[Coco] Working with the ""Ultimate" CoCoSDC Image"

L. Curtis Boyle curtisboyle at sasktel.net
Sun Aug 27 07:07:20 EDT 2023


I think CoBBS was published in Rainbow, so you souls find the documentation for it over several issues in there. (You may want to grab the Rainbow index from the archive to find out which ones).

As for the OS-9 one; if it was modified to be self bootable (when originally sold it was not as they would have had to pay licensing for OS-9 for every copy sold) then type DOS. If not, you would have to boot up OS-9 separately and then set up the BBS from its own disk images (i presume you are referring to the Alpha Software one?). The documentation for that one is for sure on the Color Computer Archive. 

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> On Aug 26, 2023, at 10:21 PM, Sean via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> Trying to get the "Ultimate" CoCoSDC Image" on the CoCo archive to work on
> my CoCo 3 with an SDC.
> Can't seem to figure out how to actually boot it with the included
> documentation.  I did the flash for HDBDos, but still not sure how to boot
> the included VHD.
> 
> My main goal is to get a working CoCO BBS for VCF Midwest.  This archive
> said it had OS9-BBS as part of the image.
> But it's kinda close to the deadline, so I'm almost ready to give up at
> this point.  All the ones I've tried so far from the CoCo archive result in
> sparklies on my CoCo 3 - or have zero documentation.  The CoBBS two disk
> version boot into a "CoBBS OS", but again, no documentation I can find!
> 
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