[Coco] Help with Nitros9 on SDC?

Don Barber don at dgb3.net
Mon Apr 12 09:28:15 EDT 2021


Hi Curtis, EOU beta 5 started up just great.

Thanks,

Don

On 4/11/21 3:58 PM, L. Curtis Boyle wrote:
> So am I. Especially with plugging it in straight to the cartridge port. Unless something is blown on the cartridge port that it’s not reacting properly. I take it that you have tried redownloading the EOU image, just in case something got corrupted? You can also try going back a version or two and see if that makes a difference; 6.0.0 & up had the auto-detection added. Maybe 5.* is worth a try.
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> L. Curtis Boyle
> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
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>> On Apr 11, 2021, at 1:48 PM, Don Barber <don at dgb3.net> wrote:
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>> In the past few minutes I've tried a few of them, including the two you suggested, and they're all saying 512K of good ram.
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>> I'm at a bit of a loss at this point.
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>> Thanks,
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>> Don
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>> On 4/11/21 3:14 PM, L. Curtis Boyle wrote:
>>> Could be a problem on the 512K, yes. And level 3 does use memory differently. There are a few Coco 3 RAM test programs you can try from the Color Computer Archive:
>>> https://colorcomputerarchive.com/search?q=test <https://colorcomputerarchive.com/search?q=test>
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>>> Try the Disto or Performance Peripherals ones.
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>>>> On Apr 11, 2021, at 1:10 PM, Don Barber <don at dgb3.net> wrote:
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>>>> An interesting data point:
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>>>> I tried using drivewire images instead of the sdc, thinking it might be something odd with my sdc.
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>>>> This image, when booting from a DW mounted image, also failed in seemingly the same place:
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>>>> https://nitros9.sourceforge.io/snapshot/NOS9_6809_L3_v030300_coco3_dw.dsk
>>>> *but* the L2 version at
>>>> https://nitros9.sourceforge.io/snapshot/NOS9_6809_L2_v030300_coco3_dw.dsk
>>>> booted just fine.
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>>>> As I'm reading that the difference between L2 and L3 is in the memory manager, does this suggest something odd with my 512k memory upgrade? Its a Tandy AXX-7117. Is there a diagnostic tool anyone recommends?
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>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Don
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