[Coco] Transfering files from COCO to other platforms.

[John E. Malmberg]

It appears that the API for setting the floppy disk to 256 sectors has 
been stripped from Windows 2000, and it has been stripped from the 
Visual C++ compiler as well.

It annoys me because I basically wasted two days trying to get this to 
build, and I have searched the web.

So I can not even build it unless I install an older compiler, and that 
requires resurecting the computer with the 5.25 in floppy.

So it looks like for the short term I will be transfering floppies on a
Windows 95 box using the Retrieve program.

It looks to me that the most reliable future method of transfering files 
from a COCO to a PC will be to use and IDE adapter like the Glenside, or 
future SuperIDE / Superboards from Cloud 9.

Then using the CompactFlash adapter from Cloud-9 and a Compact Flash USB 
reader transfer the files.

This will require a different set of transfer programs.  Depending on 
what OS was used to write to the CompactFlash media, it may have written 
512 byte sectors or written only 256 bytes of each 512 byte sector.

Of course until I get an IDE controller on my COCO I will not be able to 
really test such a program.

But those of you who have not looked at yesterdays flyers should note 
that CompUSA has a USB CompactFlash Reader/Writer for free.

-John
wb8tyw at qsl.net
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