[Coco] Making OS-9/NitrOS9 more user friendly Facebook group discussion

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 17 November 2017 10:56:31 Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:

> Christopher, you are correct in both respects, in that I do have a
> project and it IS a large task.
>
> I have a program under development ("BootMajik") that will make "boot
> making" a breeze. I ran into a couple of snags with the database
> format recently, and also found that I have a bug somewhere causing my
> in-memory database to get wiped out at some point. I was working on
> fixing this when I started getting calls to do recording, which hasn't
> seemed stopped. I had to tear down all my Coco gear and pack it in a
> corner to make room in my small studio for a full rock band. I hope to
> get back on it soon.
>
> Anyone familiar with my MShell project will know the GUI used for
> BootMajik as it runs as a module under MShell. Anyone using NitrOS9
> who has not tried MShell has not seen what "Ease Of Use" really means.
>
> BootMajik will consist of a 4 column screen. The first column displays
> the "root" module types... (RBF, SCF, System, etc). When you click or
> select with keyboard) on an item, the next column shows all managers
> or drivers for that type. Clicking on one of these modules displays
> all modules of the next level in the next column and same for the 4th
> column. When a module is "selected", a short, 2 line description of
> the module appears in the status bar at the bottom of the screen.
>
> There is already a menu system in place in which you start new boots
> which allows you to select machine (Coco 1, 2, 3, Dragon, Coco3FPGA,
> etc), CPU (6809 & 6309), and NitrOS9 level (1 & 2), which when system
> selection is completed, the proper database for that system is loaded
> automatically. The software only displays modules based on the system
> you select. Once you've created a bootlist, you can save the list for
> later use, or create the OS9Boot file (or both, allowing you to create
> unlimited OS9Boot files for different systems and keep a database of
> all your boots.
>
> The module databases are based on the current modules available in the
> repo and I will eventually add an editor to create new databases as
> well as edit current module databases to add/delete new modules to
> existing databases.
>
> The program suite will only run on a 512k Coco3 running NitrOS9, but
> will create boot files for any machine supported by the repo (and a
> couple that are not, such as emulators). Also, a large capacity
> storage system will be needed to keep the large databases online, such
> as a hard drive, VHD for DW4, or LBA mode disk in CocoSDC.
>
> I was hoping to have it ready for release by Christmas, but once
> again, real life (and rock-n-roll) gets in the way. Maybe by the 2018
> Last Annual CocoFest... Someone could show it off for me :-)
>
> Here's the BootMajik blog with a few screenshots.
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/bootmajik
>
Thats looking great so far, Bill. I hope you can find the time to finish 
it. OTOH that means the income from the studio will lag, and I don't 
want that to happen either, in fact I am pleased to read its doing well. 
Congratulations are in order.
>
>
>
> Bill Pierce
> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way
> to slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
>
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>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher R. Hawks <chawks at dls.net>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Fri, Nov 17, 2017 7:07 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Making OS-9/NitrOS9 more user friendly Facebook
> group discussion
>
> I believe Bill P. (?) is working toward that, but, it sounds like
> ahuge job...Christopher R. HawksHAWKSoft-- Love is the only game that
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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