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diff ReadMe @ 2911:635275f4498a
Remove some obsolete comments from ReadMe file
Also add a comment in the ChangeLog file to tell that
changes are documented in the mercurial log.
Would still be nice if we could list major changes or new
features in the ChangeLog or other file...
author | Tormod Volden <debian.tormod@gmail.com> |
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date | Sat, 11 Jan 2014 22:57:41 +0100 |
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--- a/ReadMe Sat Jan 11 21:52:42 2014 +0100 +++ b/ReadMe Sat Jan 11 22:57:41 2014 +0100 @@ -70,64 +70,15 @@ Repeat steps 3-5 for each additional disk. -Addendum by Gene Heskett - -Unfortunately, many of the fdc chipsets shipping on motherboards for -the last 5 years or so, do NOT understand, and will probably crash your -pc when a 256 byte/sector disk read or write is attempted. This rather -high priced Asus M2n-SLI Deluxe board is one such board, so using floppies -for the 'sneakernet' to get this stuff onto my coco3 cannot be done. -email to gheskett AT wdtv DOT com. - -1. This repo is newer than the sourceforge repo, and a lot more of it -Just Works(TM). If you find something that doesn't, use the above -email address. - -2. This repo's work will be transfered back to sourceforge when I can -figure out how to do a commit in mercurial. Tutorials on this are welcome. -There are, since I did the hg clone about the 27th of October 2012, -probably at least 50 files needing committed, changed in getting this -back to buildable and bootable. - -3. Since we now have drivewire, the appropriate for your machine .dsk -files can be downloaded and mounted directly as a fully read/write -virtual disk. Drivewire is the cats meow, many thanks to Aaron Wolfe. -Make yourself a cable and join in on the dance floor, its amazing. - -4. I am still using mamou as the assembler, no attempt has been made -to convert it to using William Astles lwtools just yet as I wanted -this to be as close to 100% usable as possible before attempting the -conversion so that only the conversion generated errors remain. There -will be some teething problems while that is going on in a separate -tree that won't be visible until it Just Works(TM). -5. One thing that was recently done by Boisy was to convert the -boot_scsi.asm file from, because of code size constraints, the use of -the former drive addressing scheme of a single marching set bit across -the scsi bus drive address field, into a base zero decimal scheme, so the -drive address contained in the 4th byte from the end can now be looked -at as a decimal value where $00 is now a legal address for drive 0 on -the bus. A MAJOR change, and one in the right direction IMO, that was -not even mentioned in the comments of the boot_scsi.asm header till I -discovered it yesterday while reading the code trying to figure out why -with that byte set to $01 like it had been for years, the boot was -failing because it was trying to find OS9Boot on my drive 1, s1, and -fixed the makefiles accordingly. +NOTES +===== +Unfortunately, many of the FDC chipsets shipping on PC motherboards do NOT +understand, and will probably crash your PC when a 256 byte/sector disk +read or write is attempted. The Asus M2n-SLI Deluxe board is one such board. -6. I am not trying to keep this a secret but it probably will not get -any ink on the coco list until such time as I have committed to source- -forge and that repo is again useable, so bear with me. I have cable -dsl so my 'intertube' at 3 megabits isn't that fast. A lot of traffic -will probably result in my isp blocking the port address I do use to -get past the port 80 block just like they do without admitting to it -because if they did admit it, the FCC would probably discuss their -common carrier status with the ISP's legal dept. As that status has -huge tax and licensing advantages to the ISP, they will not give that -status up without a prolonged court fight. I have even considered -putting this page on port 6809, but when and if that happens, you'll -see it in my email sig. +When using DriveWire, the appropriate for your machine .dsk +file can be downloaded and mounted directly as a fully read/write +virtual disk. Please see for instance the tutorial at +http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Getting_Started_with_DriveWire -Thats all for now folks, keep the old girl running till the rapture -or whatever. - -Cheers, Gene