[Coco] kevin darling?

[Kevin Diggs]

Hi,

	I have that. It looks like disassembler output. I don't think
I have enough smarts to be able to figure out how this thing works from
uncommented disassembler output.

	Also, if this is disassembler output, which version? The driver
disk I have has a bunch of different versions on it.

					kevin

"Boisy G. Pitre" wrote:
> 
> I presume you are talking about the SDisk driver for the Sardis No-Halt
> controller.  Back on 4/1, you asked for an OS-9 Level 1 driver, and I
> replied that all driver source was available up at www.nitros9.org.
> The link to the source code for all sdisk drivers is:
> http://cvs.nitros9.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/3rdparty/drivers/   Look at
> the sdisk and sdisk3 links on that page for the sources you want.
> 
> >       Does anyone know where Mr. Darling is these days? If so
> > can we beg him to see if he still has the source code for the
> > SDisk OS9 disk driver?
> 
> Kevin Darling has long left the CoCo community.  Please get it out of
> your mind that you have to "beg" him for anything.  He is not a diety,
> and he does not need to be worshipped.  If anything,  Kevin and "cabal"
> (as Alan DeKok says) kept the source code away from the common man's
> eyes for a long, long time.  I maintain that he and others stifled the
> possible growth of OS-9 Level Two in the 1990s.  Yes, I know he was
> under "contract" from Tandy, but as of today, it's been 15 years since
> the demise of the CoCo 3.  If it weren't for the stubbornness and hard
> work of people like Alan DeKok, Bill Nobel, and others, the operating
> system would still be nothing more than pieces and patches.
> 
> I will give Kevin the credit he deserves.  He was (and probably still
> is) a great OS-9 programmer who contributed a lot to the understanding
> of the operating system.  I also maintain that he and his "Upgrade"
> team stood in the way of progress, even when it was obvious that
> releasing the OS-9 source to a long antiquated machine would have hurt
> no one and would have benefited a lot of folks.
> 
> Take notice man... this is exactly why the NitrOS-9 Project exists.
> It's a slap in the face of that elitism that typified the 80's and
> early 90's.  The source code is there for all eyes to see, and no one
> is hoarding it.  So please, stop asking for Kevin Darling for anything.
>   He is long gone, and I don't think he's coming back.  Go grab the
> sources yourself, and make a difference!
> 
> Gotta get back to work.
> Boisy
> 
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