[Coco] Having fun with hacking HDB-DOS

[Juan Castro]

No new functionality but a neat tweak. I added syntax to the DRIVE
command to select the I/O method (or "line"):

DRIVE LINE 0 <- 38kbps DW
DRIVE LINE 1 <- 57kbps DW
DRIVE LINE 2 <- Becker port

Also, I decided to give this concoction a reasonable-sounding name:
R+DOS-16. The 16 should be self-explanatory. R+ is the name of the
blog me and a bunch of others edit -- Retrocomputaria Plus.

The ROM:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15643089/16k-hdbdw3cc2.rom

The patch against the Toolshed repo:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15643089/hdbdos-16krom.patch

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 10:56 PM, Kip Koon <computerdoc at sc.rr.com> wrote:
> Hi Juan!
> Selecting IDE for everything, or selecting Drivewire for everything, or
> selecting an SD card for everything in the beginning sounds like a great
> starting point.  Think about being able to use to copy or backup command
> between drives in different slots in the MPI as well.  That is a dream of
> mine in both HDB-DOS and NitrOS-9 as well.  The software just needs to be
> modified to do it.  In any event, I like that as a beginning towards the per
> selection idea.  Consider me a beta tester if you like.  I can erase and
> reburn my 27128 eprom all day long.  :)  I can hardly wait to see your next
> version.  In the past I have not been much of a gamer, but I will make an
> exception and test out your button command.  I assume it has to be a basic
> game using the joystick so can you recommend one for me to try?  Thank you
> again for a fantastic upgrade to HDB-DOS.  ;D
> Kip
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On
> Behalf Of Juan Castro
> Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 9:20 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Having fun with hacking HDB-DOS
>
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Kip Koon <computerdoc at sc.rr.com> wrote:
>> Hi Juan!
>> I just tried WIDTH 51 and WIDTH 64!  They are great!  I love it!  Now
>> I can see better when I list Basic programs on my Coco 1.  This will
>> definitely become my new Coco 1 HDB-DOS Drivewire Eprom image.  I have
>> it running in a Glenside IDE controller.  When will the triple driver
>> version as in IDE, Hard drive, Drivewire for the 16KB HDBDW3CC2 eprom
> image be released?
>
> I will have to do some very non-trivial coding in order to implement my idea
> of per-drive method selection. I intend to begin with something easier --
> you select IDE for everything and it behaves just like normal IDE HDB-DOS
> for all drives, then you select DriveWire and it's DriveWire for everybody
> etc.
>
> What I lack to make it progress faster isn't time or resources -- it's
> stamina. Gaaaaa.
>
> (Although having a very satisfied user is surely stimulating!)
>
>> I remember you mentioned something about that but I don't remember
>> exactly what you said.  By the way, what version number HDB-DOS was
>> this based on and will you be upgrading each new version of HDB-DOS as
> they come out?
>
> I'm maintaining it as a patch to the Mercurial repository, i.e. the very
> very bleeding edge HDB-DOS code, bugs and all.
>
>> Thanks for an excellent upgrade to HDB-DOS.
>
> Thank you for testing. Hey, did you try the BUTTON() function with a
> joystick? It should work as the CoCo 3 version, but only for the first
> button of course.
>
> Juan
>
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