[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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