[Coco] CoCo Diskettes backup

[Robin Lavallée]

Hello,

 

Objective: I want to make backup copies of all my Coco diskettes before
their content is lost forever. I’m especially looking at backing up some
programs I wrote then I was less than 10 years old. :D

 

What I have:

·         A CoCo2

·         A CoCo3

·         A floppy disk reader for the CoCo

·         A bunch of CoCo floppy diskette containing all sort of data.

·         A PC

 

My talents (or lack of):

·         I’m no good at soldering. (No experience).

·         I’m good with software.

·         I’m ready to pay for missing parts.

 

What is my plan:

1)      I need to get DriveWire (3 or 4?) running on the PC

o   ROM Pak seems to be unavailable from http://www.cloud9tech.com/ OR;

o   I need a cable to connect between my PC and the CoCo to load up the
HDB-DOS program. What cable ? “(just two cables connected from your Mac or
PC to your CoCo”

2)      I need to get a DriveWrite Serial Cable. (Available from cloud9).

3)      I should also get a USB-DB9 Serial Cable adaptor for the PC. (Like
this http://www.cablestogo.com/product/26886 ?).

 

Anything else I might be missing in this quest toward glory ?

I’m especially confused by step 1.

 

Thanks a lot,

Robin