[Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS

[Bill Pierce]

Wayne, in the VCC 1.4.3beta zip, there a small text file. It explains most of what needs to be done to set up the becker port. DW4 "should" give you the telnet capabilities you want. That's one aspect of DW I've yet to explore, but will soon have to.
The only thing is the current hdbdos does not support the becker port functions other than disk access unless you use ML to access the read/write routines directly and know the dw protocol.

To enable the becker port in VCC 1.4.3b:
In "Configuration"/"Config"/"Bitbanger" you must check "Enable Becker Port"
These next ones should be set but always good to check
IP Address of DriveWire server = 127.0.01
TCP port = 65504

In "Cartridge"/"FD-502 Config"
"Dos Image"/ check "External Rom Image"
"External Rom Image" (at bottom)
Click browse, go to the VCC dir, and select the "hdbdwbc3.rom" not the "hdbdwbck.rom". That one's for running time critical games & Coco 2 (XRoar).

Start DW4  server on your PC, do the "Simple Configuration Wizard" select "Emulator or other TCP/IP". click next and leave all else at the defaults. Inset a disk in slot 0.
Now in VCC, hit "F9" twice (cold start) 
You should be in hdbdos and have dw4 access.
If you're using partitioned VHDs, then you need to set your offsets.
Note: In this mode, you lose the VCC default VHD in hdbdos, But you can gain it back in Nitros9 with the emudsk drivers installed in your becker boot.

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sat, Oct 5, 2013 9:26 pm
Subject: [Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS


I decided today was the day to see if VCC would run on this PC. I started
using MESS 1.36b on my laptop because VCC wouldn't even launch on it. This
computer is different hardware, but the same XP Pro I installed on the
laptop. I figured the hardware difference could do the trick, and I was
right.

Instead of downloading the 3.2.8 vhd image on the site, I set the FD-502
drive 0 to my 80-track boot floppy image, and the HD drive 0 to my vhd
image. I set the keyboard to OS9 mapping and started the emulation. It
worked flawlessly.

I am wanting to see if I can get the Becker port working, but there's
nothing in the emulation help about it, and nothing in the way of options
in the config or devices menus.

I will research that more tomorrow. My question is, will I be able to use
the Becker port as a way to telnet to another location, such as IRC. I am
(not at this moment) writing a IRC client, and being able to telnet through
the Becker port would allow me to test the software locally.

Wayne

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