[Coco] DW4 with CoCo 2

[Mike Rowen]

Just to confirm, I have it working as desired now. I set the HDBDOSmode to
true under Advanced Settings and now the drives behave like typical floppy
disks. Thanks.

Cheers,
-Mike

On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 10:04 PM, Bruce W. Calkins <
brucewcalkins at charter.net> wrote:

> To shift primary drive access you need the command DRIVE # on the CoCo
> otherwise the default is drive 0.  Also many disk programs were coded for
> drive 0 and will not run while mounted in another drive.
>
> Bruce W.
>
>
>  ----- Original Message -----
>  From: Mike Rowen
>
>
>  I'm having an odd issue with DW4 and a CoCo 2. Just wondering what I'm
>  doing wrong.
>
>  The CoCo 2 comes up with DECB 1.1 (FD-501 in the cart slot).
>  I'm loading hdbdos for the CC2 via cassette and audio file from the PC.
>  HDB-DOS 1.2 DW3 COCO 2 appears on the CoCo screen after EXEC.
>  I mount fahrfall.dsk in drive 0 via the GUI and directory works great from
>  the CoCo2.
>  I unmount that disk and move it to DW4 drive 1 and issue DIR 1 from the
>  CoCo2.
>  I then get I/O error from the CoCo 2. The server tab on the DW4 GUI has
> the
>  following error:
>
>
>  Mon Mar 12 2012 21:50:08.425  WARN   DWProtocolHandler
>  dwproto-0-11        DoOP_READEX: No disk in drive 0
>
>  So DW4 is acting like its still looking in drive 0 instead of 1.
>  Stranger still, I mount a another disk in drive 0. I can then get a DIR of
>  drive 0 ok. If I do a DIR 1, instead of an I/O error,
>  I now get a blank line followed by DRIVE=1    FREE=0, but no directory
>  information.
>
>  The configuration within DW4 looks correct for a CoCo2, what am I missing
>  here? Any help appreciated.
>
>  Cheers,
>  -Mike Rowen
>
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