[Coco] Help - CoCo emulator disk image formats...???

[Bert & Peggy Schneider]

Bob,

Thanks for getting back.  Since your last note, I've tried a couple of
things differently.

I installed the j version - which is the latest and greatest.

I've also tried the 96 tracks per inch.  It doesn't change anything.

By going to the j version, I have gone much further than before.  I even
formatted the floppy on the CoCo 3 first, before copying files to the
floppy on the PC.

Which format should I use?  Should I copy a .dsk or .img format?

Bert

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
On Behalf Of Robert Gault
Sent: Saturday, July 15, 2006 2:05 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] Help - CoCo emulator disk image formats...???

Bert & Peggy Schneider wrote:

> Bob,
> 
> I'm running Windows XP Home Edition 5.2.2600 on an HP computer with
512
> Meg of RAM
> 
> Here are the steps I'm taking when I use OmniFlop:
> 
> 1. I'm using OmniFlop v2.01g and I have turned off my anti-virus
> software
> 2. I use the format command within OmniFlop to format a 3.5" floppy
> 3. I select the "35/1/18x256 (Tandy CoCo RSDOS single-sided 48TPI)
157.5
> KB" format
> 4. OmniFlop does a complete format with out any problems (or I can
> format the floppy on my CoCO 3 with a 3/5" drive without any problems)
> 5. I then select "Write Disk" from OmniFlop
> 6. Next, a window comes up with "Select a format to write this disk
> with:" and the only option is "Unknown uniform custom format", which I
> select
> 7. Next I select the "MESS DSK format (*.dsk)"
> 8. Next I select a *dsk file from my PC hard drive
> 9. I select "FINNISH" and the computer goes off to copy the files -
and
> writes for a while
> 10. Then an error window comes up with the following message:
> 

Simple to fix. Change step 3 from 48TPI to 96TPI

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