[Coco] DW4 Turbo 230kb mode was : Eureka!

[Bill Pierce]

Al,
 I am working on something very similar to what you are describing, maybe a little more involved in that you may have to click on a few choices, but pretty much automated boot file generator.
Also, the CocoBoot system is coming along nicely and will be a nice addition to the whole booting process.

Don't let all our technical discussions and arguments sway you from OS9. It is one powerful operating system and no where near as complicated as it sounds.
And I, for one, am always willing to help someone get started. As many here will tell you, I will go as far as to make a complete boot system and VHD speced to your hardware if needed. I have done so for many in the past 3 years.

I just get pissed when I go to the repo to download something I know "was" there and it's not being built anymore because one administrator or another wasn't using that driver anymore and didn't bother to upgrade it's build with the ones they do use. No drivers are obsolete. Someone somehwere still uses them.

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thu, Sep 19, 2013 9:32 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] DW4 Turbo 230kb mode was : Eureka!


All this discussion has really put me off from ever wanting to try OS9 or 
NitrOS9.

It seems to me that NitrOS9 needs some major work to make it easier for new 
people to use. Like having a directory where you drop a driver file into, 
reboot, and your device is detected and works.

All this compiling and re-building is for Geeks, Until one can download a 
generic image that supports the base Coco hardware, add drivers for your 
add-on devices, reboot and have them work... NitrOS9 will have barriers to 
entry too high for the common Coco user.

I am far from a beginner, but I don't want to mess with all of that stuff.

Computers are meant to make my life easier, not to make it more difficult. 
I've always written software so the computer does the heavy lifting, not the 
user.

I can see I'll be giving NitrOS9 a pass.

-[ Al ]- 


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