[Coco] Problem with Disto driver and PCdos in Nitros9

Robert Gault robert.gault at worldnet.att.net
Wed Oct 6 16:06:56 EDT 2004


mmarlett at isd.net wrote:

> Charlie,

>

> I'm sure it is the driver. I use PCdos on my machine all the time. That is

> how you got the "dir" command last night. My system reads/writes in

> 180k/360k/720k/1.44mb modes Auto detects the disk type and switches the

> controller's transfer rates accordingly on the 720k/1.44mb.

>

> As I recall, the PCdos utility also had to patch the driver for 512byte

> sector mode or something like that. I believe that the drivers for NitrOS-9

> does this but third party support might not. Robert???

>

> Mark

><snip>

Far as I know, the Disto drivers will work with PCDOS. At least it works
on my system.

I have a hunch Charlie is trying to read a high density disk instead of
a medium density disk on the Coco. That is not going to work.

If it turns out Charlie was using an appropriate disk, I do have a
driver that will with a Disto SCII. I just need to know which addresses
are being used, $FF58 or $FF74.




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