[Coco] NitrOS9 Boot Help

Sat Apr 11 12:55:40 EDT 2015

I booted up "HDB-DOS 1.2 DW3 COCO 3" and it worked! Not sure why HDB-DOS
DriveWire 3 ROM Pak for Coco 3 doesn't working for me.

On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 12:47 PM, Vincent Tran <
vincent at webmasterofmydomain.com> wrote:

> > 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
>> > slow down" - Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull
>> >
>> >
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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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