[Coco] Coco Flex

[Ron Bihler]

Thanks Bob.
Humm, I only have a Coco 3 so that option is out.  It was worth a try :)

Do you know if the dsk images can be coped to a real disk?  There must 
be a utility that create Flex diskettes ?


Ron

Bob Devries wrote:
> Ron,
>
> I have the FLEX disks here, and I believe I have images too.
> One problem I found was that FLEX does not run on a Coco3. I've also 
> tried without success to run the image in an emulator, but even in the 
> MESS coco2 emulator, it hangs at the time & date input prompt. I have 
> not tried Jeff Vavasour's coco2 emulator.
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Bihler" <rbihler at msn.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 9:01 AM
> Subject: [Coco] Coco Flex
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>
>> I am working on an Old SWTPC 6809 S09 system running Flex (Hopefully)
>>
>> The system was working, but I didn't get the floppy drives and can't 
>> seem to get the drives I have to read the diskettes.  Not sure what 
>> the issue is, good possibility it's something not set correctly.  
>> However I had this thought that the Coco can run a version of flex 
>> and might be able to verify the diskettes or even copy a new set. 
>> Back to the same issue, how to get Flex disk.  I am assuming the Boot 
>> disk is RSDOS, but it would need to load Flex format disks.
>> Anyway my real goal is to find a way to read/write a flex diskette.  
>> I want to see if I can even read the boot disk's I have.
>>
>> I am hoping to make the disk on a PC or linux would be fine as well.  
>> Will need to pull out the L-Box.
>> Anyone have any experience running Flex and the floppy system, know 
>> more about it>?
>>
>> Any assistance or suggestions are welcomed.
>>
>> Ron
>>
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