[Coco] Installing DW4 on Linux mint

[George Ramsower]

  DWdos may be a better choice for me. Where do I find it?


On 06/24/2017 09:36 AM, Brett Gordon wrote:
> Alternatively, toolshed's "dwdos" is much smaller than hdbdos to cassette
> load via cloadm.
>
> On Jun 24, 2017 9:46 AM, "George Ramsower" <georgera at gvtc.com> wrote:
>
>>   I had a brain fart when I wrote the previous message.  To get Nitros9
>> onto a disk for the CC3, I need to wire the coco end of the cable for the
>> cassette input from the PC audio out. Then I can cloadm HDBDOS to initially
>> use DW4 to download Nitros9. Then I will be good to go. Several steps to
>> go. Not too bad, really. The main important thing is DW. I have to get it
>> onto the coco in order to use it.
>>
>>
>> On 06/24/2017 01:02 AM, Barry Nelson wrote:
>>
>>> George Ramsower georgera at gvtc.com  <mailto:coco%40maltedmedia.com
>>>> ?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BCoco%5D%20Installing%20DW4%20on%20Linux%
>>>> 20mint&In-Reply-To=%3C1de590c9-1591-13bc-d25a-6e56b855311b%40gvtc.com
>>>> %3E>
>>>> Fri Jun 23 21:39:10 EDT 2017
>>>>
>>>>     I haven't actually tried it on my Coco3 yet. I was thinking it would
>>>> not work correctly after all the error messages when I ran it the first
>>>> few times after another download. Now I need to get a regular serial
>>>> connection going so I can download that other file for RSDOS that will
>>>> enable me to use DW4 and download a Nitros9 for this CC3. Many more
>>>> steps. I think I have the wiring on the PC end ready. Now I need to find
>>>> a way to get an RS232 to work on that CC3. That will be the toughest
>>>> thing to accomplish.
>>>>
>>> Why would that be hard? You don’t need an RS232 pack for Drivewire, it
>>> uses the serial port that is built in to the CoCo 3, you just need a cable
>>> and a serial port on your Linux Mint server.
>>>
>>>
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