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

[David Ladd]

Another good option is to add this poke into the auto start file on drive 0.


On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 10:08 PM, Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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