[Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS

[Wayne Campbell]

Oh, I almost forgot. It is a floppy image, as far as I know, not a vhd. I
have mounted it into /d0, /d1 and /d2 and VCC accepts it in any of them. It
would not if it was a VHD.

nos96309l2v030209coco3_becker.dsk

Wayne



On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:

> I got the disk image from http://www.nitros9.org/latest/, which is the
> link on http://vcc.cococoding.com/ where I downloaded vcc143. I hope that
> helps.
>
>
> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 2:34 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> No. ALL dw access on the becker disk is through the becker port. Until
>> you know what they are, ignore the /nx descriptors. You're looking for
>> something special... there is nothing special... just disk drivers.
>> you cannot access the /nx descriptors directly. They are for something
>> else altogether.
>> all drive access is through /x0 -/x3 and /dd and /d0 - /d3 for the
>> floppies
>>
>> becker=dw=becker.
>> dw is real coco
>> becker is vcc
>>
>> all becker drivers on a becker disk are EXACTLY the same as dw drivers on
>> a dw disk, just for different systems.
>>
>> On the becker disk:
>> rbdw = becker rbf driver
>> dwio = becker sub
>> /x0 - /x3 = becker descriptors
>>
>>
>> On the dw disk:
>> rbdw = dw rbf driver
>> dwio = dw sub
>> /x0 - /x3 = dw descriptors
>>
>>
>> dir /x0
>> dir /x1
>> dir /x2
>> dir /x3
>>
>> since we haven't a clue where you got the disk, what's in the boot, if
>> you're using dsk or vhd, that's all I can tell ya.
>>
>> Bill Pierce
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Mon, Oct 7, 2013 5:08 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Now using VCC as well as MESS
>>
>>
>> D0-D3 in my boot are the standard drives. X0-X3 are the drivewire
>> descriptors, and n,n1-14 are the scf descriptors for using dw via the
>> becker port. Right?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 1:48 PM, Melanie and John Mark Mobley <
>> johnmarkmelanie at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Q) If I try using a command like 'dir /xn' (where n can be 0,1,2 or 3,
>> all
>> > I
>> > get is a 221 (module not found) error.
>> > A1) dir /dn (where n can be 0, 1, 2, or 3).
>> > A2) type "mdir" and look for D0 or X0.
>> >
>> > John Mark Mobley
>> >
>> >
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