[Coco] OVCC .dsk s

[Walter Zambotti]

Charles

If you look in the Vcc.ini there it attempting to load a rom into a MPI slot
:

SLOT2=hdblba.rom

Slots are for devices or PAKs.

Remove that from slot2 and instead add the harddisk device library like so:

SLOT2=libharddisk.so

You can do this from within OVCC via the menus:

Cartridge->MPI Slot 2->Insert

When the file browser appears navigate to and find libharddisk.so.

Once inserted if you look at the slot entry (via the menu again) it should
say this:

Eject: Hard Disk + Cloud9 RTC

 (Of course don't select the eject)

You should also see a "Hard Disk" entry add to the Cartridge menu.

Now you need an image you can find one in many places including here:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wBNEw1PkimnEabobyrvMx8CcXlN05YFW?usp
=sharing

To keep it simple use the one named : VCCemudisk.vhd

Once you have that copied to your system you need to tell the Hard drive
device where to find it.

>From the menus:

Cartridge->Hard Disk->Insert

Navigate to and select the VCCemudisk.vhd previously downloaded.

Ensure that the MPI slot that has the Hard Drive device is selected as the
default slot.

Cartridge->MPI Config

In the MPI Config Window in the lower right you will see a slide selector.
Make sure the number matches the
hard drive device.

Then F9 (hard reset) and you should boot to a big blue menu screen.

Select the option for OS-9 and Nitros9 should boot up.

Walter

-----Original Message-----
From: coco at jechar.ca [mailto:coco at jechar.ca] 
Sent: Wednesday, 13 November 2019 3:46 AM
To: Walter Zambotti <zambotti at iinet.net.au>
Cc: Tormod Volden <lists.tormod at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] OVCC .dsk s

Sorry the answer to your questions have been so long coming I have not had
much free time this fall.

Also ignore the file JUNK.

   I was able to solve my problem with disk access. It turned out
   I had a .dll file when I needed a .so as I was running Ubuntu.

   I still have some Issues.
   Before I list them I will answer your questions
   I have no talent for compiling linux programs so
   I used the .ppa for Ubuntu provided by Tormod Volden
   <lists.tormod at gmail.com>

   @ https://launchpad.net/~tormodvolden/+archive/ubuntu/ppa

   Now this is the current state of the ovcc that I downloaded.

   When I start it up fails to load anything it just boots up into tape
mode.
   "Extended Color Basic 2.0"
   ...

   Clicking on the cartridge slot I see that the MPI is connected but empty.

   I click Cartridge > MPI Slot 1 > Insert
           Then I choose libfd502.so

   The Floppy Disk menu gets added and fortunately remembers the .dsk
   files I selected last time.

   Next I have to do a Hard Reset [F9]
   Then at COCO "DISK EXTENDED COLOR BASIC 2.1"
   prompt I type DRIVE OFF[ENTER]
   followed by   DOS[ENTER]

   to boot OS9.

   All works well from there out.

   However I have no access to virtual hard drive only virtual floppys

   Is there a sample Hard Drive Image and vcc.ini to support access to it
from
   ovcc ?

   How can I improve my Vcc.ini ? or is the problem the version of
   ovcc I have it's Version 1.0.1 according to HELP > About OVCC

   Also for Tormod Volden

   I first installed this in Ubuntu 18.04 on one system then later
   I tryed to install it on a second system which failed.
   I fixed it by adding the files from /etc/sources.list.d from the
   workinhg system to the new system and trying
   sudo apt-get install ovcc again.

   I am encloseing the tormodvolden-ubuntu-ovcc-bionic files from the
   working system I suspect some of them are not needed but I am not
   sure witch are and which are not.


On 2019-08-12 04:32, Walter Zambotti wrote:
> If you press f12 it should pop up the about box and tell you what 
> version you are running.
> If nothing pops up your not on the latest version.
> The mpi dll usually works.  Well I've not seen it fail.
> Did you:
> 1. compile yourself from git
> 
> 2. Download from goggle drive
> 
> 3. Linux/osx install
> Attach the vcc.ini so i can take a look.
> Walter
> Sent from my Xperia by Sony smartphone
> 
> ---- coco at jechar.ca wrote ----
> 
> Ok I have made some progress with ovcc. It does start now that it is 
> being started from the directory containing the rom image. However I 
> do not see a menu item for adding floppy or hard drives just 
> cartridges. I tried loading the mpi.dll [1] as a cartridge but it did 
> not supply extra cartridge slots. And fd502.dll [2] does not give me 4 
> floppy disk drives to load.
> 
> I'm stuck where do I go from here is tape emulation the only thing 
> that works ?
> 
> Charles
> 
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> Links:
> ------
> [1] http://mpi.dll
> [2] http://fd502.dll