[Coco] Sock Master Demos

[Robert Gault]

arikboke at yahoo.com wrote:
> Robert,
> 
> Yes, those particular disks are 40 tracks, I believe.  I used IMGTOOL to PUT
> the files in question onto a variety of disk types, just to see if that was the
> problem.  I've used 35 track, single and double, and 40 track, single and
> double.  The .BAS loaders are the problem (and this is dealt with in the
> previous post), but the .BIN files run off all of them perfectly using the
> latest MESS (using the Hitachi6309 coco3.rom and related disk11.rom).  For a
> test, I just now PUT, LOADMed and EXECed BOINK.BIN and DEMO1.BIN from both a
> single sided 40 track disk and a double sided 40 track disk.
> 
> Sincerely,
> David
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> --- Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> 
>>I've found another "problem" with your disk images. You have created 
>>images with more than 35 tracks up to 80. This is not in itself a 
>>problem if you have the correct Disk ROM installed. ADOS should be able 
>>to work with these images but Disk Basic or RGBDOS won't.
>>
>>Because of the disk size, there is no point for me to try to "repair" 
>>them unless you are using ADOS or a similar DOS. Let me know because I'm 
>>curious. However, it will be simpler for you to recreate these disks 
>>with 35 tracks per side for Disk Basic use.
> 
> 
The binary files will only work if they are not on tracks above 34. It 
does not matter what size the disk is. What matters is that Disk Basic 
and RGBDOS can't handle gran numbers that exceed the 35 track limit. So 
if your disk is full and files get placed in gran numbers into the $80s 
as is the case of one of your disks, the files can't be retrieved.