[Coco] /NIL device

[Bill Nobel]

Here is where.  I only have Kwikgen & Ded on this disk image but it works.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5d9sgoiutti78n5/Utils.dsk?dl=0

Bill Nobel

> On Aug 15, 2014, at 10:33 AM, Chester Patterson <chester6809 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Lo! And where might the uninitiated find such wondrous apparatus?
> 
> Chester
> Costa Rica
> TI2/KJ4HLT
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Nobel [mailto:b_nobel at hotmail.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2014 10:21 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] /NIL device
> 
> All three of those are a must for the person that want’s to play with boot files easily. Ya Allan did speed up ded, but kwikzap was faster.
> 
> Bill Nobel
> 
>> On Aug 14, 2014, at 10:07 PM, L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net> wrote:
>> 
>> And Kwikzap was a nice match. I really like DED, but the direct screen 
>> writes in Kwikzap made it quite fast. (DED became much faster after 
>> Alan initiated "block writes" between SCF and Grfdrv...)
>> 
>> L. Curtis Boyle
>> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
>> 
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>> 
>> On Aug 14, 2014, at 10:04 PM, Bill Nobel <b_nobel at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Yes your right Curtis, I still to this day use kwikgen to make any of my boot files.  It is the fastest and best program for boot files we found at the time.
>>> 
>>> Bill Nobel
>>> 
>>>> On Aug 14, 2014, at 9:49 PM, L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> As a side note... Bill Nobel and I used this *extensively* in making the original OS-9. It was a utility sold by Wes Gale (and Gale Force Enterprises... the first distributor of NitrOS-9).
>>>> Much faster then EZGEN and any of the others we tried.
>>>> 
>>>> L. Curtis Boyle
>>>> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Aug 14, 2014, at 9:36 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Kandur,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I use a programme called Kwikgen to add modules to my OS9Boot file. It is very easy to use, and I used it just a couple of days ago to add nil.dd and vrn.dr to my OS9Boot file.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If you have it, just start Kwikgen
>>>>> Then 'L' to load the boot file, it will ask which drive.
>>>>> Then 'I' to insert.
>>>>> It will ask where to insert it (after which module in the list).
>>>>> then it will ask for the module directory where the modules can be found.
>>>>> Do that for both nil.dd and vrn.dr
>>>>> Then 'W' to write the os9boot file.
>>>>> Answer 'N' to the question about track 34.
>>>>> Then 'Q' to quit.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 15/08/2014 12:45 PM, Kandur wrote:
>>>>>> What is the easiest way to add the /NIL device, to a running NitrOs-9 L2 session?
>>>>>> I found nil.dd in the modules/scf directory, but it is not listed 
>>>>>> with mdir, can't redirect to >/nil either. I know, I could make a new bootdisk, but....
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Kandur
>>>>>> 
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