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

[Bob Devries]

Hi Chad,

the number of tracks is set in the device descriptor, not the driver. The 
same is true for the stepping rate. If Level 1 has the DMODE utility, you 
can use that to change them.

Of course, that was/is true also of the double-sided working which Tandy 
ignored :(

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chad Hendon" <chadbh74 at hotmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 DS floppy config - SUCCESS!


> Wow.. that's very interesting.  Does it also set to 40 tracks and 6ms 
> stepping?  If so, I might go back and try rebuilding my disk with the 
> CCDISK instead of the RB1773 to see if it gives me any extra free ram at 
> boot.
>
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> -----Original message-----
> From: Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, Aug 9, 2010 01:47:15 GMT+00:00
> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 DS floppy config - SUCCESS!
>
> 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)
>
> * Patches Level I Ver. 2
> * CCDisk to read, write
> * and format both single
> * and double sided disks
> * Rainbow, Oct '88, p 157
> t
> tmode .1 -pause
> save /d0/ccdisk ccdisk
> debug
> lccdisk
> . .+7
> =80
> $load /d0/ccdisk
> lccdisk
> . .+3
> =82
> lccdisk
> . .+1c9
> =16
> =01
> =84
> lccdisk
> . .+1f8
> =5f
> =17
> =01
> =76
> lccdisk
> . .+2ae
> =e6
> =c9
> =00
> =a9
> =16
> =00
> =8c
> =12
> =23
> =02
> lccdisk
> . .+2dd
> =40
> =12
> =12
> =12
> =17
> =00
> =90
> . .+3
> =5f
> =16
> =00
> =81
> lccdisk
> . .+341
> =a6
> =07
> =85
> =01
> =26
> =02
> =ca
> =40
> =a6
> =09
> =81
> =15
> =16
> =ff
> =66
> =a6
> =88
> =10
> =85
> =01
> =27
> =0e
> =64
> =e4
> =24
> =0a
> =a6
> =c9
> =00
> =a9
> =8a
> =40
> =a7
> =c9
> =00
> =a9
> =35
> =02
> =81
> =15
> =16
> =fe
> =61
> =ea
> =a8
> =22
> =16
> =ff
> =01
> =cb
> =10
> =ea
> =a8
> =22
> =34
> =02
> =17
> =fe
> =f7
> =35
> =02
> =39
> q
> del /d0/ccdisk
> save /d0/temp ccdisk
> verify u</d0/temp >/d0/ccdisk
> del temp
> tmode .1 pause
> -t
>
> * EOF *
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chad H" <chadbh74 at hotmail.com>
> To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 3:42 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] OS-9 DS floppy config - SUCCESS!
>
>
>>I put together a Double-sided 40-track disk image that contains this 
>>setup, >should anyone wish to examine it further.  I'm using this 
>>particular image >for running Deskmate so it has Deskmate files in the 
>>CMDs.  But it can be >used to make a OS-9 double-sided boot disk from 
>>scratch easily.  I even put >a script in the root that does just that for 
>>you, targeting /D1, called >MAKEBOOT.  It will handle all the formatting, 
>>cobbler, bootfix, etc.  Yes, >the BOOTFIX is included in the CMDS.  This 
>>is utilizing OS9's COBBLER >(Renamed on this disk to OS9COBBLER).  I 
>>haven't tried using NitrOS9's >COBBLER yet with this boot setup.  It's 
>>possible that COBBLER may eliminate >the need for BOOTFIX since we are now 
>>working from a good double-sided boot >disk as a source.  I also have my 
>>SET540 script in the root that >initializes OS9 for text output to a HP 
>>Deskjet 540 at 1200baud.
>>
>> The image has been uploaded to my repository as DMOS9MOD.DSK
>>
>>
>> My CoCo repository is here > 
>> http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=4fzk73i24xo77
>>
>> - Chad
>>
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