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

Sun Nov 4 18:40:36 EST 2007

I am trying to put together a DSK file for you.  Having problems on 
this side doing that.  I
have a PC/XT that is reading through part of the disk and then 
erroring out.  Perhaps the
disk itself has a problem and that is the source of my problems.

At 03:01 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>Randy,
>is there any way you can get that code to me, so I can PACK it into 
>a runb-type module?
>Even if you snd a disk image of the source disk, I could work with it.
>
>
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>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.
>
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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 8:49 AM
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO
>
>
>>
>>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?
>>>
>>>--
>>>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 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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