[Coco] MShell

Sun Oct 11 16:38:57 EDT 2015

Stephen, in MShell's updater, you will always see a number higher than what is running (for now). When you actually download, it will be the same version. I did this so I didn't have to reset a 'test build' all the time just to test the updater as it seems to be the first thing to 'bug out' every time I add something new. The DW4 cmd parser is sooo finicky in that program, if I change one thing, it breaks. So I leave the updater one version ahead of the real version so I can check even when there is no new version (make any sense?).
So when you see it's two ahead of your version (like E & C), then there's difinately something new.
It's good to update a fresh copy every now and then as I do little bug fixes and don't change the version, so you could actually be getting something new. Which in your case, I think you just downgraded as I forgot to upload the latest version to the updater site (fixing that now) so you may want to do that again tomorrow or even later today LMAO

I doub't there will be any 'major' updates to the current release as I am now doing a complete rewrite of the source code (hopefully in asm). There's a lot of stuff I want to add to just the file manager alone and have run out of room. The new version will fix that. Then I can finish the 8 or so modules I have in the works already (some nearly finished) and 10 or so in planning. I have some new utilities just chomping at the bit, wanting to jump into MShell right now. I just have no memory for the menu routines (long story).

As for the PC access... that EASY... Just use "," for right panel or "." for left panel (non-shifted <>) and it brings up the panel menu for that panel. You can also "CLICK" on the dir bar (2nd line from the top) and the panel menu comes up for that side.
>From the panel menu, select your format (OS9, RSDOS, PC) and then follow the prompts. You'll be impressed with how much your CocoFPGA knows about your PC through DW4 :-)

BTW clicking outside of a menu or hitting <ENTER> usually aborts the menu. There's only one or two menus that will not do this (for various reasons).

Oh, and it runs without DW4 as well... just that the dw features are disabled (PC access, updater, etc).

I'm GLAD to know it works on the CocoFPGA.. that makes me happy that I accomplished one goal which was to make it run on all Coco 3 platforms (Coco 3, Vcc, Messy, Coco FPGA etc).

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Stephen Pereira <spereira1952 at comcast.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, Oct 11, 2015 2:30 pm
Subject: [Coco] MShell

Hi Bill,

I have successfully loaded the 12 plus 3 MShell files, and I am
happily running on my CoCo3FPGA.

MShell looks beautiful!  I’ve printed out your
instructions, and I am experimenting.

As far as I can tell, when the CoCo3FPGA
loads NitrOS-9, it kicks the machine into high speed mode.  That means MShell is
working at 25 MHz on my machine.

I tentatively tried the Update command, and I
get all the dialog showing that I am in 1.0.3C and 1.0.3D is available.  I
proceeded to do the update, and I saw all the individual messages about
downloading the files, and lots of blinking lights on my DE-1 indicating there
was Drivewire disk activity.  At the end, I exited from MShell and rebooted, but
I still come up with MShell indicating it is version 1.0.3C.  Funny.

I am
trying to discover how to look at my Drivewire PC drive C:.  That’s the original
reason for this activity for me - to be able to easily transfer files from the
Drivewire PC into my NitrOS-9 system.

This is great!  I am waiting on the
analog board to be available for the CoCo3FPGA, and then I’ll be able to attach
my joystick.  Then, I’ll be seriously looking for a CoCo mouse, I’m
sure.

Thanks for an excellent product!
smp
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Stephen M. Pereira
Bedford, NH 
03110
KB1SXE

> On Oct 10, 2015, at 6:00 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco
<coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> Stephen... I had forgotten that's why you
were trying OS9 LMAO
> MShell is good stuff.. once you get the hang of how it
works (not hard, point-n-click), it will move files to almost ANY drive system
you're connected to. 
> If you're going to try MShell, all you need is the
install disk from my website. Copy all files to the exact same dirs on your /dd
drive i.e /dx/cmds to /dd/cmds, /dx/sys to /dd/sys.
> To start MShell, just
type:
> mshell&
> Yes, that's an ampersand is it needs to be there. It releases
the current shell (MShell doesn't need it) and you can use that window for other
things. MShell opens it's own window and switches over to it.
> MShell will work
with mouse or keyboard.
> There's a text file included that explains all control
keys and mouse controls. I will have a complete PDF manual soon as well as a
newer and faster version of MShell with even more features.
> 
> ONE
WARNING!!!
> I don't know about CocoFPGA, but when I try to run MShell on VCC
when the CPU is overclocked, it WILL CRASH.
> You may have to clock the FPGA
down to as slow as it will go to start MShell, but once it is running it will
run as fast as you can go.
> This is due to VCC timing and the way it's
overclocking works. When the CPU is sped up, the system clock remains normal.
When MShell starts, there are 2 'sleep' calls that are clock based and the CPU
outruns them when going fast and causes one operation to not finish before and
causes the newly loaded module to crash as the screen is not ready.
> Try it
first at slow speed... then if it works ok, exit MShell (Q) and try again at
fast speed... it may work on the FPGA as I do not know if the clock speeds up
with cpu speed. If it does, then MShell should run at fast speed.
> Either way,
MShell will run at fast speed once it reaches the main screen. I don't know if
you can change clock CPU speed on the FPGA while in operation (I don't own one)
so try what you can.
> Let me know how it goes :-)
> 
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> Bill
Pierce
> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to
slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull
> 
> 
> 
> My Music from the
Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>
https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
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