[Coco] Re: NitrOS9 on MESS?

[Bob Devries]

As far as I know, the index hole was ONLY used in formatting, not reading.

Regards, Bob Devries; Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allen Huffman" <alsplace at pobox.com>
To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Re: NitrOS9 on MESS?


> Wait a sec...  Surely the CoCo used that index hole!?  I mean, the 
> Commodore 64 guys could make flippies just by punching thru the whole 
> thing (no index hole needs) but that would not work on that CoCo -- and 
> if it did, boy did I waste a ton of time!
> 
> (Wow.  Major flashback.  Can you remember doing that!?  I thought 5 
> 1/2" generics at .75 each were a bargain back in 83 or so...Maybe they 
> were?)
> 
> Hrm.
> 
> Allen
> Sub-Etha Software
> 
> 
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