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

[K. Pruitt]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Pereira" <spereira1952 at comcast.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 03, 2015 12:24 PM
Subject: [Coco] How to import source code into NitrOS-9?


> Hello all,
>
> I am having a blast experimenting with my CoCo3FPGA.  Since I now have a 
> beautiful VGA display that displays 80 character lines clearly, I have 
> been able to renew my experiments with NitrOS-9.
>
> 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.
>
> I have been able to type in a small variety of my programs in BASIC and 
> get them to run under BASIC09.
>
> But…  What if I have a significant size source code file in assembler or 
> BASIC?  I do not want to type it all in again!
>
> For example, I have the Talbot Microsystems source code for Color Forth. 
> I typed this all in by hand, and I worked with it in Robert Gault’s 
> EDTASM6309, under DECB.  What if I want to get this large source code file 
> into NitrOS-9?
>
> On other vintage computer systems I have, I can use Kermit, or a 
> home-grown program called PCGET, to transfer files from my external laptop 
> PC that I am using as a terminal.  What tool(s) does one use to perform 
> this same operation under NitrOS-9?
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks for listening and letting me know what you do.
>
> smp
> --
> Stephen M. Pereira
> Bedford, NH  03110
> KB1SXE
>
>
> -- 

I use the drivewire list command to move source files from my PC to the 
CoCo.

All my CoCo stuff is on the E drive of my drivewire PC in a directory called 
CoCo.

I use the following to copy a source file from my drivewire PC to my CoCo 3:

dw server list e:\coco\filename.asm >filename.asm

That copies the file named filename.asm from the PC to a file named 
filename.asm in the working directory of the Coco.

Very quick and easy.