[Coco] A virtual CoCo4....
John Donaldson
johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net
Sun Jan 15 11:00:37 EST 2006
Frank,
I am doing this with a OLD 486DX IBM laptop. It runs DOS 6.2 and has
both the
JVC 6809 and the JC 6309 emulators, both running NitrOS9. When it boots
autoexec.bat
runs a simle menu script that allows me to select either a 6809 or 6309.
Then the select
script fires up the emulator. When I exit the emulator it calls the menu
script again.
John Donaldson
farna at att.net wrote:
>Will MESS or one of the other emulators run on a laptop and from DOS? What I'm considering is tkaing the old P166 laptop I have and configuring it to auto boot into the CoCo3 emulator. If the emulator can be patchd or configured to automatically open in a specific setup (like max memory, number of drives, etc.), then I'd have a virtual CoCo4 ready to go. The next step would be to have the emulator not only auto start, but load NitrOS9 automatically. Can that be done with a DOS script? My thinking is to strip down DOS to a minimum to reduce emulator overhead. Anyone see any problems with this? Will the P166 laptop (remember, a laptop generally runs a bit fater than a desktop due to better integration -- "seat of the pants" feel on this one is like a P233 or so desktop) be fast enough to seem at least like 4-5 MHz CoCo, or at worse a standard CoCo3 at 2MHz? Any problems with the LCD screen?
>
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>> 1. Coco] Modpatch (Brian Palmer)
>> 2. Re: S-Video (John W. Linville)
>> 3. Re: freeware lint for PC? (John W. Linville)
>> 4. Re: Coco] Modpatch (Bob Devries)
>> 5. Re: CC 252 (Bob Devries)
>> 6. Re: CC2 Not Working (John Donaldson)
>> 7. Re: CC2 Not Working (Bob Devries)
>> 8. NTSC to VGA.. more common than you think? (DJ)
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>>Message: 1
>>Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:21:28 +1030 (Cen. Australia Daylight Time)
>>From: "Brian Palmer" <Bpa65117 at bigpond.net.au>
>>Subject: [Coco] Coco] Modpatch
>>To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Message-ID: <43C9AAA0.000003.16007 at TIGERS>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
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>>I have ton of patchs for various OS9 modules and programs, but I can not
>>seem to
>>find MODPATCH anywhere. I have looked on RTSI, but unable to find it up
>>there.
>>Is MODPATCH the correct program to use or is there another that is better.
>>
>>John Donaldson.
>>
>>you could always use ezgen1.09, and there is another earlier version of
>>ezgen, which you can patch a module using it, I always found ezgen easier to
>>use.
>>
>>if you can't find ezgen, I'll look around for it, and send a dsk image of it
>>
>>
>>been awhile since i used it, but I'm 100% certain ezgen does patch a module
>>in memory or on a disk.
>>
>>viva le coco
>>
>>briza
>>
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>>
>>Message: 2
>>Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:02:08 -0500
>>From: "John W. Linville" <linville at tuxdriver.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] S-Video
>>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Message-ID: <20060115020206.GD32206 at tuxdriver.com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>>On Fri, Jan 13, 2006 at 08:44:50PM -0600, Chris Hawks wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Any interest?? I'm hoping to bring it off for $30-$35, but, that's still a
>>>good guess, so far...
>>>
>>>
>>Count me in...
>>
>>John
>>--
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>>linville at tuxdriver.com
>>
>>
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>>Message: 3
>>Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:07:17 -0500
>>From: "John W. Linville" <linville at tuxdriver.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] freeware lint for PC?
>>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Message-ID: <20060115020715.GE32206 at tuxdriver.com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>
>>On Sat, Jan 14, 2006 at 03:47:16PM +1000, Bob Devries wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Does anyone know of a freeware version of "LINT" for dos or Windows?
>>>
>>>
>>Friends don't let friends do windows...but if you insist:
>>
>> http://splint.org/win32.html/
>>
>>I didn't think the average windows programmer even cleaned-up compiler
>>warnings, much less used lint? :-)
>>
>>John
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>>
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>>Message: 4
>>Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:27:14 +1000
>>From: "Bob Devries" <bdevries at gil.com.au>
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco] Modpatch
>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Message-ID: <009101c6197b$32a454a0$0701a8c0 at master>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=original
>>
>>Brian, modpatch is part of The Development System disk set 26-3032. It
>>should be on RTSI as devsys.dsk or something like tat.
>>
>>--
>>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>
>>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>>the capacity to be his spokesman,
>>so that I know how to help the weary.
>>
>>website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
>>my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Brian Palmer" <Bpa65117 at bigpond.net.au>
>>To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 11:51 AM
>>Subject: [Coco] Coco] Modpatch
>>
>>
>>I have ton of patchs for various OS9 modules and programs, but I can not
>>seem to
>>find MODPATCH anywhere. I have looked on RTSI, but unable to find it up
>>there.
>>Is MODPATCH the correct program to use or is there another that is better.
>>
>>John Donaldson.
>>
>>you could always use ezgen1.09, and there is another earlier version of
>>ezgen, which you can patch a module using it, I always found ezgen easier to
>>use.
>>
>>if you can't find ezgen, I'll look around for it, and send a dsk image of it
>>
>>
>>been awhile since i used it, but I'm 100% certain ezgen does patch a module
>>in memory or on a disk.
>>
>>viva le coco
>>
>>briza
>>
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>>Message: 5
>>Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 12:28:35 +1000
>>From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] CC 252
>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Message-ID: <00a001c6197b$653c4bc0$0701a8c0 at master>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=response
>>
>>Error 207 is out of RAM, error 216 is file not found.
>>--
>>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>
>>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>>the capacity to be his spokesman,
>>so that I know how to help the weary.
>>
>>website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
>>my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "John Donaldson" <johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net>
>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 10:08 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] CC 252
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>When I do a CC -z hello.c I get
>>>
>>>C.PREP
>>>C.COMP
>>>C.OPT
>>>RMA
>>>RLINK
>>>
>>>What is C.COMP?? I tried merging C.PASS1 C.PASS2 > C.COMP but CC does
>>>not like it. C.PREP is the C_PREP1.9 and has the correct CRC and Module
>>>Size.
>>>
>>>When I try CC hello.c, I get ERROR 207 at the C.COMP. Which means IT DOES
>>>NOT EXIST.
>>>
>>>
>>>Also when I do a CC2 -x hello.c, I get
>>>C.PREP
>>>C.PASS1
>>>C.PASS2
>>>C.OPT
>>>C.ASM
>>>C.LINK
>>>
>>>It says it creats the correct files and ect., but no execution file is
>>>created when I do a
>>>CC2 hello.c
>>>
>>>John Donaldson
>>>
>>>
>>>Gene Heskett wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>On Friday 13 January 2006 23:37, Bob Devries wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Gene, the c.prep version 1.9 that I have is from the archive
>>>>>cprep19.lzh. It has a crc of $B07C0E. (Ed $09, length $520D)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Humm, that crc is bad then. I wonder what happened to it? I have 3
>>>>copies of 1.9 under various names but they are in fact all identical,
>>>>including the crc. So I'm sitting here trying to puzzle out whats
>>>>happened to the archive on RTSI that would shorten the file by 14 bytes
>>>>& leave it with what ident or vfy thinks is a 'good' crc.
>>>>
>>>>I don't have a version on my drive with either that length, or that crc.
>>>>Length is $5219, and vfy will say its edition 9, with a data size of
>>>>$781E. A 64k coco1-2 may not be able to run it because of that.
>>>>
>>>>Its late, but ping me again and I'll see if I can dd up a disk image
>>>>with the right one on it for you.
>>>>
>>>>Whats the size of that .lzh archive? I have one here thats probably
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>from rtsi, via the long way around and its:
>>>
>>>
>>>>-rw-r--r-- 1 gene gene 43456 Nov 29 2001 cprep19.lzh
>>>>43,456 bytes long.
>>>>
>>>>Now the silly question is how do I unpack this on a linux box?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>I have 16K of system ram free, and 1920K of main memory free (I'm
>>>>>using MESS V102 here).
>>>>>
>>>>>Using the above c.prep works fine compiling cc V2.5.2.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Which isn't a particularly large hunk of code, I've built it several
>>>>times myself after changeing some default.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>>>>
>>>>>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>>>>>the capacity to be his spokesman,
>>>>>so that I know how to help the weary.
>>>>>
>>>>>website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
>>>>>my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/
>>>>>
>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>From: "Gene Heskett" <gene.heskett at verizon.net>
>>>>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>>>Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 2:04 PM
>>>>>Subject: Re: [Coco] CC 252
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>On Friday 13 January 2006 22:27, Bob Devries wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>When I try to compile CC V2.5.2, I get **** Stack Overflow *** Error
>>>>>>>207 at the c.prep stage.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>A stack overflow? How big is the src file? And how much free mem,
>>>>>>both ram and sys do you have on that coco? coco1-2 L1 or coco3 L2?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I *think* I'm using V1.9 of c.prep.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>Whats the name of the archive it came from Bob?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Also, whats the crc on it, just to make sure its mine?
>>>>>>Mine is $ACA5CB.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Anyone know what's going on? Gene?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>--
>>>>>>>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>>>>>>>the capacity to be his spokesman,
>>>>>>>so that I know how to help the weary.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
>>>>>>>my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>>From: "John Donaldson" <johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net>
>>>>>>>To: "Coco Listserver" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>>>>>Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 12:12 PM
>>>>>>>Subject: [Coco] CC 252
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I have the C complier running on my JVC Emulator. I decided to
>>>>>>>>compile the CC252 program with will allow me to use RMA and RLINK
>>>>>>>>among other features.
>>>>>>>>When I attempt to complie it I get
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Bad Code in intermediate file: 63
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>John Donaldson
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>13/01/2006
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>--
>>>>>>Cheers, Gene
>>>>>>People having trouble with vz bouncing email to me should add the
>>>>>>word 'online' between the 'verizon', and the dot which bypasses vz's
>>>>>>stupid bounce rules. I do use spamassassin too. :-)
>>>>>>Yahoo.com and AOL/TW attorneys please note, additions to the above
>>>>>>message by Gene Heskett are:
>>>>>>Copyright 2005 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>Message: 6
>>Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:38:39 -0600
>>From: John Donaldson <johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net>
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] CC2 Not Working
>>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Message-ID: <43C9B5AF.7090108 at sbcglobal.net>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>>Ok what I get when I try to compile CC252.c I get and error on line 31
>>
>>static int newipath = -1;
>>^
>>error = Indentifier missing.
>>
>>Which is werid since all I got was 12 errors and in the Usage()
>>subroutine there is a
>>static char *help[] = {.... which was not included in the error
>>listing. So this tells me
>>that the varible "static" should be OK. Sometimes in C the line that
>>really contains the
>>error is the line before. This line reads
>>
>>char * chkccdev();
>>
>>Thinking mayby there was a bad character or something. I deleted the
>>line and
>>retype it in. I am using VED as my editor.
>>
>>Still get the "Identifier Missing" error at the beginning of the line.
>>
>>A module.h came with the source so going to see if replacing the one in my
>>defs directory with this one makes a difference.
>>
>>OK, that got rid of the error and CC2 compiled CC252. Ident gave me
>>Module Size $2941 #10561
>>Module CRC $444612
>>
>>The one that someone sent me is
>>
>>Module Size $2384 #9092
>>Module CRC $161DE5
>>
>>I suppect mine is larger due to I have the .h set to TWO_PASS = true and the
>>one I was sent has it set to false.
>>
>>Now if someone can send me a copy of CCDEVICE module or the utility to break
>>the existing CC module apart so I can reused the one in it, I think I
>>will have the
>>newest CC up and running.
>>
>>John Donaldson
>>
>>John Donaldson wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>Well, I rebooted the emulator and now CC2 is working with C.PREP1.9,
>>>so go figure. Now if I compile CC252.c I get a error in line 32. So
>>>don't know if
>>>my copy is flawed or this is a real error. Now I have something to
>>>work with. LOL
>>>
>>>John Donaldson
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>Message: 7
>>Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 13:21:13 +1000
>>From: "Bob Devries" <bdevries at gil.com.au>
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] CC2 Not Working
>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Message-ID: <00ce01c61982$bd74a920$0701a8c0 at master>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
>> reply-type=response
>>
>>John,
>>I think some of the code in cc252.c has TAB characters in it, and the
>>compiler may be barfing on that. I fixed that by loading it into my
>>favourite text editor (Ved of course!), and then saving it again. There's
>>probably utilities around that will detab a text file.
>>
>>--
>>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>
>>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>>the capacity to be his spokesman,
>>so that I know how to help the weary.
>>
>>website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
>>my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "John Donaldson" <johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net>
>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 12:38 PM
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] CC2 Not Working
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Ok what I get when I try to compile CC252.c I get and error on line 31
>>>
>>>static int newipath = -1;
>>>^
>>>error = Indentifier missing.
>>>
>>>Which is werid since all I got was 12 errors and in the Usage() subroutine
>>>there is a
>>>static char *help[] = {.... which was not included in the error
>>>listing. So this tells me
>>>that the varible "static" should be OK. Sometimes in C the line that
>>>really contains the
>>>error is the line before. This line reads
>>>
>>>char * chkccdev();
>>>
>>>Thinking mayby there was a bad character or something. I deleted the line
>>>and
>>>retype it in. I am using VED as my editor.
>>>
>>>Still get the "Identifier Missing" error at the beginning of the line.
>>>
>>>A module.h came with the source so going to see if replacing the one in my
>>>defs directory with this one makes a difference.
>>>
>>>OK, that got rid of the error and CC2 compiled CC252. Ident gave me
>>>Module Size $2941 #10561
>>>Module CRC $444612
>>>
>>>The one that someone sent me is
>>>
>>>Module Size $2384 #9092
>>>Module CRC $161DE5
>>>
>>>I suppect mine is larger due to I have the .h set to TWO_PASS = true and
>>>the
>>>one I was sent has it set to false.
>>>
>>>Now if someone can send me a copy of CCDEVICE module or the utility to
>>>break
>>>the existing CC module apart so I can reused the one in it, I think I will
>>>have the
>>>newest CC up and running.
>>>
>>>John Donaldson
>>>
>>>John Donaldson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Well, I rebooted the emulator and now CC2 is working with C.PREP1.9,
>>>>so go figure. Now if I compile CC252.c I get a error in line 32. So don't
>>>>know if
>>>>my copy is flawed or this is a real error. Now I have something to work
>>>>with. LOL
>>>>
>>>>John Donaldson
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>>Checked by AVG Free Edition.
>>>Version: 7.1.371 / Virus Database: 267.14.18/230 - Release Date:
>>>14/01/2006
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>------------------------------
>>
>>Message: 8
>>Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 21:30:44 -0600
>>From: "DJ" <dj at isectran.com>
>>Subject: [Coco] NTSC to VGA.. more common than you think?
>>To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Message-ID: <5ybe3cxyk5uhsyg.140120062130 at mail.isectran.com>
>>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>>
>>
>>Was poking around on the net for NTSC to VGA adapters....
>>
>>http://www.converters.tv/converters/ntsc/vga.html
>>
>>http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Startech_StarTech_com_VideoView~CLT-HSNLF
>>
>>http://www.shopping.com/xPO-Avermedia_AVERMEDIA_TV_BOX9_1280X1024_RES_PIP~CL
>>T-HSNLF
>>
>>http://www.lik-sang.com/info.php?category=219&products_id=3166
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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