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RBF now supports call to driver's SS.VarSect GetStat to update sector size in PD.TYP.
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date Sat, 19 Jun 2004 18:20:04 +0000
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1 THE NITROS-9 PROJECT
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3 This project was started some years ago by Boisy Pitre and Alan DeKok.
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4 The idea was to create a well documented repository of NitrOS-9 source
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5 code for the Color Computer.
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7 That goal has largely been reached, though there are still modules that have
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8 yet to be disassembled and properly commented. Also, other source files
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9 need additional commenting.
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11 FILE ORGANIZATION
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12 All source files contain the file extension '.asm' The source files are
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13 organized into their respective directories, with the topmost being:
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15 docs/ ..... NitrOS-9 Documentation
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16 6809l1/ ..... NitrOS-9/6809 Level 1 source
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17 6809l2/ ..... NitrOS-9/6809 Level 2 source
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18 6309l2/ ..... NitrOS-9/6309 Level 2 source
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19 6309l3/ ..... NitrOS-9/6309 Level 3 source
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20 defs/ ..... NitrOS-9 definition files
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21 3rdparty/ ..... Third party drivers, applications, etc.
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23 The 6x09l?/ directories contain makefiles and subdirectories for commands,
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24 modules and bootfiles.
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26 DEFINITION FILES
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27 The defs/ directory has definition files for the NitrOS-9 packages. These
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28 these defs/ files are also the basis for the definition files that are
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29 migrated to the distribution disks.
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31 os9defs ..... Defs files for all NitrOS-9 distributions
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32 systype ..... System definitions for all NitrOS-9 distributions
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33 scfdefs ..... SCF file manager defs
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34 rbfdefs ..... RBF file manager defs
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35 vdgdefs ..... VDGInt driver defs
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36 pipedefs ..... PipeMan defs
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38 BUILDING
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39 The provided makefiles use the os9tools package, which can be found at
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40 www.sourceforge.net, in order to assemble source files into binary modules.
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41 Simply type 'make' at the project's root directory to assemble.
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