[Coco] dskini.exe problems

Roger Taylor rtaylor at bayou.com
Tue Jan 13 21:56:04 EST 2004


Boisy,
David Copperfield will be in Lafayette, LA for two shows on Feb. 6th.  You 
a fan?  I'm trying to get a front-row view for that day since I ended up 
getting a cheaper seat for the Monroe show.





At 09:55 PM 1/12/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>All,
>
>I've setup a WinXP PC for work purposes.  In an effort to try to 
>consolidate the number of computers I have to maintain, I'm trying to move 
>my CoCo disk writing tasks from the Linux box (which has been replaced by 
>a Mac OS X system doing server tasks) to the PC.
>
>I'm using a Shuttle motherboard running the latest Windows XP.  In a 
>Command Prompt window, any DSKINI command just sits there trying to write 
>the first sector of the virtual disk to drive A: (a 1.44MB floppy).  The 
>BIOS is set up properly, and I can read FAT16 diskettes, so I'm wondering, 
>does DSKINI.EXE have compatibility issues with some of these floppy 
>controllers built into these condensed Super I/O chips?
>
>I would sure like to get this to work.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>Boisy
>
>
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