[Coco] FPGA Nitros9 Question

[David Ladd]

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Aaron Wolfe <aawolfe at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
Ok I am sad to say as of right now does not look like the drivewire server
boot disks for becker or dw3 are working at the moment.  rof_dw3.dsk did
work, but haven't tested all the other games in the zip file.

I will post when the issue is fixed.

Sorry