[Coco] SuperIDE / HDB-DOS and physical floppies question

[Darren A]

You would also need to enter POKE &HFF7F,&H23 to activate the floppy
controller in slot 4 while leaving slot 3 selected as the active ROM
cartridge.

Darren

On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 8:25 PM, tonym wrote:
> OK - I've run this multiple times with multiple FDCs and it doesn't work.
> Works in the emulator, though :)
>
> Have a -3029 FDC in slot 4, with stock RSDOS 1.1
> SuperIDE in SLot 3, 512MB CF card already set up. FlashBank0 on the SuperIDE has the proper HDB-DOS 1.1D for the 512MB CF card.
>
> When I set the MPI to slot 4 (FDC) and LOADM"HDB-DOS":EXEC, everything works: HDB-DIS virtual floppies, and physical DRIVE0
>
> If I set the MPI to slot 3 (SuperIDE: set to Flash0) it boots fine, HDB-DOS virtual floppies work, but physical DRIVE0 does not - DRIVE OFF or ON.
>
> Are the physical floppies supposed to be able to work if you boot from the SuperIDE flashbanks?
>
> Tks!
>
> Tony
>