[Coco] Working with the ""Ultimate" CoCoSDC Image"

[L. Curtis Boyle]

Let me dig around - I might have my home made Mustang BBS kick around somewheres. It was a 300/1200 baud that I think in it’s last iteration used one physical floppy drive and 2 RAM drives (using the Disto 512k utilities). I will start digging through floppies tomorrow - I don’t seem to see it on my DSK images that I have made already.



L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



> On Aug 27, 2023, at 7:02 PM, Sean <badfrog at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, I don't think CoBBS will fit as I'm trying to run on a CoCo 3, and the Rainbow issues don't really cover that, as well as it seems to need some additional drivers/patches to work.
> 
> But my question is more geared toward getting this pre-made OS-9 VHD to boot, as it says it already has the software in the image.  The VHD links and instructions were from Barry Nelson on this list. 
> I'm so far out of the loop on doing any actual work on OS9, it's been 25 years since I really ran it as a daily driver, I've forgotten almost everything.
> 
> Just trying to whip up a quick BBS to run off the bitbanger and a Lantronix.  I've gotten the Lantronix working with it, but no actual BBS to run yet.  If anyone has other suggestions of BBS software to try, let me know.
> 
> Sean
> 
> On Sun, Aug 27, 2023 at 6:07 AM L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net <mailto:curtisboyle at sasktel.net>> wrote:
> I think CoBBS was published in Rainbow, so you souls find the documentation for it over several issues in there. (You may want to grab the Rainbow index from the archive to find out which ones).
> 
> As for the OS-9 one; if it was modified to be self bootable (when originally sold it was not as they would have had to pay licensing for OS-9 for every copy sold) then type DOS. If not, you would have to boot up OS-9 separately and then set up the BBS from its own disk images (i presume you are referring to the Alpha Software one?). The documentation for that one is for sure on the Color Computer Archive. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> > On Aug 26, 2023, at 10:21 PM, Sean via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com <mailto:coco at maltedmedia.com>> wrote:
> > 
> > Trying to get the "Ultimate" CoCoSDC Image" on the CoCo archive to work on
> > my CoCo 3 with an SDC.
> > Can't seem to figure out how to actually boot it with the included
> > documentation.  I did the flash for HDBDos, but still not sure how to boot
> > the included VHD.
> > 
> > My main goal is to get a working CoCO BBS for VCF Midwest.  This archive
> > said it had OS9-BBS as part of the image.
> > But it's kinda close to the deadline, so I'm almost ready to give up at
> > this point.  All the ones I've tried so far from the CoCo archive result in
> > sparklies on my CoCo 3 - or have zero documentation.  The CoBBS two disk
> > version boot into a "CoBBS OS", but again, no documentation I can find!
> > 
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