[Coco] Vcc - Drivewire4 How to??

[Gene Heskett]

On Friday 06 July 2018 15:06:22 coco at jechar.ca wrote:

>   If addresses $D938-$D93A is where the offset is stored then why
> after setting the offset to
>   when I type PRINT PEEK(2360) do I get zero and also get zero for
>   PRINT PEEK(2361)  and  PRINT PEEK(2362)
>   If I have done my Hex conversion right $0938=2360.
No, its not right. $d938 in decimal is  55608, so that, and 55609 and 
55610 s/b your equivalent peek addresses.
>   It seems to me rather then get 0,0,0 I should be getting 5,160,0
>   which is the decmal equivalent of 05,A0,00 hex.
>
> On 2018-07-05 18:09, Robert Gault wrote:
> > It really would help if you listed everything you are doing, not
> > just one or two items.
> >
> > 1) Since you are using the Becker NitrOS-9 disk, then you should be
> > using Drivewire set for "emulator or other TCP device."
> > 2) If you want to boot NitrOS-9 from a floppy mounted on Drivewire,
> > you should use a Becker ROM with a $00000 offset not $5A000. You can
> > POKE the value $00 into addresses $D938-$D93A if you insist on using
> > the $5A000 offset.
> > 3) DRIVE #4 will not get a syntax error if you are using VCC 2.01 or
> > later. Also this command ONLY applies when HDBDOS Translation is
> > OFF. 4) NitrOS-9 boots by default from drive0. So if you mount the
> > disk in DW drive4, enter DRIVE #4 with Translation OFF, enter DOS,
> > the boot will start but will fail!
> > 5) You want the disk in DW drive0, the $000000 offset ROM, either a
> > clean VCC boot or DRIVE #0 if Translation OFF and you have been
> > using other DW drives. Then DOS will boot NitrOS-9.
> >
> > Since you are getting a syntax error and not a function call error,
> > you can't have the Becker HDBDOS ROM or the RGBDOS ROM active. The
> > only way I get a SN error is when the disk11.rom is active in VCC.
> > What message do you see when you start VCC? You should see HDB-DOS
> > 1.4 BECKER COCO3 when starting VCC.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> > coco at jechar.ca wrote:
> >>   Ok I don't understand this
> >>
> >>   When I type DRIVE #4 to change the Drivewire Slot
> >>   I get
> >>
> >>   ? SN ERROR
> >>
> >>   Secondly Why did you come up with such a  Byzantine system.
> >>   And If All Drive Wire Drives are Hard Drives then how do I use
> >> the NOS9_6309_L2_v030300_coco3_becker.dsk floppy disk image to boot
> >> OS9.
> >>
> >>   I am using hdbdw3bc3 w-offset 5A000.rom
> >>
> >>   It doesn't add up.



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