[Coco] Issues with NitrOS9 build

Bill Pierce ooogalapasooo at aol.com
Sun Jan 26 01:23:19 EST 2014


You say this fails in VCC 1.4.2?
 I will do a fresh pull/make in a bit and try it. 
My current setup uses Vcc 1.4.3b and DW and my pull from 2-3 days ago works fine there but you said the 40trk & 80 trk so I'll try them on 1.4.2


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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 26, 2014 1:17 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] Issues with NitrOS9 build


Bill you quoted Gene:

> Gene explained (in detail) here on the list why no Coco >disk should use 
> DNS=3 except maybe the 5.25 80trk >720k disks(??).

Which is *exactly* what I'm using, and always have. I only very rarely use 
3.5" disks, and in fact don't have such a drive connected now.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Issues with NitrOS9 build


>
> Bob, on 3.2.9, I cannot read any disk with DNS=3 unless the disk was 
> formatted that way, Then that descriptor will ONLY read disks formatted 
> with DNS=3. I have to dmode to DNS=1 to read "average" disks. If I 
> remember right, Gene explained (in detail) here on the list why no Coco 
> disk should use DNS=3 except maybe the 5.25 80trk 720k disks(??).
>
> 5.25 35/40trk 180k/360k & 3.5 80trk 720k should be DNS=1.
> The only difference besides the size (CYL & SID) should be 5.25 40trk 
> TYP=20 & 3.5 80trk TYP=21
>
>
> Bill Pierce
> "Today is a good day... I woke up" - Ritchie Havens
>
>
> My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sun, Jan 26, 2014 12:48 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Issues with NitrOS9 build
>
>
> I am using NitrOS9 v030206 on my coco3. It behaves correctly (IMHO) with
> offset $10 of LSN0 set to $07, and the DMODE (of /D0) DNS=03 TYP=20
>
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 3:13 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Issues with NitrOS9 build
>
>
>>
>> Bob, are you pulling from the "default" now? as that is the new current.
>> The lwtools branch is now the old.
>>
>>
>> Bill Pierce
>> "Today is a good day... I woke up" - Ritchie Havens
>>
>>
>> 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: Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Sun, Jan 26, 2014 12:02 am
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Issues with NitrOS9 build
>>
>>
>> Robert,
>>
>> The drivers I'm using *should* be the latest. If not, then there's a
>> problem
>> with the NitrOS9 repository, since I did an update right before I built
>> it.
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at att.net>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 12:24 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Issues with NitrOS9 build
>>
>>
>>> Bob Devries wrote:
>>>> Well, I got it to work, but I fail to understand why.
>>>>
>>>> I changed offset $10 (DD.FMT) in LSN 0 from $07 to $03, and it boots
>>>> correctly.
>>>>
>>>> That change makes the disk a 48TPI instead of 96TPI.
>>>>
>>>> Why does the TPI setting have *any* effect on the operation especially
>>>> in
>>>> an
>>>> emulator. *something's* not right here.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>>>
>>>
>>> Bob,
>>>
>>> I think you have an intermediate update of NitrOS-9. Some changes have
>>> been made to rb1773 intended to prevent problems writing to disks
>>> formatted differently from what a specific floppy drive can handle.
>>> Basically a mismatch between disk format and descriptor values.
>>> You seem to have created 96tpi disks without having the newest rb1773
>>> driver and that is preventing you from reading the disks.
>>>
>>> I just tested both MESS and VCC using the newest rb1773 with both DD.FMT
>>> 48tpi and 96tpi and the disks boot correctly.
>>>
>>> I had thought the repository was updated for the new rb1773, so don't
>>> know
>>> why you are having problems.
>>>
>>> Robert
>>>
>>>
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