[Coco] HDBDOS to disk

[L. Curtis Boyle]

That looks like an HJL keyboard (It was one of the first replacement keyboards).

L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



On Jun 21, 2013, at 12:01 PM, Bill wrote:

> Here is my equip list:
> 
> I have a Coco1, 64K. It has a very strange keyboard w/F1, F2, F3, and F4
> keys on it. It has a toggle switch and a push button on the upper right
> corner of the keyboard (picture at http://www.sq1bbs.com/coco1.jpg). The
> on/off switch is broken off, and I have to use a stick/pencil to turn it on
> and off. I'm using a old Radio Shack cassette (not one made for the Coco).
> 
> I have a Coco2, 64k. It is also "non-virgin", but I don't see any problems
> with it (yet). I have a "MiniDrive" that looks just like a #26-1164A. The
> label on the back is gone so I cannot say for sure that it is that model.
> With it, I have a floppy disk controller #26-3029. It appears to have been
> UNOPENED (unless someone pulled the label back, tinkered, and put it back). 
> 
> Someone was kind enough to donate to me three 26-3008 joysticks and a
> cassette cable (for which I'm very greatful).
> 
> I still have some software I used to use on the Coco3 I USED TO HAVE. It
> does seem damaged, though, because it was put away carelessly when I got
> sick.
> 
> Right now, I'm using the Coco1 in the house to "tinker with". The Coco2 is
> in the 'storage room/shop' outside in one of our storage buildings.
> 
> Oh, and I also have a DriveWire cable and a USB to Serial converter. With
> it, I am able to access my PC where all of my .dsk files are stored. I
> scrounged around and found over 1700 various .DSK files and 60 or so ROM
> files. (All my files are available for download at
> http://www.sq1bbs.com/cocofiles) I honestly don't know which ones are good
> or not, but they are there. Help yourself!!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus)
> Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 9:22 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] HDBDOS to disk
> 
> what are you doing exactly ? do you have or not a floppy drive ?
> 
> supposing you have an empty floppy disk so you want to copy hdbdos.bin to a
> floppy disk right ?
> 
> you can load the hdbdos on tape and once it's running you can mount a
> virtual image on drivewire server (with the hdbdos.bin on it) on drive 1
> for example (activate the hdb-dos emulation option on menu to support more
> than one virtual drive) then on coco, type:
> 
> DRIVE OFF 0
> BACKUP 1 TO 0
> 
> This will copy the drivewire virtual disk image to your real floppy drive 0
> 
> 
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