[Coco] NitrOS-9 and VDGINT

Bill Pierce ooogalapasooo at aol.com
Sun Jan 25 02:49:21 EST 2015


Bob, as I told Allen in an email... termvdg is hard coded for window number 0. Just renaming it won't work. You are trying to load a window number 0 over a window number 0. You already have a term in the boot... use v1.dw.
Why is everyone so intent on loading the term? The only way you're going to get 2 terms in memory to work is first, to rename internally, 2nd to renumber (internally) as well.
That's why there's 7 more vdg descriptors. v1-v7

I just followed my own instructions on a freshly built repo disk in both VCC and my Coco 3. Both worked flawlessly.
Again, the instructions:

merge nitros9/6x09l2/modules/scf/covdg.io nitros9/6x09l2/modules/scf/v1.dw >/dd/cmds/vdgs (replace x with your cpu)
attr /dd/cmds/vdgs e pe  (this may not be needed)
load vdgs
iniz /v1
shell i=/v1&    (the & is important as it releases the calling shell)
<clear>
done.

I'm doing a video right now to prove it works.
 

Bill Pierce
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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 25, 2015 2:26 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS-9 and VDGINT


OK....
I merged covdg.io and term_vdg.dt, modified TERM to TORM, set the 
attributes.
I then loaded that file, and iniz'd torm.
when I CLEAR to the 32x16 screen, I get a green screen with non-blinking 
blue curcsor, and my system locks up.

After resetting, I loaded and iniz'd again, but this time typed "shell 
i=/torm&". This gave me a shell in /torm, but commands give error 207 
(memory full). Commands like CHD and CHX (and I assume any built-in 
shell command) works ok.

Also, CLEARing back to my "normal" window and typing any command returns 
error 207.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


On 25/01/2015 4:39 PM, Allen Huffman wrote:
>> On Jan 25, 2015, at 12:23 AM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> you do realise that "TERM" is hardcoded into sysgo (formerly CC3Go)?
>> So if you want your term to be named term_vdg, and you want to boot with that 
as your primary terminal, you need to change sysgo also.
>
>
> Naw, just rename it using a tool like ezgen. Much easier ;-)  Mine shows up as 
"termvdg" in the module directory. That's how I always did it.
>
> Same problems with V1 as well. I'd really like someone else to grab the latest 
and give it a try and see if it behaves the same way.
>
> 		-- A
>

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