[Coco] No windows

[L. Curtis Boyle]

I would guess that the device descriptors for the windows are set up that way - maybe check the screen types with XMODE and makes sure they aren’t FF (which means “use current screen” - it’s meant to put multiple windows on one physical screen).

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



> On Mar 11, 2017, at 11:04 AM, Bill <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Interesting problem:
> 
> I'm running an HDBDos EPROM in my floppy controller, DriveWire MacServer on
> my PowerMac G5, nos96809l2v030300coco3_dw.dsk, and I cannot create windows. 
> 
> At the {TERM|02}/DD: prompt, I type "shell i=/w7&" and I get &003 then the
> {TERM|02}/DD: prompt saying eof, and the {TERM|02}/DD: prompt is now
> {TERM|03}/DD: 
> 
> I can call up /w1 and /w4, but everything else becomes a {TERM|xx}/DD:
> prompt (whatever proc the called window becomes).
> 
> PROCS shows all the processes that have been assigned to each of the windows
> I called up.
> 
> Surely DriveWire MacServer has nothing to do with it. I'm using freshly
> downloaded NirtOS-9 files.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> 
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