mr-atari Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Just a small note here on AA. LiteDOS 2.0 is ready for usage / testing. Mayor parts have been rewritten. Mostly to speed up DUP and to increase compatibility. http://www.mr-atari.com/Mr.Atari/LiteDOS/ The only thing you need to format/init/update disks or partitions is the LiteINIT.XEX file. (Atari OS with build-in LiteDOS included) Grtz, Sijmen. >> LiteDOS 2.0: Adding full DD-read and DD-write support... Optimizing code... Completely rewritten the build-in DUP, bypassing CIO, resulting in higher IO-speeds. Completely rewritten the DIR output format to "Atari standards". Removed the limitation of cassette usage. ! Turbo-BASIC and it tools now work ! (As do other programs that rely on the correct DIR output format) 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gury Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 Great DOS which I intend to use for my future disk projects. Thank you! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryleffaovell Posted January 26, 2019 Share Posted January 26, 2019 LiteDOS 2.0 is ready for usage / testing. Mayor parts have been rewritten. Mostly to speed up DUP and to increase compatibility. Fantastic work! Many thanks for your work and for sharing. Groeten en gejuich! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyle22 Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Just a small note here on AA. LiteDOS 2.0 is ready for usage / testing. Mayor parts have been rewritten. Mostly to speed up DUP and to increase compatibility. http://www.mr-atari.com/Mr.Atari/LiteDOS/ The only thing you need to format/init/update disks or partitions is the LiteINIT.XEX file. (Atari OS with build-in LiteDOS included) Grtz, Sijmen. >> LiteDOS 2.0: Adding full DD-read and DD-write support... Optimizing code... Completely rewritten the build-in DUP, bypassing CIO, resulting in higher IO-speeds. Completely rewritten the DIR output format to "Atari standards". Removed the limitation of cassette usage. ! Turbo-BASIC and it tools now work ! (As do other programs that rely on the correct DIR output format) Is there any chance of an SDFS version of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr-atari Posted January 31, 2019 Author Share Posted January 31, 2019 Hmmm, uh, SDFS ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baktra Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Is there any chance of an SDFS version of this? SpartaDOS File System? Perhaps already existing BW-DOS - Its MEMLO is $1EE4. That is not bad for something that support file system as complex as SpartaDOS. I guess it wouldn't be enough. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowi Posted January 31, 2019 Share Posted January 31, 2019 Can't get this to work properly... on boot i get the inversed '1' and enter gives an error. Can't list directories with the D command, error. D2 shows contents of disk 2, but shows garbled rubbish at the end. Have to boot several times to get something that works. It does boot FAST!!!! After some bugfixes this might be very interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr-atari Posted February 1, 2019 Author Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) Can't get this to work properly... on boot i get the inversed '1' and enter gives an error. Can't list directories with the D command, error. D2 shows contents of disk 2, but shows garbled rubbish at the end. Have to boot several times to get something that works. It does boot FAST!!!! After some bugfixes this might be very interesting Did you download 2.01 ? If you did, tell me when you are running / emulating, so I can investigate. I have 5 bytes to spare at the moment, so no room to implement extra complicated things. LiteDOS will not exceed $700-$FFF usage..... Booting is only 15 sectors, so yeah, that is fast. Try an 400/800 that is super fast :-) See here for some tech-info: http://atariage.com/forums/topic/287449-small-memory-footprint-dos/?p=4208185 http://atariage.com/forums/topic/287449-small-memory-footprint-dos/?p=4210658 Grtz, Sijmen. Edited February 1, 2019 by mr-atari 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heaven/TQA Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 why is it faster booting on 800? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowi Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) Yes, it is 2.01. If i boot with OPTION pressed i get the title screen, with the reversed 1. See pic. No cursor, just '1'. If you press enter, you get an error. I've pressed enter 3 times. Then, if you press 'D' you don't get the listing of disk1 as the documentation suggests, just the free sectors. Same for D1 and D1*.*. No content, just the nr of free sectors. If you press D2*.* you DO get the contents of disk2, but... it gets garbled and shows rubbish at the end. If i boot with BASIC, i get the litedos 2.01 title screen and the READY prompt. Enter DOS, and exactly the same effect as above from there. Machine is a baremetal 64K 600XL. Edited February 1, 2019 by jowi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_The Doctor__ Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 but what disk drive are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowi Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) I'm using AspeQt /w SIO2USB. Tried the same using Altirra, exactly the same effect. Edited February 1, 2019 by jowi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmsc Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Hi! Yes, it is 2.01. If i boot with OPTION pressed i get the title screen, with the reversed 1. See pic. No cursor, just '1'. IMG_2859.jpg That is ok. It is the prompt saying to you that it is using drive #1. If you press enter, you get an error. I've pressed enter 3 times. IMG_2861.jpg Ok, you did not type any commands, so it replied with error. Then, if you press 'D' you don't get the listing of disk1 as the documentation suggests, just the free sectors. Same for D1 and D1*.*. No content, just the nr of free sectors. IMG_2862.jpg Ok, because there are no files on that disk. So, you don't see anything, only the free sectors. If you press D2*.* you DO get the contents of disk2, but... it gets garbled and shows rubbish at the end. IMG_2863.jpg This is because your disk in D2 is not a LiteDOS disk, so it reads the files but show to you no free sectors and the hearts. Yo can't write to that disk, but you can read files from it. To copy a file from D2 to D1, just after typing "D2" move the cursor over the file (for example, over "TEST1 SRC" and write over the blanks "C1", so it will read "C1TEST1 SRC 001" and press ENTER. Now, if you go to a blank line and type "D1" you will see your file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowi Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 Ok, i understand. I find the reverse 1 as prompt confusing, also the fact an enter throws an error is counter-intuitive. An actual bad command should throw an error, not an empty return. I understand litedos could read dos 2.0/2.5 floppies? So i don't understand the display of hearts etc? Gives the impression it can't read anything/locks up and just ends in showing garbage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr-atari Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 (edited) Ok, i understand. I find the reverse 1 as prompt confusing, also the fact an enter throws an error is counter-intuitive. An actual bad command should throw an error, not an empty return. I understand litedos could read dos 2.0/2.5 floppies? So i don't understand the display of hearts etc? Gives the impression it can't read anything/locks up and just ends in showing garbage. The "one" is to see on what drive you are. typing D, just a helping hand. In the previous versions, you just had a prompt, not knowing what default drive you are on. When you have done D2, it changes to "two". The freesectors message is not on a 2.0/2.5 disk (as it is on LiteDOS, to save RAM), so it sends out zeros/hearts. I have no spare room to change this, so for now it stays this way. Its merely a aesthetic bug, but the message must be shown, else turbo-basic compiler will refuse to work.... Removing <return> as error, I can do. Grtz, Sijmen. Edited February 2, 2019 by mr-atari 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr-atari Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 why is it faster booting on 800? The 400/800 does no device-polling, that saves you an extra 3 seconds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr-atari Posted February 2, 2019 Author Share Posted February 2, 2019 Ok, i understand. I find the reverse 1 as prompt confusing, also the fact an enter throws an error is counter-intuitive. An actual bad command should throw an error, not an empty return. I understand litedos could read dos 2.0/2.5 floppies? So i don't understand the display of hearts etc? Gives the impression it can't read anything/locks up and just ends in showing garbage. I removed the hearts after the 000, zero file-space. Pressing <return> now does the same as D, sending out DIR to the screen of the default drive. Better? Still 7 bytes free 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jowi Posted February 2, 2019 Share Posted February 2, 2019 This looks better don't get me wrong, it is your product and i understand space is limited. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted February 8, 2019 Share Posted February 8, 2019 (edited) I removed the hearts after the 000, zero file-space. Pressing <return> now does the same as D, sending out DIR to the screen of the default drive. Better? Still 7 bytes free Are you going to make this fix available to us users. I have checked the website but it still only has the 2.01 .. Edited February 8, 2019 by rdea6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr-atari Posted February 8, 2019 Author Share Posted February 8, 2019 Yes, In version 2.02 But I am out of space, so I need to re-think some routines or support. Here is the current change-log, so you can prepare Most likely I have it with me to Maarssen the 16th to show LiteDOS and PLATO on the Atari-Invasion. Grtz, Sijmen. LiteDOS 2.0 © Mr.Atari 2019 Current version is 2.02, changes made to version 2.00 Fix: Erase does not work on startup, ID-#2 is not set before any Dx command... TurboBasic (others?) problems when D: is not Handler-ID $0F... Problems on non-atari BIOS, A<>0 on return of SIOV... ATARIDOS compatibility on SD,MD,DD diskettes. Added/Changed: Copy from/to the same drive, will move (defrag) the file to lower free sectors. Better error-handling on write-errors. Filename now has bit-1, to mark the file as "DOS2"-type. File-ID added on disks with less then 1024 sectors (10bit sector-link), for ATARIDOS compatibility. 8% more file-space on Medium Density disk: 10bit sector-link, LiteDOS is booted from sectors 1024-1037. Removed garbage output on Directory of non LiteDOS disks Optimized: Calculation of FILE-ID_MASK (saving 2 bytes) Close on write re-using X (saves 2 bytes) Changed "FreeSectors" to " FreeSectors" (saving 3 bytes) Removed uncalled routine Check_VTOC in Seach_Dir (saving 4 bytes) Free bytes: -18, programm too large Wish-list: Instead of Error-17, return now performs DIR on the default-drive... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr-atari Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 More testing before the 2.02 release... Dos 2/2.5/Clones now can read files from LiteDOS disks or partitions with less the 1024 sectors. MyDOS/clones can read files from larger disks/partitions using bit-2 of the filestatus. I tested SDX 4.48 were I hacked/patched the test for the "Directory Type" accepting the negative values used in LiteDOS. Now I can see the directory and load files. Without this patch/hack, I get "148 Unknown file system" So, it's up to SDX to support LiteDOS, read_only would be nice. Back to coding, next release hopefully before next weekend. Grtz, Sijmen. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr-atari Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 New version 2.02 (18-feb-2019) online. Files are saved conform DOS 2/2.5 and/or MyDOS or clones. Seems to work at my place. Tested with: SDX 4.49c/hacked to pass negative "Directory Type" as DOS 2.0 style. MyDOS 4.53/4 DOS 2.5 Removed a bug that was present since day 1, displayed file-size was incorrect when >256. Spotted another bug present since day 1, RENAME leaves garbage in the directory-sector, 8th file I have that fixed in the next release. Init of DD disks/partitions now create a boot-able system. Turbo-BASIC with 38.5k Free memory included, compiled at $1000. Homepage updated, SIO2WiFi moved to a separate page. Thanks for the report/feedback. :-) 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roydea6 Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I created a MyDos 30960 sector atr and then copy pasted the LITEDOS boot sectors to this Koapics.atr then used and emulator to create folders A to Z and copied D:A>*,2:A>* until I got to Z> then copied over working files for reading the KOALA pictures. The only basic file that will work is KOALITE.BAS all the com files should work okay. KOAPICS.ATR This ATR is not the best because the LITEINIT.XEX doesn't like to do MyDos files. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr-atari Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Hmm, ok, not a good idea to make a non litedos, litedos this way. Better use liteinit, create a 32k sector disk and use the C copy function to copy files from non litedos to litedos. That way the disk is usable for all. Beside that, well done. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr-atari Posted February 26, 2019 Author Share Posted February 26, 2019 Version 2.03 now online. http://www.mr-atari.com/Mr.Atari/LiteDOS/ 8% more file-space on Medium Density disk, LiteDOS is booted from sectors 1,1024-1037. Abuse/miss-usage of the update function fixed. RENAME leaves garbage in the directory on the 8th file-name, fixed. DUP: <Return> on a occupied line = "load file" <Return> on a empty line = "dir" Many routines optimized to squeeze this new code into RAM below $1000. 5 bytes left, I don't expect that more optimizing will yield more room.... Enjoy. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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