[Coco] OS-9 DS floppy config - SUCCESS!

[Bob Devries]

Thanks for that, Willard.

I was a bit hesitant to download 200MB+ just to confirm the existance of 
that patch. :(

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willard Goosey" <goosey at virgo.sdc.org>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 2:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 DS floppy config - SUCCESS!



> On Mon, Aug 09, 2010 at 11:47:15AM +1000, Bob Devries wrote:

>> Hi all,

>>

>> for anyone who is interested, I found the original patch file to modify

>> CCDISK from the Level 1 V2.0.0 distribution to read/write/format

>> double-sided disks. It was featured in The Rainbow October 1988, pp 156. 

>> I

>> don't have that issue now, so I can't say who wrote it (unless I download

>> it from maltedmedia)

>

> Steve Goldberg wrote it.  Also a patch to format dd disks under LI in

> the same issue:

>

> *Patches the format utility to

> * permit formatting single sided

> * disks on double sided drives and

> * provides for a choice of number

> * of track.  Use * (asterick) as an

> * option for single sided formatting

> * Use number of tracks in pareneses

> * as option to change track count.

> t

> load format

> debug

> lformat

> . .+1a3

> =49

> . .+4

> =2a

> =01

> . .+1

> =0f

> lformat

> . .+a85

> =a0

> =8c

> =39

> q

> del -x format

> save /d0/cmds/format format

> unlink format

> -t

>

>

> Willard

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