[Coco] NitrOS-9 on a 128k Coco-3

[Bill Pierce]

Kandur, try wmode. neither xmode nor wmode will make immediate changes. You make these changes to the /term, then cobbler a new boot. The do not change an open window. You can change the window bvefore it's open then it will open in the specified colors.
There are utilities that make immediate changes, but I can't think of them. I have all my boots with ALL windows set to 80col in various colors so I know which window "m in at a glance.
 
Search this archive for wmode. Remember, no changes are permanent. The only way to do that is to cobbler a new disk.
ftp://os9archive.rtsi.com/OS9/OS9_6X09/

There should also be some 
 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Kandur <k at qdv.pw>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, Jun 18, 2014 5:35 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS-9 on a 128k Coco-3


Robert, I don't have DW, yet.
None of the xmode /term commands worked, 
these made no changes in columns or colors.
The display 1b xx xx commands worked.
http://qdv.pw/coco/blog/2014/06/18/boot/ 
Ok, will check out dEd, that's next.
/d1 is a Panasonic JU-475-4, it works fine in a PC as a 1.2 MB drive.
I want to read a 5.25" DS DD 96TPI 80 floppy. (160 tracks total)
http://qdv.pw/coco/blog/2014/06/18/temporary-setup/ 

Kandur

Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 6:03:12 AM, you wrote:
> Kandur wrote:
>> Thanks for the link Bill and many thanks to all who helped.
>> I've got 'nos96809l2v030300coco3_80d.dsk' up and running on my 128k Coco-3.
>> It came up with a very dark green background with black letters, hardly 
legible.
>> Edited the startup file, changed the display to white background with black 
letters.
>> It looks great, but after every new boot I have to run '/DD/startup' 
manually, despite it's attributes are set to e and pe. It seems the startup file 
is ignored at boot. Help please!
>> I'm feverishly studying the 'OS-9 Level II and the Tandy Color Computer 3' 
excellent tutorial by Rodger Alexander. Oh boy, I forgot almost everything, and 
worse then that,
>> I'm mixing up the os-9 and linux commands. (:
>> While I have your ears, can someone tell me, what fd descriptor do I need for 
my 5.25" drives, to read 160 track diskettes? Yes, my os-9 backups are on DS, 
80track on each side, 5.25" floppies.
>> In general, is there a good place to find fd and hd descriptor samples, 
tutorials somewhere?

>> Kandur


> You may have damaged the startup file. What
> does it say after you edited it? 
> Startup does not require e or pe attributes to be used.

> How did you change the display to white
> background with black letters? By 
> implication you did something to startup (you
> mentioned nothing else) but that 
> should be done by changing /term either with
> xmode and cobbler or using dEd to 
> edit term in OS9Boot.

> If you are booting from a Drivewire disk (has
> dw in the name) then you will find 
> examples of descriptors in the directory tree
> NitrOS-9/6809l2/modules/rbf. You 
> can also use the command
> dmode /D0
> to get an idea of the default parameters for a
> floppy drive. Hard drives are not 
> standard in size so you will need to specify a
> specific unit and the specs 
> before we can advise on descriptor settings.

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