[Coco] OS9

Fri May 20 01:22:09 EDT 2016

Well, we're on a similar mission.  I still have my old PT68K-4 board and 
the BIOS comes up fine but I still haven't got it to boot from a floppy 
much less a hard drive.  I have the original OS9 disks for it and even a 
set of GWindows disks but by original floppy and hard drive/interface 
board are gone.

Dave

On 5/20/2016 12:08 AM, Kip Koon wrote:
> Hi Dave,
> Thank you very much for the heads up.  I'll look for the book.  It sounds very interesting.  I don't expect to be able to do all this by myself.  Look at how many people are involved with maintenance and updates for NitrOS-9!  <Grin>  I'd like to find out more about the QT from FHL Lvcian just told me about.  Lvcian sent me a preliminary copy of the QT Manual for just the hardware and it is quite interesting.  I'd like to see the schematic detailed in the manual updated with modern parts for things such as a 512KB Static Ram chip in place of the 16 - '256s and maybe a 256KB flash chip for the boot rom.  Other areas of the schematic can probably get upgrades as well and still be compatible with the OS-9 68K software.  Compatibility with the OS9 68K disks is paramount I would imagine.  Maybe I just need to build the QT as well.  It sounds like I'm talking myself into building some version of QT as well.  We'll see.  I need to get the Mini-68000 up and running first though since I have already started it.  Thanks very much.  Take care my friend.
>
> Kip Koon
> computerdoc at sc.rr.com
> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Dave Philipsen
>> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2016 11:55 PM
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS9
>>
>> Kip, you may have a rather difficult task ahead of you.  I bought a book once when I was playing around with OSK on my PT68K-4
>> computer.  The book is entitled, "The OS-9 Guru / 1 - The Facts" by Paul S. Dyan.  If you can find it anywhere it may be of help to you
>> because it is specifically written for OS9 on the 68000.  I don't think the author ever wrote the sequel.  While I was fooling around with
>> OSK I wrote a device driver or two and also some m/l programs. The 68000 is a very cool processor and in some ways it's a lot like the
>> 6809 and in some ways it's not.
>>
>> I'll send you a snippet of a few pages from the book regarding the boot process.
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>> On 5/19/2016 8:32 PM, Kip Koon wrote:
>>> Hi Ed,
>>> I'm building a 68008 68pin PLCC based 2 board set from retrobrewcomputers.org.  What system specifications does the 68K OS-9
>> require to operate properly to first boot up.  I have not ever had nor used a 68K OS-9 system yet so this is going to be very interesting
>> to me.  Any and all information on OS9 and 68K is most welcome.  Thank you in advance.
>>> Kip Koon
>>> computerdoc at sc.rr.com
>>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
>>>
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Zippster
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2016 10:01 AM
>>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS9
>>>>
>>>> I emailed a bit with Lvcian back when he contacted the group, and sent him a set of floppies
>>>> for 68K based OS-9 to help with his project.  Thanks to John Linville I have originals. Thanks John!   :)
>>>>
>>>> I wonder how his project is going?
>>>>
>>>> - Ed
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 18, 2015, at 1:39 PM, Camillus <camillus.b.58 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Well I'm a retired IT tech from the Belgium Railroad and live in USA with my wife. I'm a proud coco owner since the coco I came
>> out.
>>>> ( Was my 3 rd computer after a Sinclair ZX81 and TRS80 Model I).
>>>>> I'm also a hobbyist electronic and want to build a new world, but alas
>>>>> didn't work yet...LOL
>>>>>
>>>>> So for your problem you can look in:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/
>>>>>
>>>>> and hopefully you find what you looking for. Of course all the OS9 goodies you gonna find there is most for 6809/6309 but If my
>>>> memory ( what memory?? ) serves me right there is some 68K stuff too.
>>>>> cb
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from Mailbird
>>>>> [http://www.getmailbird.com/?utm_source=Mailbird&utm_medium=email&utm_
>>>>> campaign=sent-from-mailbird] On 12/18/2015 1:23:18 PM, Lucian
>>>>> <lvcianvltava at g.ucla.edu> wrote:
>>>>> I apologize for the scant previous message -- i really didn't think i
>>>>> would get any kind of response....
>>>>>
>>>>> My name is Lvcian. I work as an electronics technician for a
>>>>> geo/cosmo-chemistry research group at UCLA. There three big SIMS
>>>>> (secondary ion mass spectrometry) instruments in our facility in
>>>>> addition to various other diagnostic auxiliary scientific
>>>>> instruments--but the main instruments are all controlled by 68K-series
>>>>> motorola VME computers. I recently decided to teach myself as much
>>>>> about these computers as I can and have begun to build a 68008-based
>>>>> single board computer to play with real time operating
>>>>> systems.......this is how i came to find out about OS-9 and microware.
>>>>> I would like to play/learn these vintage UNIX-like computing
>>>>> environments .....but trying to do anything series aside from being
>>>>> better informed and do a better job at upkeeping and maybe int he future upgrade the instruments i maintain.
>>>>>
>>>>> what kind of work do you do ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>> Lvcian
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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