[Coco] HDBDOS ROM

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 4/7/2023 3:34 PM, Christopher R. Hawks via Coco wrote:
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2023 14:23:24 -0400
> Bill Gunshannon via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
>> On 4/7/2023 2:04 PM, tfadden via Coco wrote:
>>> As long as your boot module has the Drivewire drivers and devices
>>> you want it will  work with HDBDOS.
>>>
>>> In my setup I use SuperDos (I think it was renamed to HDBDOS) I
>>> boot from floppy with /dd as a SCSI disk partition.
>>> I have two 1TB scsi disks mounted each with partitions (works the
>>> same with IDE disks). I can then access all drivewire functions and
>>> cocosdc disks and 3 floppies from 0s9.
>>>
>>> in short for os9 drivewire access is via drivewire modules in the
>>> os9boot, not on rom.
>>>
>>> I like using floppy boot as it is much more easy to create custom
>>> and test os9boot's.
>>>
>>>
>> Yeah, now I feel silly.  Of course what you have once NitrOS9 is
>> running has nothing
>>
>> to do with HDBDOS.  But here's another question then.  Has anyone
>> ever made a
>>
>> ROM image that will boot NitrOS9 directly upon turning the machine
>> on? Seems
>>
>> doable and probably not as complicated as things like HDBDOS. Should
>> I add that
>>
>> to my list of project I probably won't get done before I die? :-)
>>
>>
>> bill
>>
>>
>>
>      Simplest thing is to use HDBDOS (and SDC-DOS) AUTOEXEC.BAS feature.
> A file named "AUTOEXEC.BAS" will automatically be run on power up.
> A simple:
> 10 DOS
> program will suffice.
>
>      See the respective manuals for locations and details..
>
>      Works for me.


Yeah, I knew about that. But I thought it would be cool to have a system 
that

didn't rely on BASIC  at all.


bill