[Coco] Dragons

[tonym]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Darren A mechacoco at gmail.com
>Sent 5/13/2009 12:48:08 AM
>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts coco at maltedmedia.com
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Dragons
>
>On 5/12/09, tonym wrote:
> Yep - using that SuperDOS E6 you sent me, in an HDS (1773-based) FDC.
>
> Guess that would do it...although, even Basic disks aren't readable.
> Even a simple DIR fails. It'll format a new disk, though.
>
> Cool how that SuperDOS even had built-in support for DS/DD 80T drives!
> A simple DSKINIT 0,2,40 for example, formatted drive0, 2 sides, 40tracks,
> 360-some-odd KB!
>
>
>The DragonDOS / SuperDOS file system is not compatible with CoCo Disk
>Basic. CoCo disks have a directory on track 17, SuperDOS uses track
>20 and a different format. CoCo disks use a granule allocation scheme
>(9 sectors per gran) while SuperDos can allocate single sectors.
>
>The BASIC disk commands are also very different between the two
>systems. SuperDOS was not written by Microsoft and does not extend
>Color Basic's device architecture like in the CoCo (you do not use the
>OPEN command to access data files on disk).
>
>


I meant that I couldn't read disks for the Dragon, not CoCo disks - wouldn't even THINK of doing that :)
I don't know if my issue is that DSKINI.EXE can't write the Dragon .VDK's properly, or what :)

I'm trying to get .VDK dragon images onto real media.
I assume with just standard DragonDos stuff, I'd have no issues, right?

I can understand what you stated about the OS9 disks...

Tony