[Coco] Nitros9 level 1

seanruss08 . abqpenmaster at gmail.com
Tue Jan 20 13:10:53 EST 2015


Hi Chad,  I successfully wrote the file to disk and it is working on my
coco.  Thanks again!
Sean R

On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 8:22 PM, Chad H <chadbh74 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Here you go man ... http://tinyurl.com/nq36dxv
>
> This is Version 3.2.9, Single Sided, 40 Track.  I managed to copy all the
> CMDS directory from my NitrOS9 Master.
> I also copied a "DISKCOPY" utility which I used in making this disk.  It
> is similar to a PC DOS "XCOPY /S".  It's made to copy directory trees and
> their contents where BACKUP copies the whole disk track by track of course.
>
> I changed the /DD, /D0, and /D1 descriptors with DMODE for 1 sided disks
> instead of the default 2 sided disks and COBBLER'd the disk again so you
> should be good to go!
>
> Built and tested on my real 64k white CoCo 2 :)
>
> - Chad
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of abqpenmaster
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 8:11 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Nitros9 level 1
>
> Thanks Chad. That would be a big help. It would be the plain vanilla for
> that one, it's all stock (64 white coco1). Sean R.
>
> Albuquerque,  NM USA
>
> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Chad H <
> chadbh74 at hotmail.com> </div><div>Date:01/19/2015  7:05 PM  (GMT-07:00)
> </div><div>To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts' <
> coco at maltedmedia.com> </div><div>Subject: Re: [Coco] Nitros9 level 1
> </div><div> </div>I 'Think' I can create you a NitrOS9 level 1 boot disk if
> that would help.  I've experimented with this before in the past.  Creating
> bootable double-sided disks was harder than single sided.
>
> Once created, Then I could just copy as much CMDS files as would possibly
> fit to it for you.  You want just the vanilla NitrOS9 or the one for
> DriveWire?
>
> - Chad
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of abqpenmaster
> Sent: Monday, January 19, 2015 7:55 PM
> To: Bill Pierce; CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Nitros9 level 1
>
> Thanks for the response Bill. I'll just keep using my old Tandy level one
> for that coco then. Sean R.
>
>
> Albuquerque,  NM USA
>
> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Bill Pierce via
> Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> </div><div>Date:01/19/2015  6:40 PM
> (GMT-07:00) </div><div>To: coco at maltedmedia.com </div><div>Subject: Re:
> [Coco] Nitros9 level 1 </div><div> </div> Sean, currently there are NO
> single sided disk images being produced for any level of NitrOS9. I
> personally have been complaining about this for years as it makes it
> impossible to backup an image up to a real RSDOS floppy without building a
> new bootdisk. That's the VERY item that has scared half the people away
> from OS9 since the beginning... building a new bootdisk.
> As a note, even with just one floppy descriptor and most things stripped
> out (pipes, printer etc), the current build of NitrOS9 level 1 is too large
> to run many programs. You will receive many "Error 207 Out Of Memory" while
> trying to run many things. If the DW4 drivers are left in, it gets much
> worse.
>
>
> Bill Pierce
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: abqpenmaster <abqpenmaster at gmail.com>
> To: Coco <Coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, Jan 19, 2015 8:27 pm
> Subject: [Coco] Nitros9 level 1
>
>
>
> Hi, is there a Nitros-9 level one available for a coco1, with only a stock
> single-sided fd501 floppy drive?  All I've seen in 360k versions.
> P.s. I also have a Coco3 with multipak, sdc, and drivewire.
>
> Thanks,  Sean R.
>
> Albuquerque,  NM USA
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