[Coco] Fwd: Re: Getting back in with CoCo & have a few questions

[coco at jechar.ca]

  Note currently the Ease of Use project project only supports emulated 
coco's
  and cocos with an SDC card so If you are running some other system like 
IDE or
  Drivewire EOA is not ready for use yet.


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [Coco] Getting back in with CoCo & have a few questions
Date: 2020-05-12 14:31
 From: Kevin Becker <kevin at kevinbecker.org>
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Reply-To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>

Lot's of NitrOS9 experts will surely chime in, but I'd recommend
checking out the Ease of Use project

http://www.lcurtisboyle.com/nitros9/nitros9.html




On Tue, 2020-05-12 at 14:21 -0400, Stephen Pereira wrote:
> Good afternoon, folks,
> 
> I set aside the CoCo and sold off most of my equipment a couple of 
> years ago.  Now, I am hearing the call again and have been slowly 
> building back up my equipment.   I was able to purchase a good working 
> CoCo 3 on eBay for a good price.  I contacted Ed and purchased an SDC.  
> I also contacted the folks who make the Switch-A-Roo and purchased one 
> (I also purchased the other bits to get a good display on my system.)   
> Wow, that Switch-A-Roo interface is the answer to all my display 
> problems!  Very highly recommended for CoCo 3 systems!
> 
> So, here I am with my stock 128K CoCo 3 system, with my SDC.  
> Everything is running fine.  I contacted Mark at Cloud-9 a week ago and 
> shortly I hope to have a 2MB CoCo 3 with 6309 processor installed 
> coming to me.
> 
> Once I have my upgraded CoCo 3 system with lots of memory operating, I 
> know that I will want to be trying to get back into NitrOS-9.
> 
> Here is my question:  In the pile of DSK images available for NitrOS-9, 
> which one should I use that will properly operate from my SDC?  The 
> 6309 system with 2MB RAM will be the target system.  While I’m waiting 
> for that system to arrive, I suppose I could play around with the 6809 
> version, to get back into it and become familiar again with the system 
> commands, and how to get things done in NitrOS-9.
> 
> Thanks very much, in advance, for your patience and any pointers that 
> you may be able to offer.
> 
> smp
> - - -
> Stephen Pereira
> Bedford, NH  03110
> KB1SXE
> 
> 
>