[Coco] How to import source code into NitrOS-9?

tim lindner tlindner at macmess.org
Sat Oct 3 15:43:13 EDT 2015


On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 12:24 PM, Stephen Pereira
<spereira1952 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I can boot and run NitrOS-9.  I have installed BASIC09.  I have tried a variety of applications
> for OS-9, but most (if not all) do not seem to work.  I am chalking this up to CoCo3FPGA
> running Drivewire, and the applications seem to really want real disk drives.

The way OS-9 is architected makes it well suited to change a low-level
device and still have good compatibility. Changing from a real floppy
drive to drivewire should work best with OS-9 software. OS-9 software
generally doesn't directly talk to the hardware.

> My primary goal would be to move large source code files (ASCII files) into NitrOS-9, so I can then use the assembler, or use them in BASIC09.

For source sitting on a PC with drivewire server running, it should be
as simple as copying the source to a disk image. Then mount the disk
image in the drivewire server. Then the source will be available to
the CoCo.



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