[Coco] NitrOS9 ROM

[Joe Grubbs]

Thank you Tormod. This is for a 64K CoCo2, and I'd like to run NitrOS9 (level 1) all from ROM. According to the FAQ I found this morning, it states I'd have 16K to work with--the real estate formerly occupied by the BASICs.

I found the documentation Word DOC. My original search this morning only turned up the FAQ page and I was unable to find anything else about the kit through the normal Cloud9 site, which led me to believe I stumbled on a dead page and the kit wasn't actually valid anymore... thus my initial post to the group.

But anyway, I'm pleased to hear that it is still an option.





> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 17:28:17 +0200
> From: lists.tormod at gmail.com
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS9 ROM
> 
> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Joe Grubbs wrote:
> > Helpful, thx
> 
> ROM images can also be built from the NitrOS-9 sources, and I have
> tested them in emulator (XRoar). Please read the documentation (PDF
> and FAQ) that Cloud9 has on their web page (Support tab) although some
> of the instructions might be outdated. Their classic ROMs contain the
> boot file to boot up all from ROM. I recently added Level 1 ROM
> versions that only contain the boot track but with floppy boot drivers
> (DriveWire would also be useful) to read the boot file from there, if
> that can be of use to anyone - you won't need BASIC any longer and
> boot NitrOS-9 directly but you can still modify the boot track without
> reburning ROMs.
> 
> There are ROMs to replace the BASIC ROM or to sit in a cartridge
> intercepting the BASIC startup.
> 
> You didn't mention what kind of CoCo you have and what flavour of
> NitrOS-9 you are interested in.
> 
> Regards,
> Tormod
> 
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