[Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS

Mon Oct 7 11:49:34 EDT 2013

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On Oct 7, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:

I have been searching for vcc143.zip but cannot locate it on the internet.
Someone please provide the url?

Wayne

On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

> 
> Chad... not the "headless" disks. Just the one's ending  in becker.The
> headless disks are for running a Coco from a remote... they have no display
> drivers
> 
> Bill Pierce
> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
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> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sat, Oct 5, 2013 11:27 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS
> 
> 
> I still thank you for the response anyway, Bill. :)
> 
> I will be looking at it more closely tomorrow. I already found out today
> that 1.4.2 is not the correct version for use with the Becker port. I found
> the 1.4.3 beta earlier. I will download it tomorrow. I also found all the
> vhd images of NOS9 L1/2/6809/6309/becker/beckerheadless. What I really need
> to know is, is there something on those images not found on the image I
> have?
> 
> Wayne
> On Oct 5, 2013 11:11 PM, "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Chad, this sounds like (from both threads), that you don't even need
>> hdbdos but you need dwdos which allows most of what you want. I haven't
>> used it so I can't tell you how, but the docs are "supposed" to be on
>> cloud9 and the zip for hdbdos there contains the dwdos files.
>> 
>> Bill Pierce
>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>> Co-Webmaster of The TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
>> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/
>> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Sat, Oct 5, 2013 10:45 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks, Bill. Now the 6809$ question... do I have to use HDBDOS, or can I
>> do this with just NitrOS9? I don't use HDBDOS because I don't use
> RS-DOS. I
>> am strictly a OS9 user.
>> 
>> When I was attempting to help Aaron document DriveWire4 back in 09-10, he
>> helped me setup the NOS9 boot floppy I use now. It has dw built in. I'm
> not
>> sure if that was dw3 or dw4, but I do have the driver and descriptors in
> my
>> boot file.
>> 
>> Wayne
>> On Oct 5, 2013 10:33 PM, "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Wayne, in the VCC 1.4.3beta zip, there a small text file. It explains
>> most
>>> of what needs to be done to set up the becker port. DW4 "should" give
> you
>>> the telnet capabilities you want. That's one aspect of DW I've yet to
>>> explore, but will soon have to.
>>> The only thing is the current hdbdos does not support the becker port
>>> functions other than disk access unless you use ML to access the
>> read/write
>>> routines directly and know the dw protocol.
>>> 
>>> To enable the becker port in VCC 1.4.3b:
>>> In "Configuration"/"Config"/"Bitbanger" you must check "Enable Becker
>> Port"
>>> These next ones should be set but always good to check
>>> IP Address of DriveWire server = 127.0.01
>>> TCP port = 65504
>>> 
>>> In "Cartridge"/"FD-502 Config"
>>> "Dos Image"/ check "External Rom Image"
>>> "External Rom Image" (at bottom)
>>> Click browse, go to the VCC dir, and select the "hdbdwbc3.rom" not the
>>> "hdbdwbck.rom". That one's for running time critical games & Coco 2
>> (XRoar).
>>> 
>>> Start DW4  server on your PC, do the "Simple Configuration Wizard"
> select
>>> "Emulator or other TCP/IP". click next and leave all else at the
>> defaults.
>>> Inset a disk in slot 0.
>>> Now in VCC, hit "F9" twice (cold start)
>>> You should be in hdbdos and have dw4 access.
>>> If you're using partitioned VHDs, then you need to set your offsets.
>>> Note: In this mode, you lose the VCC default VHD in hdbdos, But you can
>>> gain it back in Nitros9 with the emudsk drivers installed in your
> becker
>>> boot.
>>> 
>>> Bill Pierce
>>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>>> Co-Webmaster of The TRS-80 Color Computer Archive
>>> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/
>>> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia
>>> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>>> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
>>> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Sat, Oct 5, 2013 9:26 pm
>>> Subject: [Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I decided today was the day to see if VCC would run on this PC. I
> started
>>> using MESS 1.36b on my laptop because VCC wouldn't even launch on it.
>> This
>>> computer is different hardware, but the same XP Pro I installed on the
>>> laptop. I figured the hardware difference could do the trick, and I was
>>> right.
>>> 
>>> Instead of downloading the 3.2.8 vhd image on the site, I set the
> FD-502
>>> drive 0 to my 80-track boot floppy image, and the HD drive 0 to my vhd
>>> image. I set the keyboard to OS9 mapping and started the emulation. It
>>> worked flawlessly.
>>> 
>>> I am wanting to see if I can get the Becker port working, but there's
>>> nothing in the emulation help about it, and nothing in the way of
> options
>>> in the config or devices menus.
>>> 
>>> I will research that more tomorrow. My question is, will I be able to
> use
>>> the Becker port as a way to telnet to another location, such as IRC. I
> am
>>> (not at this moment) writing a IRC client, and being able to telnet
>> through
>>> the Becker port would allow me to test the software locally.
>>> 
>>> Wayne
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