[Coco] OS-9 Emulator Boot

Robert Gault robert.gault at worldnet.att.net
Sat Dec 23 12:11:38 EST 2006


Jarl Andeer wrote:
> This is a repeat note: sorry if both appear:
> Back at it:
> 	I can boot in MESS and Collyer/Vavasour 6309 with Nitro and regular old
> OS-9 L2 system disks.
> Having trouble in Jeff's 1.6 and earlier trying to boot OS-9 system disk.
> Emulator loads fine and works with RSDOS.
> 	It has been a while. I forgot whether I need to convert disks, use dmode,
> or whether it is another issue.
> 	I get "? I O Error" on Tandy OS-9 L2 system boot attempt and "OK" on nitro
> attempt.
> Thanks,
> Jarl
> P.S. all this is on the PC with emulators and .dsk images (not real coco
> yet).
> 
> 

The early Vavasour emulators are Coco 1 / 2 emulators. OS9 Level2, I'm 
pretty sure, requires a Coco3. If you want to run OS-9 on the 1.6 
emulator you probably will need Level-I.



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