[Coco] NitrOS-9 and VDGINT

K. Pruitt pruittk at roadrunner.com
Sun Jan 25 04:38:37 EST 2015


This thing just keeps getting better all the time.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Huffman"
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2015 1:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS-9 and VDGINT


>> On Jan 25, 2015, at 3:31 AM, K. Pruitt  wrote:
>>
>> Wait, what?  The build you described wouldn't have the /sd0 and /sd1 
>> drivers installed, but it still boots?
>
> Of course. Just like everything else boots (RS-DOS, etc.) because CoCoSDC 
> emulates a floppy drive. It boots because of the code that knows how to 
> read/write to the WD1773 floppy controller. That's the magic about 
> CoCoSDC. Anything that ran on floppies would run from it.
>
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