[Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS

Mon Oct 7 13:41:12 EDT 2013

Well, it seems I am having an issue whether or not I want one. It turns out
the disk Aaron made me included the dw3 driver and descriptors in the
modules directory, but the bootfile did not have them. I made a custom boot
file. There is a entry in the bootlist that shows RBF/dw3,sc that does not
exist in that directory. I'm not sure what that module does, but I could
not include it. In VCC 142 the new bootdisk boots fine, and a mdir shows
the dw3 driver and x0-x3 descriptors. However, in VCC 143 I get the
following screen as soon as I type DOS and press [ENTER]. Can someone help
me determine what is going on here? Oh, and I did set the bitbanger in 143
to use the Becker interface, and I have dw4 installed and running. I never
get past the boot.

cococoding.com/wayne/vcc_window.PNG

Wayne

On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 9:38 AM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Tom. I now have both VCC sites bookmarked.
>
> I have DW4 installed, as well as VCC 1.4.3. I will be testing things
> today, and I'll post what I discover here. I am hoping I will have no
> issues, but if a few occur I consider that part of the learning curve.
>
> Thanks Bill for the help you have given.
>
> Wayne
>
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Tom Seagrove <tjseagrove at writeme.com>wrote:
>
>> http://vcc.cococoding.com
>>
>> 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
>> > 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 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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