[Coco] Announcement: CoCoBoot Project's first Alpha release

gene heskett gheskett at wdtv.com
Tue Oct 11 23:48:44 EDT 2011


On Tuesday, October 11, 2011 11:47:37 PM Robert Gault did opine:

> Brett Gordon wrote:
> > I have decided that my "CoCoBoot" project is complete enough for it's
> > first alpha release.
> > 
> > CoCoBoot is an effort to modernize, and unify booting strategies for
> > the Tandy Color Computer.
> > 
> > 1. Provides scripting to the end user to allow maximum flexibility
> > 
> >     in creating new way to boot their CoCo.  This scripting ability
> >     is provided by a token threaded FORTH compiler.
> > 
> > 2. Allows one boot loader to impliment the various different ways a
> > 
> >     CoCo can boot: via the DOS, CLOADM, LOADM commands in BASIC, as
> >     well as BASIC's cartridge interrupt, and DECB's external ROM paths
> >     too.
> > 
> > 3. Provides routines for accessing different disk-based hardware: FDC,
> > 
> >     IDE, DriveWire, ROM.
> > 
> > see the release's "HELP" file more more info:
> > 
> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/cocoboot/
> 
> In addition to Steven's comments about the ../filename issues, the .dsk
> image has data starting in track 0 sector 1 but the directory is empty.
> As such, the disk is neither OS-9 nor Disk Basic.
> 
And I can't download the zip.  srcfrg refuses to send it.

Cheers, Gene
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