[Coco] Re: emulator questions

Theodore A. Evans alxevans at concentric.net
Tue Nov 25 21:42:00 EST 2003


On 11/24/03, David wrote:

> Another alternative is to install a 3-1/2" drive on the Coco.  In Basic,
> of course, you'd only use 1/4 of the disk, but for the purpose of moving
> them to a PC, they could be rewritten.

7/32nds :-) There is a fairly simple and well publicised track to
allow Disk BASIC to support up to 64 tracks, and is isn't too hard to
have th two sides of the disk look like two seperate disks, So you can
up to 13/16ths of the disk without too much trouble.  

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