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[Bob Devries]

Tony said:

> When I boot, it shows the Nitros9 image is from 2006. It probably
> makes good sense for me to make a new vhd with the 2008 version of
> Nitros.

Thanks for the (perhaps inadvertant) heads-up. I hadn't realised that a 2008 
version was available.

I've downloaded that now.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Cappellini" <cappy2112 at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 11:34 AM
Subject: [Coco] (no subject)


> (this was accidentally save to my drafts and never got sent)
>
>>>OK, there is a good bit of confusion on how to use Vcc. There is a pdf
>>>file Welcome to Vcc.pdf that explains how to use the emulator but the
>>>explanation seems to need some help.
> I didn't know there was a pdf until now. It's installed in Program
> Files when you run the installer.
> (I have been looking for some docs for Vcc for awhile)
>
> First of all, I'm able to boot Nitros by doing DOS 253, but i want to
> understand a few things along the way.
>
> When I boot, it shows the Nitros9 image is from 2006. It probably
> makes good sense for me to make a new vhd with the 2008 version of
> Nitros.
>
> Does the Cloud 9 RTC pull the date/time from my Windows PC?
> When I booted the vjhsd, it has the same time as my Windows system.
> Obviously a soft version of the RTC can't
> maintain state when Vcc isn't running.
>
> I guess was confusing was, Slot 3 of the MPI shows a hard drive + RTC,
> when in reality it is a hard drive controller emulator(not an actual
> hard drive emulator).
>
>
>>>So for example, if slot 4 is selected for the Cloud-9 controller then 
>>>RGBDOS is active and a .vhd drive can be accessed but no floppies.
>
>>>If the FD-502 is mounted in slot 4 and RGBDOS is selected, a .vhd image 
>>>can
>>>..be accessed as well as floppies but there is no RTC.
>
> These two statements are confusing.
>
> Is there something different about slot 4 than the other 3 slots?
>
>
>>Now as NitrOS-9 is already installed along with the boot disk and LINKed
>>>by the LINK.BAS program on drive 254, just enter DOS253 and NitrOS-9
>>>will boot.
> Yes, this works.
>
>>>Further as HDBDOS (Cloud-9) is modeled on RGBDOS for
>>>which Boisy now own the rights, you can also get the HDBDOS docs from
>>>Cloud-9 and they will match the emulator RGBDOS functions quite well.
> Is there an advantage to HDBDOS over RGBDOS?
>
> Since I'm only running emulators at this point, having a HDBdos in a
> rom doesn't seem useful. Perhaps I'm wrong.
>
>>>The helper programs included with RGBDOS, some of which are on the VCC
>>>.vhd image, are self explanatory for the most part.
> Since I've booted the HD, are these programs still needed?
> I havent run them, because I dont know what they will do, nor do I
> know which of them to run in which order.
>
> Thanks for these explanations, it's been very interesting and helpful.
>
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