[Coco] Ownership of NitOS-9

Richard E Crislip rcrislip at neo.rr.com
Fri Nov 7 09:34:44 EST 2014


On Thu, 6 Nov 2014 01:34:40 -0500
Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Nick, I have such a project about half done... but needed to get the
> MShell interface finished first. I was originally doing it on my old
> DW4Man interface, but needed the virtual memory, point-n-click, and
> multi-panel screens my MShell project offers, so I stopped to finish
> MShell (which is VERY close to being released). The utility will be
> using that interface (also callable by MShell), so I needed it
> stable. So... "BootMajik" is one of the next projects. It will be a
> 3(4?)-panel screen with an "intelligent" selection list in which all
> available choices will be displayed. It will take the user
> step-by-step through the process to create a perfect boot evey time.
> When you select a device, any "dependant" modules are auto-selected.
> It's kind of hard to explain how it will work, but it will be point
> and click with absolutely no user input other than selecting (mouse
> or keys) your hardware from a list. You will be able to build a
> bootdisk for any model Coco with any options available in the current
> repo. If it works like I expect, I may even include being able to
> build "vanilla" OS9 as well. The program will have to run on a 512k
> Coco 3, but will build boots for Coco 1, 2, & 3 for Level 1 & 2. I
> hope to get back on this after Christmas or the first of the year. It
> depends on how quich I can get finishedwith (or get bored with)
> working MShell. 
> 
<snip>

I want one!!!!


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