[Coco] DW and Error 221

[K. Pruitt]

I added the proper modules back in and everything is working great now.

I'm not really sure how to use 'em fully, but now that they are working the 
fun begins.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Pierce via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] DW and Error 221


>
> It's the most common dw4 problem when people try to use the virtual ports. 
> They assume dw is all in "rbdw" and "dwio", but the scf based virtual 
> ports are driven by "scdwv" & "scdwp" along with the "/Nx" & "/p" 
> descriptors respectively (p being the virtual printer driver)
> Since the DW functions in my MShell project require these modules, it's 
> the first question I ask when someone has a dw problem in running MShell.
> Most people don't know what they are, so they leave them out... I did as 
> well until I found out what they were capable of and started writing 
> software that uses them :-)
>
>
>
>
> Bill Pierce
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: K. Pruitt <pruittk at roadrunner.com>
> To: Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>; CoCoList for Color Computer 
> Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tue, Jan 6, 2015 6:49 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] DW and Error 221
>
>
> Thank you, Bill.
>
> Yes, those modules are already installed in the stock release.  But they 
> are
> commented out in the standard.bl and when I added the SDC drivers I was
> inadvertently removing the required modules for dw from the os9boot every
> single time.    I wonder how long that mobius strip of bad logic would 
> have
> lasted if not for your intervention!  Thanks a bunch.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Pierce via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2015 3:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] DW and Error 221
>
>
>>
>> The dw cmd requires you have "scdwv" and at least "/N" & "/N1" in your
>> boot (or loaded and inized)
>> The stock nitros9_dw disks being produced have these as a default. Have
>> you modified your boot?
>>
>>
>> Bill Pierce
>> "Today is a good day... I woke up" - Ritchie Havens
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: K. Pruitt <pruittk at roadrunner.com>
>> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Tue, Jan 6, 2015 6:32 pm
>> Subject: [Coco] DW and Error 221
>>
>>
>> I'm using the current stock release of NitrOS9 Level 2 6809 with DW4 and
>> when I attempt to use the dw command located in the /dd/cmds directory I
>> just get an error 221. Same thing with other related commands.  I can use
>> the dw command on the pc side.  But on the coco side I just get error 
>> 221.
>> Which module or modules is the /dd/cmds/dw command looking for?  It's not
>> a
>> problem with the release as I have had the same results with every 
>> release
>> I
>> have tried.  This is purely an operator problem and I'm sending out an
>> SOS.
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
>>