[Coco] reliable CoCo floppy disk writing on PCs

[Bob Devries]

Roger,
In VCC, select Cartridge->FD502 config, and there's a section for Physical 
Disks. Select Drive A: or B: to be drives 0 - 3 on the Coco under emulation.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger Taylor" <operator at coco3.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 1:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] reliable CoCo floppy disk writing on PCs


> At 10:28 PM 3/16/2008, you wrote:
>>Roger Taylor wrote:
>>
>>>I just set up a spare Win98SE PC from scratch mainly for experimenting 
>>>with what works best for writing CoCo disks from a PC.
>>>I'm trying to round up some group feedback on your success level with 
>>>writing CoCo BASIC and OS-9 floppies from Windows.
>>>If you've had almost perfect results and the disks read back on the CoCo 
>>>without the CoCo really knowing any difference, please let me know what 
>>>tools you use, the BIOS setting for the 3.5" or 5.25" drive doing the 
>>>writing, and any other details.
>>>Thanks
>>
>>With Win98SE, a 3.5" drive, and nothing done to the BIOS other than 
>>indicating the presence of a floppy drive, PORT.EXE and DSKINI.EXE worked 
>>just fine. Any problems usually can be solved by formatting the disk on 
>>the PC rather than the Coco.
>>
>>With WinXP, a 3.5" drive, and nothing special in the BIOS, OmniFlop (stand 
>>alone) and fdrawcmd.sys plus VCC work well. Again problems usually are 
>>resolved by formatting on the PC.
>>
>>Both the above have a normal floppy ribbon on the Coco with a 3.5" drive 
>>as drive #1 mounted in a full height case and a 5.25" drive as #0.
>>
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> I wasn''t aware that VCC handled reading from the PC's floppy drives.  I 
> don't see that option anywhere, in the past 3 versions I've had up to 
> 1.40.  ?
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