[Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO

[Randy Just]

Doing a list /d1/IDE2.1/makedesc.b09 displays readable code.

I tried the #24K --- still no go.

Very frustrating.  I don't really care if I go the makedesc.b09 route 
or ezgen route to get the hard drive up and running.  Just
would like to be able to use it at some point here.  The hard drive 
is sitting alongside my Coco looking both happy and depressed
all at the same time.  Happy it is recognized, but depressed it can't 
start storing Coco files.

At 02:43 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>Randy,
>Gene's comment certainly makes some sense, although with a .B09 
>extension, I'd be confident that it is a Basic09 source file. If 
>that's the case, you should be able to do this:
>
>list /d1/IDE2.1/makedesc.b09
>
>If this results in garbage all over the screen, then it is a PACKed 
>module, and must indeed be executed by RUNB (although Basic09 *does* 
>know how to execute packed modules).
>
>For the life of me, I don't understand why the source code wasn't 
>supplied in packed form in the first place, *unless* it was meant to 
>be modified by the end user, which is IMHO not a good situation.
>
>TO ALL:
>Are there any users here which have done what Randy is trying to do 
>with the Glenside IDE controller software?
>
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>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>
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>----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Just" <randyjust at comcast.net>
>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:27 AM
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO
>
>
>>
>>Thanks for your response.
>>
>>Tried using /d0/BASIC09 #16K
>>
>>Unfortunately, it seems to have gone from bad to worse.  Now I get 
>>an ERROR #032 followed by
>>about 15-20 ERROR #074 messages.
>>
>>At 02:17 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>>>Randy,
>>>
>>> From that error report, I'd suggest that basic09 does not have 
>>> enough memory for the size of the basic09 procedure file that 
>>> you're trying to run.
>>>
>>>load basic09 with extra memory, like this:
>>>
>>>/d0/BASIC09 #16K
>>>
>>>then proceed with loading the file as you describe.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>>
>>>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>>>the capacity to be his spokesman,
>>>so that I know how to help the weary.
>>>
>>>website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
>>>my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/
>>>
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Just" <randyjust at comcast.net>
>>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 7:52 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>1347 ERROR #069
>>>>111A ERROR #069
>>>>10CF ERROR #069
>>>>0FF5 ERROR #069
>>>>0FBC ERROR #069
>>>>ERROR #032
>>>>
>>>>The above are errors encountered when trying to load makedesc.b09 
>>>>from a floppy disk.  No files are
>>>>being read from the hard drive at this time..  I am trying to get 
>>>>a boot diskette set-up so I can format the
>>>>hard drive.  At least I believe that is the process.  At this 
>>>>point I have a virgin hard drive.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>At 01:41 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>Randy Just wrote:
>>>>>><snip>
>>>>>>I am working with the assumption I load BASIC09 (i.e. 
>>>>>>/d0/BASIC09) up first and then do a
>>>>>>load /d1/IDE2.1/makedesc.b09
>>>>>>Doing the above results in errors.
>>>>>><snip>
>>>>>>Using idedetect.b09, the drive is detected, so I am assuming I 
>>>>>>am good there.
>>>>> ><snip>
>>>>>
>>>>>Whenever you are trying to get help with a problem, you must 
>>>>>supply as much information as possible on the problem. So, what 
>>>>>errors are you getting? The specific errors, number or text 
>>>>>content, is crucial information.
>>>>>
>>>>>Your problem could be bad hardware, drive or interface. It could 
>>>>>be software corruption, bad disk. It could be missing driver and 
>>>>>descriptor, mismatched OS-9 boot file. The errors produced in 
>>>>>attempting to load makedesc.b09 can help narrow down the 
>>>>>choices. That idedetect.b09 works, does suggest as you mentioned 
>>>>>that the hardware is good.
>>>>>
>>>>>Without more information, it seems strange that a required file 
>>>>>to access the hard drive would be placed on the hard drive. That 
>>>>>would be a "catch-22" situation. You ought to have access to 
>>>>>makedesc.b09 from the same location as idedetect.b09.
>>>>>
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