[Coco] NitrOS9 question
Dave Philipsen
dave at davebiz.com
Thu Oct 5 23:33:13 EDT 2017
Thanks, David. I appreciate the help. I don't do Facebook though. I
will keep plugging away on this though. I'm sure there's an answer.
Dave
On 10/5/2017 10:25 PM, David Ladd wrote:
> Dave,
>
> No not specifically for the CoCo3FPGA that I know of. I know there
> are a few versions of the headless for DriveWire 4 that use the
> DriveWire 4 windowing stuff.
>
> I did find my Deluxe RS232 Pak, but it doesn't seem to be working and
> yes I cleaned it :P It just hasn't been used since 1991 or 1992?
>
> I was just wanting to see if I could modify one of the build scripts
> and replace all the drivewire stuff with just the term_sc6551.dt and
> sc6551.dr and see if I could get it to work on my real CoCo 3 as a test.
>
> If you are on Facebook you can also chat with me in more real time. :)
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> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 10:11 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com
> <mailto:dave at davebiz.com>> wrote:
>
> Maybe I should try one of the headless builds. Is there one for
> CoCo3FPGA?
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On 10/5/2017 9:35 PM, David Ladd wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> That is odd.
>
> >From what I can see in the repo the same SHELL is used for
> even the
> headless builds.
>
> If I can find a working Deluxe RS232 Pak. I will see if I can
> get it
> working on my real CoCo 3.
>
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> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Dave Philipsen
> <dave at davebiz.com <mailto:dave at davebiz.com>> wrote:
>
> Look in nitros9-v3.3.0/level2/defs/Defsfile
>
> See if it's listed there. It may be of no consequence
> though. Interesting
> thing is that I can tell sysgo to run another program on
> startup instead of
> shell and it will run. The only way I can get shell to
> run is if I include
> VTIO in the bootfile.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> On 10/5/2017 9:00 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
>
> Dave, where did you get your sources? I have searched
> the entire
> repository for "systype" and found nothing. I remember
> systype from vanilla
> OS9, but I don't think it's used anymore.
> The current VTIO source does reference "cocovtio.d"
> though.
>
>
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com
> <mailto:dave at davebiz.com>>
> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com
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> Sent: Thu, Oct 5, 2017 6:00 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS9 question
>
> Ok, so now I am delving in to vtio.asm and I've hit
> another brick wall.
> I thought I had all of the files required to build
> NitrOS9 but I see a
> reference to a file called "systype" in the defsfile.
> My defsfile only
> references os9defs, rbfdefs, scfdefs, and cocodefs.
> Where do I find the
> systype file? Perhaps it contains the refrerence for
> SHFTCLR and
> ohers.DaveOn 10/5/2017 4:12 PM, David Ladd wrote:>
> Dave,>> I have not tried
> NitrOS-9 L2 as a headless configuration yet. Looking
> at> the headless
> section in the build process for the NitrOS-9
> Project. I> don't see the
> keyboard, joy, or snd driver in the headless area so
> that is> a good sign.
> I do see a scdwv.dr and term_scdwv.dt which tells me
> that you> probably can
> use the term_sc6551.dt and sc6551.dr.>> I myself can
> not verify this as my
> CoCo3FPGA is not in working condition> right now. As
> soon as I get my
> Analog board back I will certainly try some> of this
> out.>>
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> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Dave Philipsen
> <dave at davebiz.com <mailto:dave at davebiz.com>>
> wrote:>>> Ummm....I shouldn't need to. I've defined T2
> as the default
> console in>> Init.>>>> In fact, as I'm writing this I
> just tried adding
> Term back into the>> bootfile and I still have the
> same problem. I get the
> Init and sysgo>> sign-on banners but the shell is not
> chained.>>>>>>
> Dave>>>>>>>> On 10/5/2017 2:04 PM, David Ladd
> wrote:>>>>> Dave,>>>>>>
> I think you still need a TERM descriptor? Though in
> this case you>>>
> probably>>> need a TERM descriptor based on T2?>>>>>>
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> ------------------------------------------+>>>>>>>>>
> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017
> at 1:16 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com
> <mailto:dave at davebiz.com>> wrote:>>>>>> Ok, so I've
> successfully eliminated CoWin, KeyDrv, SndDrv, JoyDrv,
> RBDW,>>>> DWIO,
> RAMD, R0, and Term from my bootfile and the CoCo3FPGA
> boots up>>>> with
> a>>>> shell on T2. But, when I try to remove VTIO I
> get the signon
> message>>>> from>>>> Init on T2 but I don't get a
> shell. To my knowledge
> VTIO is simply a>>>> device driver module for the SCF
> window devices. If I
> have no window>>>> device descriptors in the bootfile,
> then, why is VTIO
> needed? See output>>>> from 'mdir' below:>>>>>>>>>>>>
> KrnP2 Init
> Clock Clock2 IOMan RBF>>>> SCF
> PipeMan
> RBSuper LLCoCo3FPGA Piper SD1>>>> DD
> SC6551 VTIO
> T2 Pipe CCBKrn>>>> MDir Shell Date
> DeIniz
> Echo Iniz>>>> Link Load Save Unlink>>>>>>>>>>>>
> Dave>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/3/2017 11:12 PM, Dave
> Philipsen
> wrote:>>>>>>>> Yep, it's an FPGA board so it's a
> synthesized 6809 running
> at 25 MHz.>>>>> Dave>>>>>>>>>> On 10/3/2017 9:23 PM,
> Brett Gordon
> wrote:>>>>>>>>>> I take it your platform is also 6809
> based? Cool.. Sounds
> like a neat>>>>>> idea. Loads of fun. kudos on the
> bootloader mod - submit patch!>>>>>>>>>>>>
> brett>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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