[Coco] Good news: my CoCo 3 is back to life!

[Mark Marlette]

Marcus,

I forgot to add.

WITH POWER OFF TO ALL DEVICES....

You can plug the disk controller in.

Mark

Quoting Mark Marlette <mark at cloud9tech.com>:


> Marcus,

>

> Reading the documentation helps. :)

>

> You have a DriveWire EPROM installed in your floppy controller. It is

> looking for the server on the PC via the serial cable.

>

> This is by default. If you want to access your local drives, type DRIVE OFF

>

> Again, you have all the manuals and commands at your finger tips.

>

> I know you just want to play but you have an advanced system.

>

> If you want to revert back to just RSDOS then place the DECB 1.1 ROM

> that I shipped you back in the controller.

>

> The mpack is NOT required to run just the disk controller. You can plug

> the disk controller in the side of the coco, label up.

>

> Type DIR and the drive light should light up and access the drive.

>

> You have a FD-501 with an upgraded drive to DSDD.

>

> I have shipped many CoCos around the world. This is only the second one

> that the memory had to be reseated as I recall.

>

> Glad it is going. You have a very nice setup.

>

> Regards,

>

> Mark

>

> Quoting Marcus Vinicius Garrett Chiado <marcus.chiado at gmail.com>:

>

>> Dear friends,

>>

>> My friend Daniel brought my CoCo 3 back to life, he reisntalled the 512 Kb

>> expansion board and ta-da!!!!! It works!!!!

>>

>> http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t191/garrettimus/coco.jpg

>>

>> :-D

>>

>> Unfortunately, he couldn´t get the disk drive to work. We do not know if the

>> HDB-DOS EPROM could be the problem, since DriveWire is not connected yet,

>> only the disk drive itself. Is there any commands to load actual floppies

>> when DriveWire is disconnected? He typed a command to load a game, but

>> nothing happened. We haven´t been using the Multi-Pak either, just the disk

>> drive interface/disk drive unit. Is the Multi-Pak needed because of the 12

>> volt current?

>>

>> We are a little lost here, totally newbies in terms of CoCo.

>>

>>

>>

>> Thanks!

>>

>> MARCUS VINICIUS GARRETT CHIADO

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