[Coco] nitros-9 support

[Frank Swygert]

"Mastering OS-9 on the CoCo 3" can be downloaded here: ftp://maltedmedia.com/coco/Farna/
You will also find an OS-9 "Quick Reference Guide" that will be useful, even with Nitros-9, though some of the commands will be different. Same for "Mastering OS-9", but there is enough similarity that the OS-9 books are great guides for Nitros-9. 

If someone wants to edit that guide for Nitros-9 let me know and I'll get you a text file, then format what you've done back into booklet form. Needs to be a Nitros user, of course! Added commands are no problem, just use the same format. 

For general Color Computer use/repair/upgrading/etc., you really need to get "Tandy's Little Wonder" also. On page 100 in the Appendix is a "CoCo Users Guide" written specifically for the novice. Lee Duell wrote it so that someone who inherited his CoCo system would be able to pull it out of the boxes and figure everything out without too much trouble. There are sections on upgrade, all the peripherals, repairs, and pin-outs for all the connectors -- literally anything you want to know about the physical computer. There's a Nitros-9 section, but it just describes the OS and how it came about, not how to run it. 


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Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 19:10:55 -0400
From: "Paul Fitch" <pfitchjr at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [Coco] nitros-9 support
To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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Your best bet on the drives is Cloud9 until you get your "sea" legs under
you.  There are also several good new to OS-9 books/PDFs out there.  I would
suggest the following:

PDF books:

Getting Started with NitrOS9
Mastering OS-9 on the Coco III.
The NitrOS-9 Level II Windowing System 
Inside OS-9 Level II
Installing and Configuring NitrOS9 and HDB-DOS

Hard Copy Books:

The Complete Rainbow Guide to OS-9
The Complete Rainbow Guide to OS-9 Level II

With these on your bookshelf, the majority of your questions will be
answered.

-- 
Frank Swygert
Publisher, "American Motors Cars" 
Magazine (AMC)
For all AMC enthusiasts
http://farna.home.att.net/AMC.html
(free download available!)