[Coco] NitrOS9 question

Thu Oct 5 23:25:02 EDT 2017

Ok, so I tried shell_21.  I just swapped it for shell.  And, when I boot 
normally I get the 'OS9:'  prompt without the extra stuff like path & 
time & date.  Everything is fine.  But when I try my headless boot 
(without VTIO) I get the banner messages from Init and sysgo and then I 
get "Shell" but no OS9 prompt.  If I put VTIO back in the OS9Boot file, 
voila!  I get a working shell (2.1)

Maybe I need to give up on this and try one of the headless files but, 
unfortunately, I think I'll have to do a little work on them because I 
don't think they're up to date with SD and RTC drivers.

Dave

On 10/5/2017 10:05 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
> There's 2 shells built in NitrOS9... try the other one. The one used in L2 is ShellPlus. The L1 shell (will work in L2) is shell_21.
> Shell plus monitors for keystrokes for the arrow keys for the cmd line so that may be what you're running into. I don't think shell_21 does this (not sure).
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> Look in nitros9-v3.3.0/level2/defs/DefsfileSee 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.DaveOn 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.>>   >>   >> Bill Pierce> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page>> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com>>   >>   >> -----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.>> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+> | David Ladd a.k.a. PacoOtaktay a.k.a. Drencor                          |> | YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/PacoOtaktay                      |> | YouTube Gaming Live: https://gaming.youtube.com/user/PacoOtaktay/live |> | Websites: http://dwladd.com     &     http://www.theterrorzone.com    |> | G+:  https://plus.google.com/113262444659438038657                    |> | G+:  https://plus.google.com/+DavidLaddPacoOtaktay                    |> |           |> | Do you have your CoCo 3 yet?                                          |> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+>>> 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?>>>>>> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+>>> | David Ladd a.k.a. PacoOtaktay a.k.a. Drencor                          |>>> | YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/PacoOtaktay                      |>>> | YouTube Gaming Live: https://gaming.youtube.com/user/PacoOtaktay/live |>>> | Websites: http://dwladd.com     &     http://www.theterrorzone.com    |>>> | G+: https://plus.google.com/113262444659438038657                    |>>> | G+:  https://plus.google.com/+DavidLaddPacoOtaktay                    |>>> |    |>>> | Do you have your CoCo 3 yet?                                          |>>> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+>>>>>>>>> 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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -->>>> Coco mailing list>>>> Coco at maltedmedia.com>>>> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco>>>>>>>>>> -->> Coco mailing list>> Coco at maltedmedia.com>> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco>>-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco>-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco