[Coco] [coco} Upgrading a CC3 w OS9 or Nitros9

[K. Pruitt]

Yes, regardless of which storage solution you choose as best for your 
situation, I'd make the switch from OS-9 Level 2 to NitrOS-9 Level 2.  It 
definitely is much faster than OS-9 Level 2. It's also seems smoother and 
more reliable in my opinion. There is no real learning curve switching from 
OS-9 to NitrOS-9.

I think drivewire opens up an entire new frontier for the CoCo and would try 
to work that in to the mix if possible. Having seen a picture of your CoCo 
I'm fairly certain you're not running out of inputs or outputs.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Nobel"
Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2015 8:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] [coco} Upgrading a CC3 w OS9 or Nitros9


> Hi George,  First Drivewire can be used for straight RS-DOS as long as you 
> have HDB Dos on a eprom in a disk controller.  Nitros9 is an advantage 
> over L2 as it has been highly optimized by many people (too many to list, 
> Boisy being the main contributor over the last few years) I am not too 
> familiar with the SCSI memory stick scheme, but for hardware wise I would 
> suggest the Coco SDC interface it uses regular SD cards for drives.
>
> Bill Nobel
>
>> On Jul 2, 2015, at 8:06 PM, George Ramsower wrote:
>>
>> I have a 512k CC3 that I want to upgrade. I am now using OS9 L2 with 
>> upgrades and I'm thinking of upgrading it to more modern technology for 
>> data storage.
>> I'm torn between DriveWire and an adapter to use a memory stick on the 
>> scsi controller I already have.
>> To use drivewire, I'm told I need to upgrade to NitrOS9.
>> To use a memory stick on my SCSI interface does not.
>> To copy/transfer to/from this PC using drivewire requires the use of this 
>> PC all the time.
>> To use the memory stick and a SCSI interface requires only the memory 
>> stick adapter.
>> It seems a lot simpler to use the memory stick, which can be plugged into 
>> this PC for data transfers/backups.
>> So I think the memory stick thing seems simpler and requires little or no 
>> extra software and/or wiring on both computers.
>>
>> Am I incorrect?
>>
>> What do folks think of doing either one and the advantages/disadvantages 
>> of each?
>>
>> George R
>>
>>