[Coco] Looking for "C" utils

[Bob Devries]

Could it be that your drive is set for parity, and the Coco is not? As far 
as I remember, my SCSI driver (SCSISYS v2) does not use parity, and the 
drive(s) must be set to no parity.

my $0.02

Regards, Bob Devries

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen H. Fischer" <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2012 2:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Looking for "C" utils


> Hi,
>
>>From a Seagate product manual for an earlier drive: (Lower Numbers)
>
> It talks about flashes, not sounds. The SCSI interface manual has
> corresponding error codes up to a point.
>
> NO flashes or peeps means NO Errors!
>
> 1 flash = Microprocessor / Internal Memory Test failure.
>
> 2 flashes = Microprocessor Checksum Test failure.
>
> 3 flashes = Controller Chip Test failure.
>
> 4 flashes = Controller Program RAM failure.
>
> 5 flashes = Data buffer RAM test failure.
>
> 6 flashes = Spindle Speed Test failure.
>
> The SCSI manual Sense Keys says 47 = SCSI interface parity error.
>
> Time to throw in the towel?
>
> SHF
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bill Pierce" <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
> To: <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 5:00 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Looking for "C" utils
>
>
>>
>> Yep, Mike said he had to bang on these ocassionally to get them to 
>> spin... they're spinning up... just not to speed. Motors whir, heads 
>> chatter.. then h0 goes peep peep.... h1 goes peep, peep, peep, peep. I 
>> assume 2 peeps means ok, drive reads. the 4 peeps give error 47 from then 
>> on.
>> As I said before... I can read h0 for about 30-40 minutes before it 
>> starts giving error 47. The files are there, just no way to get them to 
>> the PC. I have them saved to a 3.5" floppy. My regular PC has no floppy 
>> drive or connections for one. I have another that I'm working on getting 
>> it to read coco disks but no luck yet. My wife and I are on fixed income 
>> and have a tight buget so I have to wait a bit before I can order the 
>> cable for drivewire. I also have to get a USB to serial adapter as my PC 
>> has no DB-9. It will all come together soon.
>> I really appreciate the help Stephen, Mind if I pick your brain from time 
>> to time on C code? I always worked in Asm or Basic09, I messed with C for 
>> about a month with OS9 Level 1 then Level 2 came out and I like basic09 
>> being so much faster under lv2 and RMA was awsome. I just never got back 
>> to C.
>>
>> Thanks Again!
>> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>> Bill Pierce
>> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>
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