[Coco] OS-9 Floppy / Printer configuration?

[Chad H]

That has been my thoughts in the last little while.  I have a good NitrOS9
(2008 build) that is already setup for the double-sided drives.  I had
copied the DMODE utilty to a OS9 disk, rebooted from it and tried it.  Yea,
it let me view and change the tracks/sides...but the FORMAT failed, oh well.
So yea, I'm in the process now of making a testing copy of the NitrOS9 to
see if I can't move some of my OS9 programs over to it.  If that works, I
will just have to get the printer configured then.  Thanks.

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Bob Devries
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 11:35 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Floppy / Printer configuration?

Chad,
since NitrOS9 and Tandy's OS9 are completely functionally identical, why
would you want to move the drivers/descriptors from one to the other. If you
have a programme which currently works on Tandy's Level 1, you could more
easily move the programme files to the NitrOS9 disk, since NitrOS9 should be
able to read both single and double-sided disks.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Chad H 
  To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts' 
  Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 2:09 PM
  Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Floppy / Printer configuration?


  Sorry, I'm only familiar with RTSI on the web or FTP.  I don't really know
  much about IIRC.  Can the driver/descriptors be extracted somehow from
  Nitro-OS9 to a OS-9 system disk?

  - Chad

  -----Original Message-----
  From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
On
  Behalf Of Bob Devries
  Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2010 10:37 PM
  To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
  Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 Floppy / Printer configuration?

  Hi all,

  may I be so bold as to point out that Chad H is using Level ONE of OS9?

  AFAIK, level ONE was HARD CODED for single-sided disks. You needed to
  replace the floppy driver and descriptors with a modified one (available
on
  RTSI IIRC) to read/write double-sided disks.

  Regards, Bob Devries
  Dalby, QLD, Australia

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Chad H 
    To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts' 
    Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 1:04 PM
    Subject: [Coco] OS-9 Floppy / Printer configuration?


    Ok, I've only slightly tinkered with OS-9 slightly over the years.  I
    usually only load it because an application or game requires it.  I'm
  trying
    to learn a bit more about it so I can make better use of it.

    Here's the issue I'm working on right now: trying to configure it to
take
    advantage of the printer and floppy drive setup I have attached.  I have
a
    FD-502 with dual 5.25 double-sided 360k drives with a modified RS-DOS
  EPROM
    that allows the top unit to be drives 0/1 and the bottom 2/3.  How do I
    configure OS-9 to take advantage of the other sides of the drives,
either
  as
    /d2, /d3, etc. or by making /d0 and /d1 double-sided devices.   Also, a
    person on this list was gracious enough to sell me a serial-to-parallel
    converter that allows me to print to a old HP DeskJet 540 printer rather
    well.  I've coded some RS-DOS BASIC programs to work properly with it
  (i.e.
    setting 1200baud and CRLF) but is there a way to set such parameters in
    OS/9?  If memory serves, the printer is /P device, right?  I've seen a
    couple of OS-9 applications allow the setting of the baud rate inside
the
    application setup, but not much other settings.   Only way I could get
  these
    to printt down a page instead of all text on the first line was to run a
    RS-DOS BASIC initialization program to initialize the printer and then
go
    into the OS-9 apps and print.

     

     I know there are more advanced things out there now for the CoCo.  I
find
    the idea of using SD card for storage fascinating.  However, I got into
  the
    world of computers and programming on this very CoCo 2 when I was 14 and
  I'm
    trying to remain true to its original character.  Some of what I once
had
    learned years ago I've forgotten and I'm slowly trying to relearn all I
  can
    and then some.

     

    P.S. I have the original OS-9 level 1 rev. 1.0.0.  Wish I could find a
  later
    revision.  I know the DeskMate diskette I have says level 1 rev. 2.0.0
but
  I
    think it's missing a lot of the OS-9 files. 

     

    Thanks for any help.

     


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