Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ut-sally!husc6!sri-unix!sri-spam!ames!ptsfa!ihnp4!ihwpt!knudsen From: knudsen@ihwpt.ATT.COM (mike knudsen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809 Subject: Re: OS9 II and Dynacalc Message-ID: <1620@ihwpt.ATT.COM> Date: Tue, 21-Apr-87 11:14:36 EST Article-I.D.: ihwpt.1620 Posted: Tue Apr 21 11:14:36 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Apr-87 03:49:54 EST References: <66@dalcsug.UUCP> <1736@lsuc.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois Lines: 46 Keywords: dynacalc 80 col level II Summary: Level 2 80-col windows not as powerful as Level 1 versions. In article <1736@lsuc.UUCP>, jimomura@lsuc.UUCP (Jim Omura) writes: > In article <66@dalcsug.UUCP> kdavies@dalcsug.UUCP writes: > >Hi, > > A friend of mine has a Coco3 and OS9 level 2 (I think it's L II). > > Anyway, he tried using Dynacalc (Tandy version) under the 80 col > > screen mode, but it doesn't work. > > > Now, I have used it on an older Coco with an 80 col. card, and > > it works fine. > > > > Anyone have any ideas as to what is wrong ? > > Is a new version of Dynacalc needed for Level II ?? The 80-column window screens supplied with Level 2 are not as well-equipped with cursor control codes as were either the hardware 80-column cards (PBJ WordPak, etc) and their drivers under Level 1, or some of the software 80-column screens for the Coco 3 that were passed around for Level 1. In particular, the extended set of cursor controls used by the Dynastar editor (from Frank Hogg) and implemented in the WordPak driver are not recognized by Level 2's windows. So Dynastar won't work unless you buy Hogg's upgrade, which I did. A friend reports successfully porting one of those Coco3 Level 1 80-column drivers to Level 2 and getting good Dynastar results, though. I think he got his driver from Compuserve; the one I had from this Usenet won't hack those codes either. If you can find such a driver and get it up under Level 2 (and watch out, the window system is NOT bug-free), your old DynaCalc (and Dynastar) should work. Maybe someone could write a translator program that you would PIPE between Dyna-whatever and the Tandy-supplied windows to convert the extended PBJ control code set to the Tandy official set. The original PBJ OS9 docs list both code sets. Any takers? As good as Level 2 for Coco 3 is, it appears the process of hackers replacing drivers and descriptors is already well under way. Oh well, that's why OS9 was created modular in the first place ... mike k -- Mike J Knudsen ...ihnp4!ihwpt!knudsen Bell Labs(AT&T) Delphi: RAGTIMER CIS: " ~E(x):[is_lunch(x) && cost(x)==0] "