[Coco] NitrOS9 question

Thu Oct 5 23:12:25 EDT 2017

Maybe I should try one of the headless builds.  Is there one for CoCo3FPGA?

Dave

On 10/5/2017 9:35 PM, David Ladd wrote:
> Dave,
>
> That is odd.
>
> >From what I can see in the repo the same SHELL is used for even the
> headless builds.
>
> If I can find a working Deluxe RS232 Pak.  I will see if I can get it
> working on my real CoCo 3.
>
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> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 9:18 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
>
>> Look in nitros9-v3.3.0/level2/defs/Defsfile
>>
>> See if it's listed there.  It may be of no consequence though. Interesting
>> thing is that I can tell sysgo to run another program on startup instead of
>> shell and it will run.  The only way I can get shell to run is if I include
>> VTIO in the bootfile.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
>> On 10/5/2017 9:00 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
>>
>>> Dave, where did you get your sources? I have searched the entire
>>> repository for "systype" and found nothing. I remember systype from vanilla
>>> OS9, but I don't think it's used anymore.
>>> The current VTIO source does reference "cocovtio.d" though.
>>>
>>>
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com>
>>> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Thu, Oct 5, 2017 6:00 pm
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS9 question
>>>
>>> Ok, so now I am delving in to vtio.asm and I've hit another brick wall.
>>> I thought I had all of the files required to build NitrOS9 but I see a
>>> reference to a file called "systype" in the defsfile. My defsfile only
>>> references os9defs, rbfdefs, scfdefs, and cocodefs.  Where do I find the
>>> systype file?  Perhaps it contains the refrerence for SHFTCLR and
>>> ohers.DaveOn 10/5/2017 4:12 PM, David Ladd wrote:> Dave,>> I have not tried
>>> NitrOS-9 L2 as a headless configuration yet.  Looking at> the headless
>>> section in the build process for the NitrOS-9 Project.  I> don't see the
>>> keyboard, joy, or snd driver in the headless area so that is> a good sign.
>>> I do see a scdwv.dr and term_scdwv.dt which tells me that you> probably can
>>> use the term_sc6551.dt and sc6551.dr.>> I myself can not verify this as my
>>> CoCo3FPGA is not in working condition> right now.  As soon as I get my
>>> Analog board back I will certainly try some> of this out.>>
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>>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com>
>>> wrote:>>> Ummm....I shouldn't need to.  I've defined T2 as the default
>>> console in>> Init.>>>> In fact, as I'm writing this I just tried adding
>>> Term back into the>> bootfile and I still have the same problem.  I get the
>>> Init and sysgo>> sign-on banners but the shell is not chained.>>>>>>
>>> Dave>>>>>>>> On 10/5/2017 2:04 PM, David Ladd wrote:>>>>> Dave,>>>>>>
>>> I think you still need a TERM descriptor?  Though in this case you>>>
>>> probably>>> need a TERM descriptor based on T2?>>>>>>
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>>> ------------------------------------------+>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2017
>>> at 1:16 PM, Dave Philipsen <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:>>>>>> Ok, so I've
>>> successfully eliminated CoWin, KeyDrv, SndDrv, JoyDrv, RBDW,>>>> DWIO,
>>> RAMD, R0, and Term from my bootfile and the CoCo3FPGA boots up>>>> with
>>> a>>>> shell on T2.  But, when I try to remove VTIO I get the signon
>>> message>>>> from>>>> Init on T2 but I don't get a shell.  To my knowledge
>>> VTIO is simply a>>>> device driver module for the SCF window devices.  If I
>>> have no window>>>> device descriptors in the bootfile, then, why is VTIO
>>> needed?  See output>>>> from 'mdir' below:>>>>>>>>>>>> KrnP2       Init
>>>      Clock      Clock2      IOMan       RBF>>>> SCF         PipeMan
>>>   RBSuper     LLCoCo3FPGA Piper SD1>>>> DD          SC6551      VTIO
>>> T2          Pipe CCBKrn>>>> MDir        Shell       Date        DeIniz
>>> Echo Iniz>>>> Link        Load  Save        Unlink>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>> Dave>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 10/3/2017 11:12 PM, Dave Philipsen
>>> wrote:>>>>>>>> Yep, it's an FPGA board so it's a synthesized 6809 running
>>> at 25 MHz.>>>>> Dave>>>>>>>>>> On 10/3/2017 9:23 PM, Brett Gordon
>>> wrote:>>>>>>>>>> I take it your platform is also 6809 based? Cool.. Sounds
>>> like a neat>>>>>> idea.  Loads of fun.  kudos on the
>>> bootloader mod - submit patch!>>>>>>>>>>>> brett>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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