[Coco] Back to the COCO

[Bill Pierce]

Bill here's the "official" link to the latest NitrOS9 disk images. Anything found anywhere else is probably old.

http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/snapshot/

 

 


Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at hotmail.com>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 1, 2017 8:54 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Back to the COCO

On 1/1/17 7:44 PM, Robert Gault wrote:> Bill Gunshannon wrote:>> <snip>>> Thanks for the suggestions, some further comments.  Disk drives work on>> other vintage machines and PC's so I don't think it's the drives.>><snip>> And, as stated, exact same symptom trying to do hard disks using the> Glenside and SCSI controller.>> <snip>>> bill>>>>>>>> Bill,>> Given that your Coco3 works with HDBDOS for Drivewire, the drives work> with other computers, and you have problems with hard drive controllers> on the Coco, the problem would seem to be within the Coco3.> These types of hardware problems are very difficult to handle even for> electronics tinkerers. You can try cleaning the Coco rompack port> connectors but that is a long shot. You will need suggestions from our> hardware experts.>Actually, it may have just become moot.  My 3 has stopped running atall.  No display, nothing but the click of the relay when you powerit on.  I have moved some of my testing to a 2 but that isn't whereI really want to be so I may be giving up.  I looked on ebay and itlooks like COCO3's don't show up there any more at least not in asearch.The good news was the SUPERIDE seems to work just fine.  I am DSKINIing255 virtual disks right now.  I will try putting NitrOS9 on it and seeif it works. But that will require finding a version that actually bootson a 2 from Drivewire and I have not found one in any of the stuff thatis currently available.If things continue in the direction they seem to be going I may belooking to dump all that I have.  :-(bill-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco