changing &D to &HD in the last
two POKEs.

I did PRINT PEEK(&HD938) after the POKEs and got a 7 again.  Nothing but
OKs.

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Joe Grubbs <jsgrubbs at hotmail.com> wrote:

> In the last two pokes, use &HD instead of &D
>
>
> --- Original Message ---
>
> From: "Vincent Tran" <vincent at webmasterofmydomain.com>
> Sent: April 11, 2015 12:40 PM
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS9 Boot Help
>
> Thanks for the info, Bill.  Here are my results:
>
> > PRINT PEEK(&HD938)
> 7
>
> >POKE&HD938,0:POKE&D939,0:POKE&D93A,0
> I get a ?SN ERROR for that command.  I triple checked the characters to
> make sure I didn't fat finger anything.
>
>
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com
> > wrote:
>
> >
> > Vincent,
> > 1st,  Do you have a 6309 CPU? If not, then you're using the wrong disk
> > images.
> > No "standard" off-the-shelf Cocos came with a 6309, so most likely you
> > have a 6809 CPU.
> >
> > 2nd, booting from DriveWire, only images ending in "_dw" will boot, all
> > others will fail.
> > Since you are getting the "OK" prompt after "DOS", this suggests you are
> > trying to boot a 6309 image on a 6809. The image you need is:
> >
> > nos96809l2v030300coco3_dw.dsk
> >
> > This image will boot on both 6809 & 6309.
> >
> > 3rd... Is there an offset set in your HDBDOS rom? This will also produce
> > an "OK" prompt after "DOS" if there is no VHD with an RSDOS partition.
> > To find out type:
> >
> > PRINT PEEK(&HD938)
> >
> > If the result is 0 then you're fine. If it's non-zero then you need to
> set
> > your offsets to 0 for a disk image.
> > Use:
> >
> > POKE&HD938,0:POKE&D939,0:POKE&D93A,0
> >
> > Then type "DOS"
> >
> > 4th... No OS9 disk can read directly by RSDOS/HDBDOS. You will not get
> > "DIR" results with any image from the repo while in RSDOS/HDBDOS. Only
> the
> > "DOS" command will produce results and then ONLY on bootable disks (disks
> > with an OS9Boot file).
> >
> > As for the CocoSDC, I don't own one, so I can't tell you how it should
> > react.
> >
> > As Tormod pointed out, use DriveWire4 as DriveWire3 is a bit out-dated
> and
> > has no where near the features of DW4.
> >
> >
> > Bill Pierce
> >
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> to
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> >
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> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vincent Tran <vincent at webmasterofmydomain.com>
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Sent: Sat, Apr 11, 2015 10:39 am
> > Subject: [Coco]  NitrOS9 Boot Help
> >
> >
> > Greetings all -- After trying to Google help on booting NitrOS9 on my
> Coco3
> > and
> > coming up with nothing that has worked for me, I am hoping someone can
> > point me
> > in the right direction.  I've been trying to boot NitrOS9 for the
> > longest time
> > and can't seem to get it going.
> >
> > My setup:
> > * Coco 3 with serial to USB cable to
> > my PC
> > * HBD-DOS v1.4 DW3 cartridge
> > * Drivewire 3 & 4.  (I've tried both)
> >
> > I
> > mount the NitrOS9 disk image to drive0 in Drivewire and type "DIR" on the
> > Coco
> > and all I get is an "OK" back.  When I do a "DIR", I get "DRIVE=0
> > FREE=63"
> > (blank floppy?).
> >
> > Here are the NitrOS9 files:
> >
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM
> > 368,640 nos96309l2v030300coco3_40d_1.dsk
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM           368,640
> > nos96309l2v030300coco3_40d_1_50hz.dsk
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM           368,640
> > nos96309l2v030300coco3_40d_2.dsk
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM           737,280
> > nos96309l2v030300coco3_80d.dsk
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM           737,280
> > nos96309l2v030300coco3_80d_50hz.dsk
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM           631,552
> > nos96309l2v030300coco3_arduino.dsk
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM
> > 624,384
> > nos96309l2v030300coco3_arduino_headless.dsk
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM
> > 631,552 nos96309l2v030300coco3_becker.dsk
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM
> > 624,384
> > nos96309l2v030300coco3_becker_headless.dsk
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM
> > 4,718,592 nos96309l2v030300coco3_cocosdc.dsk
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM
> > 632,064 nos96309l2v030300coco3_dw.dsk
> > 04/13/2014  03:42 PM
> > 624,384
> > nos96309l2v030300coco3_dw_headless.dsk
> >
> > I've also tried the
> > nos96309l2v030300coco3_cocosdc.dsk with the CocoSDC and
> > all I get when EXEC is a
> > scrambled screen.
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks.
> >
> > -Vincent
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