[Coco] Sierra Xmas 86 demo

[Aaron Wolfe]

Purple monkey dishwasher.  And i vote for anarchy in general, failing that
Steve would make a fine substitute.
On Dec 10, 2012 4:17 AM, "Stephen H. Fischer" <SFischer1 at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I thought about a NitrOS-9 version for emulators that would accept both
> DNS=1 and DNS=3 for 2880 sector disks.
>
> 1. No one will want to support two versions.
>
> 2. The change will never appear in the nightly builds because they are not
> being built.
>
> 3. If they are built no one will use them. What's a nightly build, is it
> good to eat?
>
> 4. Of the people in the CoCo world, 1.5 are in sync.
>
> 5. There is no way to get everybody in sync.
>
> 6. Where are the Original OS-9 disks was asked so often that I created a
> thread. Eight Hundred Ninety Six views (896)
>
> 7. I got only one vote when I ran for dictator. Fine except no one else
> got any votes. I really wanted someone to run and accept being dictator.
>
> 8. When is the next release of NitrOS-9 to occur? When will a new NitrOS-9
> file for VCC to be released.
>
> 9. If this list is read backwards will it make it on Letterman?
>
> 10. I plan to die one day after Dave Lettermans last show.
>
> 11. Dave has said he will do one more show than Leno
>
> Time for the Scottish comic to come on with his horse and robot.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo@ aol.com>
> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 11:33 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Sierra Xmas 86 demo
>
>
>
>> The bad thing is that neither drivewire nor the emulators care one bit
>> about the dns but it's set in the descriptors and drivers and the disks
>> will error. If there was a way in the driver to reconize that it was an
>> image and not a disk and to just ignor the dns, the problem would go away.
>> Very few people are using real drives as more & more are failing.
>>
>> Bill P
>>
>> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
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>> Bill Pierce
>> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Theodore (Alex) Evans <alxevans at concentric.net>
>> To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Mon, Dec 10, 2012 2:24 am
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Sierra Xmas 86 demo
>>
>>
>> On 12-12-09 11:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
>>
>>  On Monday 10 December 2012 00:38:14 Theodore (Alex) Evans did opine:
>>>
>>
>>  The reason why is so that if you put 40trk media in a 80trk drive it
>>>> will read it properly.  While this is largely immaterial on 3.5" drives
>>>> (I actually do own a 40trk 3.5" drive so they do exist) going with dns=3
>>>> on 3.5" drives allows the same image and descriptor for 3.5" and 5.25"
>>>> 720k disks.
>>>>
>>>
>>  You could get away with that UNTIL you go to read somebody elses properly
>>> formatted 3.5" disk and can't.
>>>
>>
>> This is well covered ground on this list.  There are *logical* reasons
>> for choosing both DNS=1 and DNS=3 for an 80 track 3.5" floppy under
>> OS-9.  Unfortunately, as a direct result, 720k images (mostly for 3.5"
>> disks) exist using both conventions.  It sucks.  The situation has been
>> there since people started using 3.5" floppy drives with their CoCos and
>> it isn't likely to go away.  Since 3.5" floppies are neither 48tpi, nor
>> are they 96tpi, neither side is wrong, and to claim that they are is
>> only being a source of friction in the community.
>>
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