[Coco] NitrOS-9 newbie needs some help

[Nickolas Marentes]

KnudsenMJ at aol.com  wrote...

Really?  I have my monitor sitting on a platform, and the Coco sits under
it,
with the MPI sticking out the right side.  My platform has open sides; maybe
yours doesn't.

Nick replies...

Tandy released 2 monitor platforms for the CoCo3. One had open sides while
the other had 4 legs (I think was actually meant for the Tandy 1000 HX). One
guess which one I have.   :)


KnudsenMJ at aol.com  wrote...

Say, just how close are your floppy drives to that monitor?  And the drive
ribbon cable?  The magnetic fields from the monitor's deflection coils will
hose
the crap out of your floppy operations if they get too close.

Nick replies...

They're right next to the monitor, as they have been for the last 15 years
with no problems. If this was, I would have put some magnetic insulation
between the two.


KnudsenMJ at aol.com  wrote...

You typing in Italian (lots of hand waving), or flies and mosquitoes in your
room?  Seriously, remoting the keyboard will help.

Nick replies...

I only have a small area allocated to the CoCo, it's very cramped and
because it obscures access to the floppy drives, I tend to hit the upright
carts when I go to remove/install a disk.


Mark Marlette wrote...

As far as a hard drive.Skip that to..Go to a solid state drive setup.
SuperIDE is bar far the best product that we have created. The FLASH allows
you to put HDB-DOS into it and configure yourself, no more EPROMs. The IDE
interface and onboard compact flash socket is nice and compact, pun
intended. No power supplies, no cables. Cost is always an issue. If my
sales volume increases I can lower the price! :)

Nick replies...

I've been looking into your Drivewire product. This sounds perfect for my
needs (my PC is right next to my CoCo) and also allows for data backup to CD
from the PC. I know it's only as fast as floppies but I'm use to developing
on floppies, besides...I can't have everything.   :)

Have you these in stock? I would be interested in the ROM image to be burned
onto a ROM (PAL CoCo3's have the ECB rom already socketed from manufacture).
How will we do the money transfer (bearing in mind that the Aussie dollar is
only about 60c US)?

I do like the solid drive idea but it's beyond my price range and it still
neccesitates a floppy controller therefore a multi-crap interface.

I guess I'd like an internal card that uses a CF card as the "hard
drive"...low power, fast, silent and NO MULTI-CRAP INTERFACE.   :)

Your Superboard won't fit into a PAL CoCo 3.

Drivewire seems to be my destiny.   :)


Nick