[Coco] Progress report my NitrOS-9 Coco 3 System

[John T Chasteen]

No , the IDE is an unused 300GB drive I had on the shelf

John
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On Fri, 11 May 2007 15:44:11 -0400 "mike delyea" <mdelyea at gmail.com>
writes:
> Perhaps he meant 300mb, which sounds more reasonable.
> 
> On 5/11/07, Mike Pepe <lamune at doki-doki.net> wrote:
> >
> > Roger Merchberger wrote:
> > > Rumor has it that John T Chasteen may have mentioned these 
> words:
> > >> Hello Coco Friends
> > >> Thanks for helping me to get my COCO3 System operational.
> > >> The new IDE hard drive (300GB) mounted in a dual 5.25 inch
> > >> pwr supply case with both floppy drives removed.
> > >>
> > >> Equipment operational is a 512k COCO3, MPI with new PROM,
> > >> 300GB IDE drive, Hardware converter to use a Flat screen 
> Computer
> > >> Monitor.
> > >>
> > >> Super IDE interface will allow me to get the IDE drive 
> connected
> > >> and operational. I also have to learn more about Cloud-9  
> DriveWire
> > >> cable and software.
> > >>
> > >> Still haven't heard much on utilizing the 300GB IDE drive and 
> dual
> > >> boot procedure
> > >
> > > <MODE="WideEyed">
> > >
> > >   *utilizing* a 300G Drive?
> > >
> > > </MODE>
> > >
> > > I seriously doubt there was ever that much software available in 
> the
> > > entire history of the CoCo...
> > >
> > > That said, the largest partition OS-9 can handle is 4G. FWIU, 
> you can
> > > have multiple partitions of 4G, but how much data do you 
> actually plan
> > > on storing on your CoCo system?
> > >
> > > Note: When I say "partition" don't think of it like an MS-DOS or 
> Linux
> > > partition which are delineated in a table - think "manual 
> offsets to
> > > multiple banks of data." If you later put this drive on a PC, it 
> will
> > > for all intents & purposes have "random data" on it, and any PC
> > > operating system won't know there's any "partitions" on the 
> drive
> > > whatsoever.
> > >
> > > The "Dual Boot" procedure, assuming you're speaking about RS-DOS 
> and
> > > [Nitr]OS-9, is detailed in the documentation - it's basically 
> 1)
> > > figuring out how many "virtual floppies" you want for RS-DOS (max 
> of 256
> > > - that'll take about 81Meg of storage) calculating the storage 
> offset of
> > > that, and telling NitrOS-9 to start formatting the drive at that 
> offset.
> > >
> > > Personally, I'm still debating setting up a 2G laptop drive I've 
> saved
> > > for my CoCo - for my current needs, a 512Meg CF might be more 
> than
> > > enough (with a few extra 128Meg CF cold-swappables in case I 
> need more
> > > "virtual floppies" for RS-DOS, but as I've only used 10 so 
> far... ;-)
> > >
> > > Now that you've given us a bit more detail of the hardware you 
> have --
> > > what are your plans for software? How much are you planning on 
> storing,
> > > and where will you spend most of your time, RS-DOS or NitrOS-9?
> > >
> >
> > I'd have to agree with Roger, John... using 300GB is pretty 
> implausible :)
> >
> > I'd go with a 2-4GB CF card or microdrive, and put the 300GB drive 
> in a
> > pc!
> >
> > -Mike
> >
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