[Coco] more that one shell from an external terminal(update)

Dave Philipsen dave at davebiz.com
Sat Sep 19 02:55:58 EDT 2015


And then after that all you need to do is upgrade to a DE1 that will run NitrOS9 at breakneck speed! 😎

Dave Philipsen

> On Sep 19, 2015, at 1:39 AM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> George, with that setup, you definately need DW4. You need to get that stuff backed up to virtual disk before you lose all your drives (they will eventually go as will the media)
> 
> I've noticed one thing about this mail list that bothers me... people are really quick to respond and tell you what you need, but very rarely tell you where to go to get it or what to do when you do get it... The only reason I didn't link you to start with was I was assuming you were already using NitrOS9! You rarely see someone still using old OS9 anymore.
> As it was stated in one of the other posts, the speedup alone is worth it. There's no "new learning curve" as everything still runs the same. Only the names of a few modules have been changed (unimportant if you use ALL NitrOS9 system modules and don't mix and match with the old ones). All the old cmds and programs still work the same.
> NitrOS9 is just faster and is the most stable version of OS9 I've run on the Cocos (and I've run most all of them, L1 & L2)
> 
> So, here is some links to get ya started!
> 
> For NitrOS9 and the NitrOS9 DW boot disk images:
> http://www.nitros9.org/latest/
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> Look for the "nos96809l2v030300coco3_dw.dsk" (or 6309 if you have it)
> 
> For DW4:
> https://sites.google.com/site/drivewire4/
> 
> For instructions on how to make it all work:
> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/DW4_Installation_Guide
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> 
> After you digest all that and get NitrOS9 going with DW4, we'll work on the serial connection :-)
> 
> Have fun!
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> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: George Ramsower <georgera at gvtc.com>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Fri, Sep 18, 2015 9:49 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] more that one shell from an external terminal(update)
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> 
> I was just about to respond to Gene's post on this matter. This leaves 
> me in
> the dust until I get my other coco working again. It will be about 
> a month
> before that happens. WOP.... waiting on parts.
>  No problem. I'll just keep
> plugging till then.
>  The coco I'm using right now does not have room for
> another card in 
> that cabinet, it only has one 3.5 inch drive and this PC has no
> 
> floppies. I looked through my drives, on hand, and the only two I have 
> are
> 1.44 only drives.
>  The other coco has two floppies and 3 com ports that can be
> connected 
> to this PC via a DB9 to USB converter.
>  That coco also has a Ken-Ton
> SCSI board and I have three drives to 
> work with to find out if I can get one of
> them to work...to replace the 
> one that broke.
>  Dangit!! I hate when things
> break down. So far, both my CM-8s have 
> died and the hard disk. So, in time,
> I'll be up and running as before. 
> Then I can easily get files back and forth
> between this PC and those cocos.
>  I'm thinking of building another cabinet for
> my CNC coco so I can add 
> to it. Right now, it's in an antique modem case.
> However, I may not need 
> another case for that coco if I do get DWire working on
> it but, that 
> won't happen until I get the broken Coco working again.
> 
> George
> R.
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