[Coco] Important Announcement: NitrOS-9 & 1986 GIME

[Robert Gault]

mmarlett at isd.net wrote:

> Robert,
> 
> Good research but...With the stated problems of the GIME and it has an
> update, why would you want to run a buggy chip?

I wouldn't and don't. However, there is a limited supply of parts for 
the Coco and we don't want Coco users deprived of NitrOS-9 just because 
they can't get access to an '87 GIME. Either the NitrOS-9 code should 
work for all units or workarounds should be found.

> 
> I doubt that modules will be created so that NitrOS-9 will run on it. If so
> the distrubution would be 87GIME so you either fix it by your method, or
> why fight it and just get a fixed GIME.

Special modules are not required (as I stated explicitly) and the 
documentation says use the rel_32 which is part of the distribution. 
However, without the patch, a user can't use the distribution to create 
a "standard" boot disk. Catch-22

> 
> ?? Nice to have this documented and the work you and others have supplied.
> 
> Thoughts????
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
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