[Coco] FPGA Nitros9 Question

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Jan 3, 2013 7:25 PM, "John Orwen" <jorwen at neb.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Aaron,
> I am looking forward to what David has to recommend trying.  I did
download the entire .zip nitos9project.
>
> For information purposes.
> I did try the 6809 L1 version and it did work as it should but I don't
find it satisfactory to run on an FPGA because it can't utilize the
features of the FPGA like L2 or L3 probably can.
>
> I did also try nos96809l2v030209coco3_becker and it almost worked but not
quite.  It may not like the latest version of drivewire I am using.
> It loads the banner and sets the time and then freezes.
> In drivewire window
> DoOP_Read X: No disk in drive 2
> unknown OPCODE :36
> unknown OPCODE :113
> unreadable path 'C:\Drivewire4_4.0.5_Multi
>
> Then it freezes up
>

It would be surprising if the dw version matters, but you can test by
trying with the DW3 program in place of dw4.  Assuming you are running at
115.2k instead of 230 or 460k then its simply a matter of running one
instead of the other.  If you're trying to use one of the higher speeds I
would recommend going down to 115.2 anyway until its sorted out just to
simplify things.

BTW 4.0.5 is an old version of dw, we are on 4.3.1,  not sure if that is
just you directory name or the actual version you are using.  There have
certainly been some bugs fixed since 4.0.5.

>
> -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Wolfe
> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 4:32 PM
>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] FPGA Nitros9 Question
>
> On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 3:48 PM, John Orwen <jorwen at neb.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>> Aaron,
>>
>> I tried nos96309l2v030209coco3_becker.dsk  and got exactly the same
results
>> a screenful of garbage.  If I try a standard nitros9 not for DW it
starts to
>> load with an error of OS9 failed to load.
>> I guess I will need to contact Gary to see what is going on
>>
>
>
> As Frank pointed out, you must use a 6809 disk and not a 6309 disk.
>
> You can use the 6809 40 track disk image or the 6809 becker image.
> You quite possibly are able to use the 6809 80 track image as well, I
> remember Gary working on that but I forget the outcome.  So basically
> almost any disk except the ones you've tried so far :)  All of these
> disks should be found right next to wherever you found the _dw and
> 6309 images.
>
> There may be issues with the nightly disks, so I'd recommend to use
> the ones that David Ladd has checked out.  I am not entirely sure of
> the details on that situation.  I'll try to get with David later on
> and see if we can sort out the nightly situation.
>
>
>
>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Aaron Wolfe
>> Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 1:54 PM
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] FPGA Nitros9 Question
>>
>> On Jan 3, 2013 1:06 PM, "John Orwen" <jorwen at neb.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am trying to get Nitros9 to run on my Becker DE-1 FPGA and not having
>>
>>
>> any success.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I downloaded the DSK file nos9309l2v030209coco3_dw and put
>>
>>
>>
>> This is not the correct disk for use with the Coco3fpga.  You would
either
>> use a standard FDD image or the becker image.  The _dw series disks are
for
>> cocos using their bitbanger, wont work on fpga.
>>
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