[Coco] NitrOS-9 beginner

[Bill Pierce]

Robert, that's exactly right. Just use the disk from the download site that has the _dw on it... nitros9l26x09coco3_dw.dsk (x being 8 or 3 based on your cpu)
If your HDBDOS has no "offset", it will boot straight from slot 0 of HDBDOS.
Once in nitros9, that dsk has to remain in slot 0 as it contans all needed system files abd commands. At least until you learn a little and get to know how to use a VHD, then you'll want to move on to bigger and better things. OS9 is MUCH better on a hard drive (real or emulated). Once you're running from an HD, you'll only need floppy access to copy files to thge HD.

 

 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Hermanek <rhermanek at centurytel.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Jul 3, 2015 5:09 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS-9 beginner


Um, trying to figure this out now... I *do* have HDB-DOS on an eprom, so 
I boot
straight into that currently.

You're saying the DOS command has been updated in
HDB-DOS to attempt to 
boot OS-9 via the drivewire connection, on the assumption
that an os-9 
disk image is mounted in the first logical disk position? (What I
think 
of in HDB-DOS terms as Drive #0 Drive 0) ... ?

-RobertH

On 7/3/2015
3:48 PM, Tormod Volden wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Tormod Volden
wrote:
>> DWDOS on DECB = "DOS" in HDB-DOS
> Sorry, this was not precise, you
don't need DECB, any BASIC will do
> for DWDOS if you run it from tape or EPROM.
Or you can replace the
> BASIC ROM with a DWDOS EPROM :)
>
> Just want to do the
yearly publicity for DWDOS, it is one of the most
> underrated tools around.
Especially for those without floppies or an
> HDBDOS EPROM. It is so small that
it loads from tape in a few seconds.
>
> Tormod
>


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