[Coco] FD-502 dual drive system on eBay (not mine)

Daniel Campos daniel.campus at gmail.com
Tue Sep 17 10:55:28 EDT 2013


The only differences are in software. Here I have my Tano with CoCo ROMs
working with my 26-3022 and even loading Nitros9:

https://picasaweb.google.com/109345699838454178536/DragonByTano#5894541932834828194

https://picasaweb.google.com/109345699838454178536/DragonByTano#5894541933638359298

https://picasaweb.google.com/109345699838454178536/DragonByTano#5894541918705105330

Daniel


2013/9/17 Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>

> The dragon interface uses a WD2797 and is a non-halt interface. While using
> the modifed ROM with a tandy SD any software that makes direct disk access
> will fail.
>
> This includes OS-9, FLEX, etc.
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net
> >wrote:
>
> > You can do that, there are modified DragonDOS ROMs for Coco Controllers.
> > But, from what I understand the Dragon paks use a different port to
> > communicate with the controller.
> >
> > - Al -
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Arthur Flexser
> >
> > Wouldn't a CoCo disk system work in the Dragon, if you replaced the
> > Disk Basic ROM with an EPROM containing Dragon DOS (or whatever it's
> > called)?
> >
> > Art
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