[Coco] MShell

[Bill Pierce]

MShell.. The version you have is the one you told me you had problems with when I first released it. And yes, there was a problem. It was fixed long ago as well as MANY bugs and is now working pretty well, except it WILL NOT do OS9 to Linux, or Linux to OS9 file transfers. Nor will it do this on a Mac (windows works perfectly). All other functions either work, or are disabled in the menus until finished.

You can get the latest version by just running MShell and using the updater (i think the updater worked in that version), but ONLY if you have DW4 going and your Linux host in currently on the internet. To do this is simple:
Run Mshell
hit 'u' (or click Utils)
hit 'u' again, (or click Update mshell)
follow the prompts.
Once the download is done, quit MShell and restart it.
Done.
There was one release that the updater was broken, and if you have that version or if you do not have DW4 or internet access on the DW4 server, then you can go here:

https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/mshell---the-ultimate-os-9-gui

 
The download link is right under the screenshot

The ability to transfer files from a Linux server to OS9 DOES NOT WORK. There is a problem with the DW4 dir cmd under Linux and Mac, but works perfectly on Windows. This does NOT affect the updater or OS9 to OS9 copies or OS9 to RSDOS copies. Only when copying from the server's HD. In this I mean raw files from the HD, not from dsk or vhd images. Copying from images works perfectly.
There is a workaround for this and I may put it in the next update, but that's pending for now.





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-----Original Message-----
From: Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com>
To: Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thu, May 14, 2015 12:32 pm
Subject: [Coco] MShell


Bill;

As I was trying to setup a working c compiler for testing,

I first found
that without exception, every .r file I had, had $0000 or 
$00000000 ending byte
sequences, so I am wondering it its not the linker 
that has developed some sort
of bitrot/tummy ache?

I have rlink under both names here:
t2|08}/DD:vfy -x
c.link
Length of file: $00003944

Module found at offset $00000000 in this
file
Header for    : rlink
Header parity : $55 (good)
Module size   :
$3944
Edition       : $0A
Ty/La At/Rv   : $11   $81
Program module, 6809 object,
Re-enterable, R/O
Exec. off     : $001C
Data Size     : $15BA
Module CRC is :
$DED07D (good)

Bytes read    : $00003944

{t2|08}/DD:vfy -x rlink
Length of
file: $00003944

Module found at offset $00000000 in this file
Header for    :
rlink
Header parity : $55 (good)
Module size   : $3944
Edition       : $0A
Ty/La
At/Rv   : $11   $81
Program module, 6809 object, Re-enterable, R/O
Exec. off    
: $001C
Data Size     : $17BA
Module CRC is : $A682E8 (good)

Bytes read    :
$00003944

But I see that rlink, probably courtesy one of vfy's options, has had
its 
data size permanently expanded by half a kilobyte.  This may not be what

you have, but that last time I built some c stuff, either pf or cntx(5) 
it all
Just Worked(TM)

Is this any help at all?

Can I see the vfy output on whatever
you are using for the c.asm?

And I have MShell-1.0.2, which may not be the
newest, but it trashed 
every file copy I attempted, so now I am having to go
back over the list 
of c stuff I copied & redo it with an overwrite with a cp -o
/path /path
But I am out of time, dr's appointment shortly.

Where can I get the
latest MShell?

Cheers, Gene Heskett
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