[Coco] How to import source code into NitrOS-9?

[Dave Philipsen]

Also, which applications, specifically, don't seem to work?  For me 
_most_ of the applications for OS9 DO work!

Dave


On 10/3/2015 2:24 PM, Stephen Pereira wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am having a blast experimenting with my CoCo3FPGA.  Since I now have a beautiful VGA display that displays 80 character lines clearly, I have been able to renew my experiments with NitrOS-9.
>
> I can boot and run NitrOS-9.  I have installed BASIC09.  I have tried a variety of applications for OS-9, but most (if not all) do not seem to work.  I am chalking this up to CoCo3FPGA running Drivewire, and the applications seem to really want real disk drives.
>
> I have been able to type in a small variety of my programs in BASIC and get them to run under BASIC09.
>
> But…  What if I have a significant size source code file in assembler or BASIC?  I do not want to type it all in again!
>
> For example, I have the Talbot Microsystems source code for Color Forth.  I typed this all in by hand, and I worked with it in Robert Gault’s EDTASM6309, under DECB.  What if I want to get this large source code file into NitrOS-9?
>
> On other vintage computer systems I have, I can use Kermit, or a home-grown program called PCGET, to transfer files from my external laptop PC that I am using as a terminal.  What tool(s) does one use to perform this same operation under NitrOS-9?
>
> My primary goal would be to move large source code files (ASCII files) into NitrOS-9, so I can then use the assembler, or use them in BASIC09.
>
> Thanks for listening and letting me know what you do.
>
> smp
> --
> Stephen M. Pereira
> Bedford, NH  03110
> KB1SXE
>
>



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