[Coco] Reading and Writing CoCo RSDOS disks on PC

[tonym]

that's actually the exact order that I tried it in!

Actually, first I tried formatting dskini, then port to read.
Didn't work. Formatted with dos. Copied to, read back.
Worked. dskini format again, then port, no avail.


Tony 


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
Reply-To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Date:  Sat, 07 Oct 2006 17:39:57 -0400


>tonym wrote:

>> Having some issues - 

>> 

>> Got a Compaq Deskpro EN, like 800MHz P3, installed HD, DOS 6.22, removed CD, installed 5.25" 360KB floppy drive.

>> 

>> Man - what a flashback machine!

>> 

>> Anyways, using port.exe, can't read any CoCo floppies.

>> Dskini.exe will format it, but port.exe will not read what dskini just formatted.

>> 

>> DOS will format, copy to, and read from it, so i know the floppy is good.

>> 

>> Any ideas?

>> 

>> Any other software to use to image coco floppies for archiving?

>> 

>> 

>> Tony

>> 

>> 

>

>Sometimes it helps to format a disk with the normal PC format, then use 

>DSKINI.EXE, and then try PORT.EXE.

>

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