[Coco] Some new COCO questions

[Bill Nobel]

Ok I’ll admit, I’ve been seriously looking at code for IDE/SCSI and I do have working images. Glenside especially as I have 2 4gb drives. This of course is not RS-Dos, strictly NitrOS9.

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> On Jan 2, 2022, at 3:49 PM, L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net> wrote:
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>> On Jan 1, 2022, at 5:44 PM, Bill Gunshannon <bill.gunshannon at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> So, amazing what comes about when your hiding in the basement.
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>> After not using them for quite some time I have come up with a
>> reason to get some of my COCOs running again and it has brought
>> up some interesting questions.
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>> First one:  I have been trying to get D.L. Logo to run under
>>           Level 2 OS9 without success.  Is there a reason
>>           why it would not work under Level 2?
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> I haven’t gotten to trying DL Logo yet with the latest NitrOS9’s (including EOU), so I am not sure why it doesn’t work. Are you running it from a VDG (32 column) window? A lot of the Level 1 programs will require that (ie you can’t start it from a Coco 3 style window).
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>> Second one:  Assuming it won't, is it possible to build hard
>>            disk systems under Level 1?
> It definitely is.
>> Third one:  Given what I said above, here's a big one for me
>>           but probably trivial for someone here to help me
>>           with.  I have a TC3 SCSI controller, a SuperIDE
>>           and a couple of Glenside IDE boards.  I have never
>>           had any luck getting any hard disk systems working.
>>           Anybody got any pointers to a document that will
>>           walk me through what it takes to do this?
> I will mention that a few people are working on making EOU editions for IDE drives (EOU, in order to keep it simple (and us sane) is setup for emulators and CocoSDC only - but there is no reason it won’t work on MFM/RLL, SCSI or IDE as well. Some people who have that hardware to test it on are working on alternate boots to offer for EOU users.
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>> And one last thing:  I would like to build a system with a
>>            unique set of hardware, like RS232 and a modem
>>            cartridge.  Is it easier to build the system on
>>            a non-COCO using the ToolShed?
> This will depend on what you are used to. It can be done either way. :-)
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>> Now too wait for the laughter to subside and see what answers
>> I get.
>> 
>> Happy New Year everybody.
>> 
>> bill
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