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

[Mark Marlette]

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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