[Coco] Coco Flex

[Bob Devries]

Ron,
I have used OmniFlop with some success.
http://www.shlock.co.uk/Utils/OmniFlop

Although the website says Acorn BBC, it does read and write a variety of 
disk formats, including Colour Computer.


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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: "Ron Bihler" <rbihler at msn.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco Flex


> You are on track as it may be, Track O was single sided and might have 
> been single density as well.  This allowed the computer to read the disk 
> and then know what format the rest of the disk was formated in. I guess 
> what really is different between the formats is the disk layout.  You are 
> bringing up a good point and it should be possible to take the dsk images 
> and just plop them on a disk.  I am not sure what the trk 0 thing will do.
> Do you know of a good util to write the dsk images to floppy?  I am 
> tempted to try Cocodisk !
>
> Thanks
> Ron
>
> Bob Devries wrote:
>> Ron,
>>
>> As far as I know Coco FLEX used the Colour Computer disk format (35 
>> tracks, 18 SPT, 1 side), so if you're talking about thos images, then yes 
>> they should be able to be copied to real disks. However, I don't know 
>> what format the other computers, such as the SWPTE used.
>>
>> Some OS's in that era used single density for either track 0 or all 
>> tracks, and the number of SPT may vary also.
>>
>> -- 
>> 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: "Ron Bihler" <rbihler at msn.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:15 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco Flex
>>
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> 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: "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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> 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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