[Coco] Got the SDC

[Randall Kindig]

Thanks, Bill!!  I just got my SDC and this will be very helpful when I start playing with it.

Randy Kindig
host Floppy Days Podcast
co-host Antic Podcast

On Feb 18, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Bill Loguidice wrote:

> In case it's helpful for anyone else, this is the command summary I made
> for myself from the Website and forum posts:
> 
> *Directory Listing:*
> DIR # (# for drive number - 0,1,2)
> 
> *CoCo SDC DIR:*
> DIR - (list all files and directories)
> DIR "FOLDER/
> DIR "FOLDER/*.XXX (where XXX is the extension that the search string
> returns)
> 
> *Mount an image:*
> DRIVE #,"NAME" (# for drive number, NAME for file name)
> DRIVE #,"PATH/NAME.DSK
> DRIVE #,"PATH/NA*.DSK
> DRIVE #,"PATH/NA*
> 
> *Create a new, blank disk image:*
> DRIVE #,"NAME.DSK",NEW (formatted)
> DRIVE #,"NAME.SDF",NEW+ (unformatted, will need DISKINI command to format)
> 
> *Eject a disk image (you can usually just overwrite an existing image by
> loading another image):*
> DRIVE #,UNLOAD
> 
> *Show the current drive configuration:*
> DRIVE
> 
> *Run a BASIC program (Loads and Runs):*
> RUN "#:NAME.BAS" (# for drive number, NAME for file name)
> RUN "NAME/BAS:#"
> 
> *Load a BASIC program (Just Loads, not Runs):*
> LOAD "#:NAME.BAS"
> LOAD "YYYY/BAS:#"
> 
> *Run a Machine Language Program:*
> LOADM "#:NAME.BIN":EXEC
> LOADM "NAME/BAS:#":EXEC
> 
> *Multi-disk programs:*
> Multi-disk programs require their own folder on the SD card. Place the
> individual
> disk image files inside the folder and give them names that end in
> sequential numbers (1-9). For example I have Gold Runner 2000 in a folder
> named GR2K with the two disk images inside named GR2K1.DSK and
> GR2K2.DSK. Use the DRIVE command to mount the folder as drive 0:
> 
>  DRIVE 0,"GR2K
> 
> This will mount the disk image inside with the lowest numbered name. Each press
> of the button on the controller will then rotate through the numbered image
> files and blink the LED to indicate which image has been selected.
> 
> *Startup Configuration File:*
> Entering a DRIVE command every time you start up the CoCo can be
> inconvenient, especially if you tend to use a particular disk image file on
> a regular basis. To alleviate this problem you can add a startup
> configuration file to the SD card.
> 
> You will need to use a computer with an SD card reader to create a
> plain-text ASCII file in the root directory of the SD card. The name of the
> file must be "STARTUP.CFG". The contents of the file can be one or two
> lines of text which specify the initial mount points for drives 0 and/or 1
> as shown in the example below.
> 
>  0=Nos9Lev2.dsk
>  1=Utils.dsk
> 
> Make sure the specified image files conform to the 8.3 filename conventions.
> 
> *Using DriveWire Images:*
> To access disk images on the DriveWire server, you use the DRIVE command as
> explained above but instead of a string argument identifying an image file
> on the SD card, you provide a DriveWire virtual drive number (prefixed with
> #) in the range of 0 to 63:
> 
>   DRIVE 2,#0
> 
> If you have a virtual 'hard disk' image containing an array of up to 256
> floppy images, you can specify the index of the desired floppy image as a
> third argument to the DRIVE command:
> 
>   DRIVE 2,#0,125
> 
> *Accessing Real Floppy Disks:*
> In addition to disk images located on SD cards and the DriveWire server,
> SDC-DOS will also provide access to real floppy disks if you have a
> Mult-Pak Interface and a separate floppy controller. When powering-up the
> system, the switch on the MPI must be set to the slot number containing the
> CoCo SDC board.  SDC-DOS will examine the hardware plugged into the MPI
> looking for the highest numbered slot containing a floppy controller.  If
> found, the floppy controller will be used for any drive number in which
> Disk Image mode has been turned off.
> 
> To turn off Disk Image mode for a particular drive number and thereby
> utilize the floppy controller, specify OFF as the second argument in the
> DRIVE command:
> 
>   DRIVE 1,OFF
> 
> Turning off Disk Image mode disables any SD card image or DriveWire image
> currently mounted under the specified drive number, but does not eject
> (unload) the image. You can reestablish access to the underlying image by
> simply turning Disk Image mode back on for that drive:
> 
>   DRIVE 1,ON
> 
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> Inc.<http://www.armchairarcade.com>
> ===================================================
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> 
> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) <
> retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I didn't find the "DIR -" in the sdc blog manual.
>> 
>> So DIR "COCO/GAMES" would show all files inside this folder ? If so
>> that's very good.
>> 
>> I'll try it later.
>> 
>> 
> 
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