[Coco] CoCo -> PC Redux
Steven Hirsch
snhirsch at gmail.com
Mon Feb 4 20:57:20 EST 2013
On Mon, 4 Feb 2013, Frank Swygert wrote:
> I've been poking 'round the net (and Files Area) looking for ideas on
> transferring CoCo stuff to the PC probably not visa-versa, but you never
> know. I have a Windows 95 machine with 5" & 3" floppies, Enet and,
> obviously serial. I also have a Vista Laptop with a wireless USB <-> Serial
> virtual (RF) serial link and HyperTerminal.
>
> Searching for PC Transfer, I see references to "Jeff's PORT", and some other
> stuff... but it's hard following some of the threads.
>
> So, assuming I've given enough info... Comments?
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>
> Highly edited your post! Luis pointed out is COCODSKUTIL. You can also try
> Drivewire. It runs on the PC and makes it a file server for the CoCo, so you
> can transfer files to a virtual disk on the PC then should be able to read
> them from the PC. I don't recall what people use to read the files on the PC
> side, I'm sure someone more familiar with Driewire will jump in!
The 'toolshed' utilities are great for moving files back and forth between
disk images and the local machine's filesystem. That said, I do not know
if Windows builds are still available.
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