[Coco] [CoCo] OS-9000 for X86 Version 4.9 working in Ubuntu QEMU

Thu May 18 22:48:15 EDT 2017

Re. network cards.  The Pro100 is a Intel I think and the 8139 and 8900 are
Realtek cards

On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 10:29 PM, Walter Zambotti <zambotti at iinet.net.au>
wrote:

> Kip
>
> Good news.
>
> I managed to get it going on virtualbox with :
>
> The 79c961 adzpter module (compatible with the AMD79C970/73 which is
> provided by virtualbox)
>
> I used bridged networking and configured the vbox Ethernet adapter on the
> host windows pc to an address in the same subnet as the host and the guest
> OS9 ethernet adapter likewise.
>
> Windows Host (virtual box with bridged adapter)
> Ethernet (Actual adapter) : 10.0.1.66
> Ethernet 4 (Virtualbox Host-Only adapater) : 10.0.1.21 (any free address)
>
> OS9000 Guest :
> Sple0 (79c961 adapter) : 10.0.1.20 (any other free address on the host
> network)
>
> I tried NAT in virtualbox but couldn't get it working.
>
> For qemu setup I created a script (OS9000) that starts the emulation under
> ubuntu. It assumes your network adapter is wlan0 (WIFI) if it is not then
> open the script and edit the only reference to wlan0 to eth0 (which is the
> most common other type of adapter in linux).
>
> The commands in OS9000 to configure the network are similar to linux. If
> you need help ask!
>
> Hope this helps someone.
>
> Walter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Walter
> Zambotti
> Sent: Friday, 19 May 2017 9:07 AM
> To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts' <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] [CoCo] OS-9000 for X86 Version 4.9 working in Ubuntu
> QEMU
>
> Kip
>
> More about the networking.   The OS9 image includes several network
> devices and descriptors.  However I found it difficult to identify what
> they were by just the module names.  The SPNE2000 was one of the more
> obvious.  SP was on every module so I assume that stood for software pak.
> NE2000 I recognised as a network card supported by QEMU.
>
> The other modules that I found (there might be more)
>
> Pro100
> 21140 (I recognise this one as an old Digital Equipment Corporation ISA
> card)
> 79C961
> 8139
> 8900
> 91C94
> FA311
>
> Even with the correct card support it took me 3 days of messing around to
> finally get it going.
>
> However I'm going to try getting it going in virtualbox and I'll you know.
>
> Walter
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Walter
> Zambotti
> Sent: Friday, 19 May 2017 7:59 AM
> To: Salvador Garcia via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] [CoCo] OS-9000 for X86 Version 4.9 working in Ubuntu
> QEMU
>
> Apparently it will run on vmware and virtualbox however getting the
> network components running my be more difficult.  The emulator must provide
> a ne2000 PCI based network adapter.  Qemu does I don't know about the
> others. Good luck.
>
> Sent from my Sony Xperia™ smartphone on the Telstra™ Mobile network
>
> ---- Kip Koon wrote ----
>
> >Hi Walter,
> >This is very interesting.  I will definitely check this out.
> >I wonder if this will run on VMware?
> >
> >
> >Kip Koon
> >computerdoc at sc.rr.com
> >http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/User:Computerdoc
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Walter
> Zambotti
> >Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2017 3:58 AM
> >To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'
> >Subject: Re: [Coco] [CoCo] OS-9000 for X86 Version 4.9 working in Ubuntu
> QEMU
> >
> >Here are a few screen shots :
> >
> >https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7V4xuLGHAktelpQcmk0ZmtGQWc
> >https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7V4xuLGHAktUWswTS1aa0pWUTg
> >https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7V4xuLGHAktVUd6eHBLV0RSczQ
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Walter
> Zambotti
> >Sent: Wednesday, 17 May 2017 3:34 PM
> >To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts' <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> >Subject: [Coco] [CoCo] OS-9000 for X86 Version 4.9 working in Ubuntu QEMU
> >
> >I found a copy of OS-9000 for X86 version 4.9 circa 2009 and have managed
> to get it working on Ubuntu 16.04 in the QEMU hypervisor/virtualizer.
> >
> >I spent a few days getting the network configuration working and it fires
> up nicely.
> >
> >It comes with the internet communications pak and XBase9 windowing GUI.
> Which looks a lot like Windows XP.
> >
> >The tar.gz is 22Mbytes.
> >
> >If anyone is interested here is the link:
> >
> >https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7V4xuLGHAktVW1VbkNIbXpseWs
> >
> >Enjoy.  For educational and research purposes only!
> >
> >
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