[Coco] MESS

[George Ramsower]

> George Ramsower wrote:
>> From: "Robert Gault"
>>> George Ramsower wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Interesting...
>>>>
>>>> I use a "No Halt" DSC2 on the CNC machine. The address conflicts with 
>>>> the hard drive coco so it won't boot. The Hard drive coco uses a Ken 
>>>> Ton controller and requires a different address than what would be used 
>>>> on the CNC machine. So the boots are not compatible..... DARNIT!!
>>>>
>>>> Lemme investigate this a little more. Don't forget, this is OS9, not RS 
>>>> BASIC. So the drivers should work.
>>>>
>>>> George
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think you just solved your problem. MESS does not know how to emulate 
>>> a no-halt controller. If your disk used a no-halt driver, it is not 
>>> likely to work with MESS.
>>
>>
>> I didn't know that and it sucks!
>>
>> How about that "OTHER" emulator? I can't remember what it's called. 
>> Someone mentioned it in an earlier post.
>>
>> George
>>
>
> VCC? To my knowledge, there isn't any emulator that mimics no-halt 
> hardware.
>
> You know, it is not necessary to boot from the CNC disk under MESS to test 
> most of your code. You can boot MESS with a standard floppy driver and 
> just read the CNC disk. If there are commands on it you want to test just 
> change (cx or chx) to that command directory.
 I did boot a working dsk disk and mounted my CNC coco disk on drive 1 and I 
could access it okay. It's all clear now.
 That's easy enough to do. So I'll just do it that way and copy all my files 
to that emu-disk that does work. I'm thinking of converting that machine to 
Nitros9 anyway, since I do have a 6309 in it. This should push that Dremel a 
little harder.
 I just have to learn the Nitros9 system and the quirks of building a boot. 
It IS quite different. Some stuff in there I have no idea what it is. I'll 
post questions as I do this build.
 Right now, my head is on a motorcycle I'm going to pick up tomorrow and 
this project will take some time. A 1971 BMW R60/5 !! Been looking for one 
for a few years and I now have it in my sights.

 George


George