[Coco] NitrOS9 40 column boot screen

[Mike Delyea]

That did not work.  I cobblered /d1 instead of /dd because I wanted to
preserve the disk in /d0.  I copied ccbkrn and sysgo over to the new disk
and it doesn't boot.  The screen is still 80 columns up to the point of the
boot failure.  Entering the xmode commands and then display 1b 24 to kill
the screen has no effect on the column width.  This is all being done in
Vcc 2, could that be the problem?

I am using the latest NitrOS9 image and booting a dual floppy system
(5.25inch 40track, double sided), no drivewire, becker or sdc.

On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Barry Nelson <
barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com> wrote:

> Run the following commands:
>
> xmode /term col=28 row=18 sty=1
> display 1b 24
> cobbler /dd
>
> If your current /term is a 80 column text screen, that should make it a 40
> column text screen and cobbler should write those changes to your boot.
> Just to be safe, make sure you have a backup of your disk first. If you
> continue to have issues, email me and tell me what type of device you want
> to boot from and what version of the OS (OS9 or NitrOS9, level 1 or level
> 2) and I will try to create a custom boot disk image for you. I can test
> and create boot disks for DriveWire, DriveWire becker port, CoCoSDC, and
> floppy.
>
> *Mike Delyea* mdelyea at gmail.com
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> *Tue Oct 20 17:18:09 EDT 2015*
>
> I'm going to need some more help getting NitrOS9 to boot into a 40 column
>
> screen.  I can make a 40x24 screen in /w1 using wmode and switch back and
> forth to the 80x24 screen with the clear key (HOME on the PC keyboard), but
> I cannot change the default screen to 40x24 (/w0 I guess).  To be clear, I
> have a colour composite monitor which doesn't do 80 column text readably.
> I would like to boot NitrOS9 in 40 column mode, the boot screen and the
> welcome screen and working screen.  Can this be done?  I seem to recall
> that when you do the setup with the original OS-9 Level II disks it gives
> you the option to select a 40 column screen as the default.  Is there any
> way to do this with NitrOS9?
>
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