[Coco] Cloud-9 Product Comments Wanted

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Mark

Yes but then lost in a simple answer would the example I presented.

:-)

The Pagewriter is a neat device and yes there was a HUGE amount 
of rewrite to OS9000/OSK to get it to work in that application. Not 
only the boot code but in areas to work with a data reciever and a 
data transmitter. 

james


On 26 Jan 2005 at 20:08, Mark Marlette wrote:

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> At 03:44 PM 1/26/2005, you wrote:
> 
> james,
> 
> By saying that you could have just as well said that you can boot
> NitrOS-9/OS-9 from anything depending on how much code you want to
> write.
> 
> ;)
> 
> Mark
> 
> 
> >Depending on how much you want to re-write the booter code. OS9
> >can be made to boot and run from say a 4 megabit flash rom.
> >
> >Perfect example is the Pagewriter 2000 by Motorola. That uses a
> >version of OS9 for the 68000 processor. The Pagewriter uses a
> >Dragonball (MC68328EZ) processor and two 8 megabit flash roms
> >and two 512k by 8 staic rams. The display is a 1/4 VGA (320x192)
> >fully graphics monchrome LCD.
> >
> >james
> >
> >On 26 Jan 2005 at 14:20, Ash wrote:
> >
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> > > Mark Marlette wrote:
> > >
> > > >SuperIDE is a polled device, no IRQ's.
> > > >
> > > >Why do you have an MPI anyway? Are you constantly coping files
> > > >from the floppy to the CF? We run without the MPI all the time.
> > > >Only when you want to add files to it and aren't DriveWire'd up
> > > >that we have to add the floppy back in.
> > > >
> > > >FLASH, is in the SuperIDE and can flash ROMs, whatever into any
> > > >of the four available ROMs in the SuperIDE. Now they are 8k in
> > > >size. The larger games won't work. I have a pak already designed
> > > >that will have 16k ROMs and could have 16 ROM pak games in one
> > > >pak, software selectable, all FLASHable.
> > > >
> > > >EPROM programmer, hard to compete with the MSDOS world.
> > > >
> > > >Mark
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Quoting Benoit Bleau <benbleau at gmail.com>:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>Here are a few ideas.
> > > >>
> > > >>- A kit to install the SuperIDE under the motherboard.  How
> > > >>about something with a PAL chip or similar that can also
> > > >>re-route IRQ signals?  I wouldn't mind installing a switch on
> > > >>the back of the coco to choose the 'slot' . This would free-up
> > > >>the cartridge slot. I would love to get the MPI out of there,
> > > >>since it takes so much room on my desk.
> > > >>
> > > >>- How about an eprom/flash programmer that can program chips
> > > >>compatible with the coco roms?
> > > >>
> > > >>-Ben
> > > >>
> > > >>
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Mark does that mean that nitros9 could be flashed to one of the
> > > roms for booting up and running other Nitros9 modules from the ide
> > > drive? Does the ide controller handle cdroms also?
> > >
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