[Coco] NitrOS9 question

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 29 September 2017 21:36:05 Dave Philipsen wrote:

> Ok,  so here's another question.  I'm experimenting with creating a
> no-frills OS9Boot that will boot on my CoCo3FPGA and so far I have
> taken out the JoyDrv, SndDrv, RAMD, R0, and all of the window
> descriptors. NitrOS9 boots and I get the signon message and a shell on
> Term but I can't type anything from the keyboard.  Why would that be?
>
> Dave
>
Probably because you still have the cc3 key*sb module in it. That 
keyboard scanner is specific for the cc3. What sort of a keyboard do you 
have attached? You may have to write a driver for it.

> On 9/29/2017 9:37 AM, Neal Crook wrote:
> > Well, there are only 2 L2 platforms in the repository. Start with
> > the CoCo one if you think it will be easier... but don't come crying
> > later!
> >
> > On 29 Sep 2017 14:01, "Dave Philipsen" <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
> >> I was afraid you were gonna say that! 😛
> >>
> >> Dave
> >>
> >>> On Sep 29, 2017, at 3:03 AM, Neal Crook <foofoobedoo at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Dave,
> >>>
> >>> I recommend that you use my multicomp port as your starting -
> >>> point.  I also recommend that you do a L1 port first because it
> >>> will provide an easier debug path for and drivers you need. All
> >>> the code is in the
> >>
> >> official
> >>
> >>> repository.
> >>>
> >>> Neal.
> >>>
> >>>> On 29 Sep 2017 05:48, "Dave Philipsen" <dave at davebiz.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I have a question about NitrOS9 that I hope someone can help me
> >>>> with. I would like to attempt to port a version of Level 2 over
> >>>> to a new
> >>
> >> non-CoCo
> >>
> >>>> platform.  Essentially, I should be able to replicate the
> >>>> functionality
> >>
> >> of
> >>
> >>>> the CoCo MMU but I don’t want or need all of the gfx stuff that
> >>>> the
> >>
> >> CoCo 3
> >>
> >>>> has.  I would like to initially have it boot up with a shell on a
> >>>> serial port but I definitely want to have access to the full 512k
> >>>> via the
> >>
> >> MMU.  So
> >>
> >>>> that means I don’t need any of the CoCo keyboard stuff either. 
> >>>> Just accessing it via serial port(s).  What image is going to be
> >>>> the best to start with? Also, what are the ‘headless’ images?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Dave
> >>>>
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Cheers, Gene Heskett
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