[Coco] Having trouble using DSKINI,

[Robert Gault]

For the following DOS programs used to transfer from/to a Coco type 
floppy, DSKINI, RETRIEVE, OS9, help is obtained when no parameters are 
included with the command.

So for DSKINI, one just types DSKINI [ENTER] and you get the help screen.

Brian Palmer wrote:
> HI fellow coconuts,
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> 
> Having trouble transferring DSK images to real floppy disks, my PC setup is
> a 2400+ AMD cpu and board, 1x720k DSDD, running WINDOWS98SE for the emulator
> side of the coco software, XP is my main OS , for non coco related subjects.
> 
> My Probs are, finally got my system to recognize the 720k drive when using
> DSKINI utility, but when it finishes transferring the DSK contents across to
> the real floppy disk, there is nothing on it, do a DIR call in rsdos, shows
> nothing, comes up with errors.
> 
> what is the full command line for dskini, if i was to say i want Disk
> Defeater onto real floppies.
> 
> And is it normal for the icon for my 720k drive to say it's a 5 1/4 inch
> drive, when it's a 3 1/2 inch drive, on my desktop in XP.
> 
> So hopefully some coco user like me had the same troubles, and found the way
> to fix it, need all the help i can get, i'm close to punching my fist
> through my PC's casing.
> 
> Viva la coco
> 
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