[Coco] Re: [Color Computer] CoCo Max patching

[Mike Pepe]

Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:


> Can't speak for Disk basic disks, but cirtanly for OS-9/NitrOS disks, as 

> long as you set the fdparms correctly, then you should be able to use 

> toolshed's os9 dir etc to read the raw device, just like you would a 

> disk image. Note I have only done this with Dragon OS-9/NitrOS disks, 

> but the format is the same so I shouldn't see a problem reading the CoCo 

> ones. You may be able to do the same with the disk basic reader from 

> toolshed also.


Hi Phill,

Since this is a BASIC disk, I think the OS9 route may not be the best 
thing to do


> How you set this up may of course depend on what Linux distribution you 

> are using (SuSE 8.2 here). Feel free to ask if you want help with this.


I've got a Fedora Core 3 and a Core 4 box I can use, also Windoze XP, 
but I'm not sure that'll be of any use.

-Mike


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