[Coco] Just learning OS-9 - Questions

[Bill Pierce]

Nick,
I think these were the "Phoenix" release disks. Which were standard OS-9 disks with all the patches and fixes already added.
This was where the Sourceforge NitrOS-9 project started. It all grew from there.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Marentes <nickma at optusnet.com.au>
To: CoCoList <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, May 26, 2013 3:41 pm
Subject: [Coco] Just learning OS-9 - Questions


 > Not heard of that version. Maybe that's a reference to the equivalent 
of a
 > Level3. There is a Level3 in the NitrOS-9 source code.

OS-9 Level 2 v3.00:

http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Disks/Operating%20Systems/OS-9/Level%202/

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Seems like building an OS-9 custom disk is one of the most confusing and 
frustrating things for a newbie trying to get into OS-9.

Is there such thing as an OS-9 installer?

I can see a huge benefit if there existed a disk that booted to a 
minimalist OS-9 and ran an OS-9 installer. This disk would contain all 
the known drivers, devices, commands and modules and the installer would 
ask you a few questions along the way and build a working and bootable 
OS-9 disk.

Like installing Windows or Mac-OS. These OS's would be difficult to 
install if one had to crawl through each and every DLL file just to 
setup the OS.

With a well designed and easy to understand installer, the process shift 
away from trying to get the OS to work so that people can use and create 
new applications to run from it.

Nick

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