[Coco] save to disk

[Mike Rowen]

This is the idea. I recommend that you mount the DW version of HDBDOS (the .dsk file) as disk 4 in DW then Backup 4 to 0.

On Mar 15, 2012, at 11:28 AM, "Robert Hermanek" <rhermanek at centurytel.net> wrote:


> I think the idea is:

> 

> 1)  Get HDB-DOS for drivewire running on your coco any way, in your case via the cassette and cloadm

> 2)  Have the drivewire server running on your PC

> 3)  Mount a DSK file in drivewire server that contains a complete image of a HDB-DOS floppy disk.  Mount the DSK as a drive 1

> 4)  From the coco, access the DSK image using commands such as

> 

> DRIVE OFF 0

>   this tells hdb-dos to access physical drive 0 on coco

> 

> BACKUP 1 to 0

> 

> If the DSK image is mounted as drive 1, then this will copy the contents of the DSK to a physical disk inserted in drive 0.

> 

> You may need to DSKINI 0 if it is unformatted.

> 

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill" <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com>

> To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>

> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 1:19 PM

> Subject: Re: [Coco] save to disk

> 

> 

>> Yeah, but it's asking for all the machine language addresses, start, finish,

>> and exec. I don't know those.

>> 

>> -----Original Message-----

>> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On

>> Behalf Of Mike Rowen

>> Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 2:12 PM

>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts

>> Subject: Re: [Coco] save to disk

>> 

>> If you boot HDBDOS via the cassette port, you can then mount the dsk in DW

>> and copy it to an actual floppy. From then on you could boot it from floppy

>> instead of the cassette cable.

>> 

>> Cheers,

>> -Mike

>> 

>> On Mar 15, 2012, at 10:48 AM, "Bill" <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

>> 

>>> I got HDBDOSC3 loaded on my Coco3, but I cannot get it saved to disk.

>>> 

>>> 

>>> 

>>> Help, please, before I have a  power hiccup

>>> 

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