#: 20344 S5/OS9 Users Group
    10-Sep-94  18:49:05
Sb: #OS/9 won't work - HELP!
Fm: Jean Gagnon 72164,2020
To: all

I was given a CoCo 3 with a 5.25 inch drive and an AMDEK 3 inch drive that I am
trying to use with the kids at my school (I teach)...

The computer has something like Basic 2.1 installed in it... I have original
(5.25) disks for all kinds of languages - OS/9, Deft PASCAL, C, EDATSM (or
somthing like that), LOGO and about 500 other disks of games and programs which
I have never heard of...  I also have EVERY Rainbow magazine ever made I think
- every issue from #1 to about 1990 and about 30 books on various languages

I thought I would start to play with OS/9, since I have a "Rainbow Guide to
OS/9 along with all the other books and manuals...  I put the disk in the
drive, typed "DOS", hit enter (like the book says) - and so far as far as I can
get is to see the screen change color - say "OS/9 BOOT" and nothing more... The
disk drive keeps turning and turning and the screen just sits there...

I was all excited about the opportunity to learn about this computer and maybe
play with languages besides letting my students play some of the great old
games on occasion, but I'm stuck already!

I think I need OS/9 to run all of the other languages so now I'm stuck...


Can anybody help????????

Thanks....

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