[Coco] NitrOS-9 and VDGINT

[Bob Devries]

Yup, it boots fine because the disk is treated a a standard floppy, not 
as an LBA device. I hadn't actually tried it before tonight; I'm happy 
that I did.

Regaards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


On 25/01/2015 7:31 PM, K. Pruitt wrote:
> Wait, what?  The build you described wouldn't have the /sd0 and /sd1
> drivers installed, but it still boots?
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Devries"
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 1:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS-9 and VDGINT
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>> I sit corrected... I just tried it and it does indeed work.
>>
>> I *love* my CocoSDC!! Best hardware ever designed to complement my Coco3.
>>
>> I just wish I could get my hardware clock to work with it :( Working
>> on that.
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
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>> On 25/01/2015 7:12 PM, Allen Huffman wrote:
>>>> On Jan 25, 2015, at 3:06 AM, Bob Devries  wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I'm not exactly sure what you're trying to do here.
>>>>
>>>> Are you trying to boot a *standard* Nitros9 boot disk, such as
>>>> "nos96309l2v030300coco3_80d.dsk" with the CocoSDC active, that is,
>>>> putting that file into one of the two slots of the CocoSDC, and
>>>> typing DOS?
>>>>
>>>> I doubt if that will work.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, that works just fine. CoCoSDC mounts it as a standard floppy
>>> disk, but doesn't take advantage of LBA access mode so it's
>>> supposedly slower. Anytime I can "DOS" to shell in 3 seconds, I'm
>>> quite happy.
>>>
>>> DRIVE 0,"40D_0"
>>> DRIVE 1,"40D_1"
>>> DOS
>>>
>>> Then I have /d0 and /d1 -- all in hardware emulation mode using only
>>> the rb1773 driver. CoCoSDC is absolutely amazing.
>>>
>>> -- A
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