[Coco] FD ROM Images

[Mark Marlette]

Bill,

As Luis has indicated, there are already two boots flashed in to the sIDE. 

Banks 0-1 open

Bank 2 is the 256MB CF HDB/NitrOS-9 partition.

Bank 3 is the HDB-DOS / Drivewire ROM.

Regards,

Mark
http://www.cloud9tech.com




________________________________
 From: Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] FD ROM Images
 
and it comes already with 2 roms: hdbdos and dw.



On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Bill
> If you have the Cloud 9 SuperIDE, then you don't need to "burn" an eprom.
> The SuperIDE has 4 "flashable" roms that can be flashed from the Coco.
> Check you rmanual for instructions.
>
> Bill P
>
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> Bill Pierce
> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Gunshannon <billg999 at cs.uofs.edu>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Mon, Mar 25, 2013 2:41 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] FD ROM Images
>
>
>
> > Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> >>
> >> What image do I need to put HDB-DOS with support for my Cloud9
> >> IDE and DriveWire4 into my Floppy Cartridge and where might I
> >> find such image?  Or do I need to make a custom one that matches
> >> my hard disk?  And, if so, how do I add DriveWire4 to that image?
> >>
> >> bill
> >>
> >
> > Bill,
> >
> > You should mainly refer to Cloud-9 to answer questions of this type as
> > they
> > support what they sell.
>
> No doubt of that.  I just thought maybe there was a site with some
> pre-made images around.
>
> >
> > Keep in mind that you either access your own hard drive on the Coco or
> > access
> > the Drivewire server on your PC. You can't do both at the same time, far
> > as I know.
> > That means if you want to transfer files from the Drivewire server to
> your
> > Coco
> > hard drive, you must do this by indirect means with a floppy or RAM disk
> > as an
> > intermediary.
>
> OK, that answered that question.
>
> >
> > So, unless I'm completely wrong (possibly) your question does not have an
> > answer. There are different versions of HDBDOS and you should get them
> > from
> >
> > https://sites.google.com/site/drivewire4/download
> >
> > Since you already have a IDE installed, you don't need a new ROM with an
> > updated
> > HDBDOS.
>
> No, I have to do the LOADM"HDB-DOS":EXEC and I was hoping for something
> a bit better.  So, I guess I need to take the version that was built
> when I did the install and burn it into a ROM.
>
> >         What you really want is the ability to access the Drivewire
> server
> > on
> > your PC from your Coco. For that purpose you just need a LOADM binary
> > which will
> > overlay your disk ROM and can be loaded either from a floppy or your IDE
> > drive
> > in the Disk Basic partition.
> >
> > You have not indicated what model of Coco is in use so you will have to
> > download
> > the .zip file and select among HDBDW3CC1.BIN, HDBDW3CC2.BIN, and
> > HDBDW3CC3.BIN.
> > A LOADM : EXEC should start HDBDOS for Drivewire.
>
> Isn't there a driver for NitrOS9 as well?  That would meet my needs
> as well.
>
> bill
>
>
>
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