[Coco] CF Configuration Question

Wed Jun 26 11:00:09 EDT 2013

Shadow RAM ? whi the BIOS being loaded from a SD card Woohoo!

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:57 AM, Mark Marlette
<mmarlette at frontiernet.net>wrote:

> Even though it is more complex on the design side. The goal is to simplify
> the user's side.
>
> I am sure there will have to be some managers written... :)
>
> FLASH could be a thing of the past....... :) Need to prove the design out,
> at least that aspect but...it will be neat.
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
>  From: Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:41 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] CF Configuration Question
>
>
> Wow i'm waiting for it! :) I could make some software for it too :)
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Mark Marlette
> <mmarlette at frontiernet.net>wrote:
>
> > Luis,
> >
> > Nice!
> >
> > 127MB not being used would be a new one...always been that way, all the
> > way back to the SCSI days.
> >
> > What is the drive geometry of /dd?
> >
> > /i0 I would believe to be not correct. /dd guy...sorry. if /i0 is used it
> > is for disaster recover and then it will read LSN0.
> >
> > I remember when...not to long ago you were questioning all the finer
> > aspects of the sIDE. I must say, you REALLY understand the platform.
> >
> >
> > With power comes complexity. Nice work on all your tools and
> knowledgeable
> > posts.
> >
> > You ought to see the next gen controller being developed..... Makes the
> > sIDE look like a walk in the park.
> >
> > Too much fun...wish I could do this full time! :)
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark
> > http://www.cloud9tech.com
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >  From: Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 9:08 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] CF Configuration Question
> >
> >
> > Mark I noticed you don't use 127MB for OS-9 on your stock CF card.
> >
> > I made a new CF card with:
> >
> > 0) 127mb part. with NitrOS-9 6309 level 2 (dd and i0 pointed to part. 0)
> > 1) 2mb part. with NitrOS-9 6809 level 2 (dd = part1, i0 = part 0)
> > 2) 2mb part. with NitrOS-9 6809 level 1 (coco2b lowercase) (dd = part 2,
> i0
> > = part 0)
> > 3) 2mb part. with NitrOS-9 6809 level 1 (coco1/2) (dd = part 3, i0 = part
> > 0)
> > 4) 2mb part. with OS-9 2.01 level 1 (phoenix) (dd = part4, i0 = part 0)
> > 5) 75mb 256 virtual disks
> > 6) 75mb 256 virtual disks (mod player with 100's of mod music)
> >
> > with the default $052DDC we have the first virtual disk around 165Mb on
> CF
> > card. So there is plenty of space for mutiple OS-9s.
> >
> > With this I can boot in any of my machines just selecting the right boot
> > number, and all the apps and games are visible in /i0 no need to
> duplicate
> > them all. The partition 4 is used for compatibility with old games like
> > sierra coco1/2 adventures. They don't work properly on nitros9.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 9:54 AM, Mark Marlette <
> mmarlette at frontiernet.net
> > >wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > 64MB is pretty small, HDB-DOS with all 256 drives requires ~75MB IIRC.
> > >
> > > Add a NitrOS-9 partition with a cluster of 1 max'd out, another 127MB.
> > You
> > > can see 256MB is the sweet spot.
> > >
> > > You can go larger. 24 bit LSN supportted.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Mark
> > > http://www.cloud9tech.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >  From: Gustavo Ranaur Schoenaker <ranaur at ranaur.net>
> > > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 7:42 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Coco] CF Configuration Question
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I`m just starting to play with my superIDE aswell. Why can`t you
> > duplicate
> > > the CF card with DD? WHat is the minimum/maximum CF card size I can
> use?
> > > Can I use a 64MB card (I have one spare at home).
> > >
> > > Happy hacking! :)
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Ed Orbea <ed.orbea at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Since I can't seem to 'duplicate' my Cloud9 CF card using dd for
> > Windows
> > > > or SIDEWalk or Acronis, until I fugure it out (with Mark's help) I
> > > decided
> > > > to try to create brand new CF card.
> > > > My system is a CoCo3, with SuperIDE in slot 1, Orch-90 in slot 2, SSC
> > in
> > > > slot 3, Disto II with HDB-DOS & DW3 in ROM
> > > > I set the MPI selector to slot 4
> > > > Insert a blank 256mg SanDIsk CF in the SuperIDE slot
> > > > Power on the system
> > > > Enter DRIVE OFF to use the physical disks
> > > > Note: I did not use poke &HFF7F,0
> > > >
> > > > Load IDEPROBE.BAS from the utilities disk run it
> > > > It shows:
> > > > logical cyl=980
> > > > logical heads=11
> > > > logical sectors=32
> > > > Total Sectors=501760
> > > > LBA is supported
> > > >
> > > > Then I load WIZARD.BAS from the HDBDOS disk and run 50000 (I do this
> > > > becasue I want to use the programming already done by Mark/Boisy).
> > > > It tells me that I have 339420 sectors available
> > > > Drive capacity is 122.50mb
> > > > HDB capacity is 39.38mb (for 256 virtual disks)
> > > > OS9 capacity is 83.13mb
> > > > An the 'magic number' is &H53200 or 340480 sectore
> > > >
> > > > Then I boot the SuperIDE OS9 Disk and following the information in
> > > > "Installing & Configuring NirtOS9 and HDB-DOS", I use dmode to
> > configure
> > > > /i0 as cyl=be00 sid=7 sct=1 t0s=1 typ=81 and format it
> > > > After I say no (or even yes) to logical and physical format and enter
> > the
> > > > drive name, I get an error 250
> > > >
> > > > What obvious thing am I missing?
> > > > Do I need to locate install the original Disto ROM and configure HDB
> > DOS
> > > > first? I assumes that I would not have to as I have HDBDOS 1.1a in my
> > > FDCC
> > > > and 1.1d in SuperIDE
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > >
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