[Coco] floppy controller & L1

[Bob Devries]

Paul, AFAIK the newdisk.asm file is already on RTSI.
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Regards, Bob Devries. Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
Faith isn't faith until it's all you're holding on to.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul T. Barton" <idezilla at yahoo.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] floppy controller & L1



> 

> --- Kevin Diggs <kevdig at hypersurf.com> wrote:

> > Hi,

> > 

> > I have a driver disk. There are no L1 drivers.

> > Only L2. Also have some

> > doc-

> > umentation. But not enough technical detail to

> > write a driver.

> > 

> > kevin

> > KnudsenMJ at aol.com wrote:

> > > 

> > > >   Kevin Diggs <kevdig at hypersurf.com> wrote:

> > > >  >Hi,

> > > >  >    I have a Sardis Technology Dual mode

> > controller. Isn't

> > > >  >this one of those "no halt"

> > > >  >beasties? Anyone know where I can find an

> > OS9 L1 driver?

> > > 

> > > I still use on on my Coco3 setup, mostly for

> > OS-9.   I don't recall whether I

> > > had it running on OS-9 Level 1, or didn't get

> > it till I had Level 2.  But I'm

> > > sure that *somewhere* I have the original

> > distro disk with the drivers on it.

> > > 

> > > FWIW, I stopped running its no-halt driver

> > when I installed B&B hard drives

> > > -- word was that the no-halt driver had

> > "interactions" that could screw up your

> > > hard drive.

> > > 

> > > If you have no HD, or use an IDE, then you

> > should be OK to run no-halt.  The

> > > installation requires you to zap a byte or

> > two in the OS9 kernel, I forget

> > > which module.  If I find the instructions,

> > you can have them and the disk.

> > > 

> > > Funny question popped into my head -- would

> > there be any sense in an RSBASIC

> > > no-halt driver?  Maybe for some fancy

> > assembly-language data gathering app,

> > > that could do its own multi-tasking while the

> > disk is doing I/O?

> > > --Mike K.

> > > 

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> Somewhere in my files I have the source to

> "Newdisk" that I used on L1.

> 

> I'll try and find it and get it to the ftp site.

> 

> 

> Paul

> 

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