[Coco] Copy a file from a DW4 virtual disk to a windows directory

[Robert Gault]

Nick Marentes wrote:
> I've always used Drivewire as an emulation of standard CoCo floppy drives.
>
> We seem to expand our machines to a point where we start making it into
> something beyond the original architecture which plays havoc with newcomers
> coming in to the community that are (or should!) be starting at ground zero and
> working their way up from there... and understanding how the evolution has
> occurred.
>
> I keep my CoCo standard and in the original spirit of the CoCo as best as possible.
>
> Nick
>

Well it may look like Drivewire does emulation of floppies but it clearly can't 
when all I/O goes via the serial port. :) That's why some programs will not work 
with Drivewire since they contain their own disk I/O routines and expect disk 
hardware not a serial port.

Programs that use the ROM routines for disk access won't be affected because 
they will see the patched routines in the DW HDBDOS. Programs like my patched 
Disk EDTASM work because they toggle between RAM and ROM when doing disk I/O and 
also see the patched DW HDBDOS routines.

What is needed on both sides, user and software writer, is adequate easily found 
documentation that is read by users before trying software. We would save 
ourselves much grief if that were followed.
It is easy to see by reading much of the listserver mail, that questions are not 
carefully formulated and many times would have been answered by existing 
documentation. The first question anyone should ask when having problems is, 
"Where can I find the documentation for xxx software?"

Robert