[Coco] ack!

[Gene Heskett]

On Tuesday 04 June 2013 17:21:12 Bob Devries did opine:

> 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.
> 
Kewl Bob.

I would be many times more interested in your .mb and .bl files, by PM if 
you'd like since the server will strip attachments.

I also have to assume there is not any drivewire stuff in it.

Thanks.

> 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
> > My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> > https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> > Co-Webmaster of The TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
> > http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/
> > Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
> > http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
> > E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----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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