[Coco] ack!

[Bob Devries]

Hi all,

I've placed this on my dropbox account.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/c9ia3b1zi1zvzgo/OS9L3.os9

All I can say is... It works for me!

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)" <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] ack!


> Sure we do :)
>
> thxs
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Just to throw a spanner in the works....
>>
>> I have here a NitrOS9 Level 3 disk which boots fine!
>>
>> If anyone wants an image file, I'm happy to make one.
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
>> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 12:11 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] ack!
>>
>>
>>
>>> On the Nitros9 Level 3 build.
>>> First, did anyone read Alan DeKok's doc and readme?
>>> This level is not going to boot properly when built until the issue of
>>> IOMan, Krn, clock and possibly krnp2 is resolved.
>>> His notes clearly state that these modules have to be modified to point
>>> to the "nitros9" module before anything is initialized. This module
>>> (nitros9) moves all modules (rbf & scf) into their proper memory spaces
>>> which is the whole reason for the new boot process.
>>> The original "modified" modules are in the maltedmedia archives (I 
>>> think)
>>> or I have them if someone wants them. These need to be disassembled and
>>> brought up to date unless someone actually has the sources. They were
>>> originally built for NitrOS-9 Level 2 6309 ver 1.22m and are labeled
>>> "ioman.l3", "clock.l3.soft.60hz", os9p1.l3" and "os9p2.122m". The "new"
>>> Level 3 modules are "nitros9" and "_end". The sources to the last 2 are 
>>> in
>>> the Level 3 folder under "Modules" in the repo.
>>> Alan states in his doc that various clocks were available for download,
>>> but those downloads are long gone. If anyone has builds of these clock
>>> modules, they need to be put into the archives.
>>> At one time I had a bootable disk running but was using Jeff's emulator
>>> and it was all a little flakey which the emulator itself was a litte 
>>> flakey
>>> so it was not a good test platform. Alan states in the doc that there 
>>> were
>>> several systems (10+) running beta Level 3 builds for almost a year. One
>>> was running a BBS that had run for 2 months without a reboot. He's said 
>>> it
>>> seemed to be stable.
>>>
>>> To get this going, ioman.l3, os9p1.l3, and clock.l3.soft.60hz need to be
>>> disassembled and ioman, krn & clock need to be examined and patched to
>>> reflect what was done to those v 1.22m modules as the newer modules have
>>> been changed greatly since then.
>>>
>>> Bill Pierce
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com>
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 7:47 am
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] ack!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 4 Jun 2013, Christopher R. Hawks wrote:
>>>
>>>  Gene (and all):
>>>>
>>>> I have revision:
>>>>
>>>> HAWKSoft(chrish)$ hg log | more
>>>> changeset:   2829:ed9a4cb85fb3
>>>> branch:      lwtools-port
>>>> tag:         tip
>>>> user:        boisy
>>>> date:        Sun Jun 02 15:30:19 2013 -0500
>>>> summary:     Fixed makefiles and defsfile for level 3
>>>>
>>>> Until there is a makefile in
>>>> $(NITROS9DIR)/level3, level3 will not compile.
>>>> Copying the $(NITROS9DIR)/level2/makefile there might work. (I've
>>>> got to get to work, so I don't have time right now.
>>>>
>>>
>>> That will be the least of your issues getting it to build.  Trust me, I
>>> spent several hours on it before Boisy made his announcement about a 
>>> fix.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
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