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

[Marcus Vinicius Garrett Chiado]

Thank you, Mark!

Daniel is going to test it later. We didn't know the "DRIVE OFF" thing. 
Yes, I must read the instructions.

;-)

The first game he's gonna try is Gate Crasher, a 512 Kb game.




Mark Marlette wrote:
> 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