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

[Darren A]

Perhaps a future enhancement to HDB-DOS for the sIDE: Scan the MPI
slots for a floppy controller and make sure that slot gets SCS* when a
DRIVE OFF command is entered.

Darren


On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Mark Marlette wrote:
>
> You can do that or you can just slide the MPI slot to the 4th position when you are done booting off the sIDE. You can leave it there, but it IS required to be poked as Darren has indicated or the switch to be moved if you want to talk to the floppy drive controller. Not my rules, but Tandy's.
>
> The sIDE is only needed to be in selected at boot time. This is for the proper ROM/FLASH ROM bank selects. The I/O ports of the sIDE are memory based, no slot select needed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
> Cloud-9
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darren A" <mechacoco at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 10:08:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] SuperIDE / HDB-DOS and physical floppies question
>
> 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
>>
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