[Coco] Ownership of NitOS-9

[Nick Marentes]

On 6/11/2014 5:54 AM, tim lindner wrote:
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> What do you mean by polish?

Generalising... when an "outsider" looks at it, what is their perception 
of it?

To use an example of what I have seen after spending a few hours leaning 
about it...

Right from the get up and go, I 've run into problems regarding /d0 /sd0 
(I'm using the SDC build). I was following the manuals starting at 
chapter 1 and found that both /d0 and /sd0 access the same directories 
and I was wondering why, after a few directory reads, I kept getting 
ERROR #247 and couldn't read any drive.

I have since learned that I should only be using /sd0 (an LBA device) 
and that /d0 should not have even read the /sd0 device.

This is using the SDC build of NitOS-9 and is a problem of a "bug" in 
this version and a lack of documentation.

I also tried to edit the startup file because I couldn't stand looking 
at that glaring green screen so I tried to edit it using the standard 
editor supplied. In summary, ED should have been retired long ago.

I have since learned there are other editors like SCRED, so why hasn't 
NitrOS-9 adopted a better editor? Does anyone use ED?

It also needs a standard tool for confuring and building new boot files. 
Not everyone is a "rocket scientist".

And why is there no standardized installer process for people who just 
want to "get on with the job"? Copying files to their respective 
folders? That's error prone and potentially frustrating just to run an 
application, especially for a non-expert.

A bit of "polish" would do a lot for how it's perceived to anyone 
interested in learning about NitrOS-9.

Nick