[Coco] Vcc to DriveWire

Sun May 18 11:57:04 EDT 2014

Thanks Bill...

"How do I set up DriveWire?"
"How do I run HDBDOS and how does it work with DriveWire?"
"How do I get the Color Computer Emulators to work with DriveWire?"
"How do I get NitrOS-9 running and how do I get it to work with DriveWire?"

Yup, that's me alright! Right now I am at level "How do I?" or as Master Shifu said "There is now a level 0" :-) Salvador

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, May 18, 2014 12:00 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] Vcc to DriveWire

I have XRoar Coco 2 with becker port support for DW Starter Kits as well as the 
Vcc becker port starter kits that I will be uploading tonight to my site.
Both the Vcc and XRoar starter kits are "one click" installations. The only 
thing that has to be done manually in the installation is to "mount" the vhds 
(included) as the installer will not do that for me.

https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/the-color-computer-drivewire4-hdbdos-nitros9-starter-kit

Downloads will be available after 2:00 am EST. They are large downloads and my 
internet service has limited bandwidth during "prime time", and I have to wait 
till vetwenn 200am - 7:00am to do large uploads and downloads.

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Salvador Garcia <ssalvadorgarcia at netscape.net>
To: coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sat, May 17, 2014 10:16 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Vcc to DriveWire

I am looking into familiarizing myself with DriveWire using an emulator. I 
downloaded and installed Vcc 143b, but am curious to know whether there is any 
other CoCo emulator that will work with DriveWire. Is there? :-) Thanks Salvador

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sat, May 17, 2014 4:36 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Vcc to DriveWire

CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts wrote:
> Ok I would like to know what I need in the boot file for Drivewire to VCC.  I 
have Drivewire setup for emulators, but need to know what I need to add/change 
in my boot file to use it.  I am using v3.3.0 Nitros9 6309 with a 60mb vhd and 3 

80trk ds drives with vcc now, using rb1773 and emudsk. Also using stock Disk 
rom.  I am green to drive wire and would like to start using it. Any help would 
be appreciated.
>
> Bill Nobel
>
>

There are two versions of VCC and only one will work with Drivewire. You need 
VCC 1.43beta with Becker support which is specifically designed for use with 
Drivewire.
http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Emulators/Coco%203/Vcc/Vcc_setup%201.43b%20with%20Becker%20Port%20support.zip

http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Emulators/Coco%203/Vcc/

This version of VCC will come with a ROM that supports Drivewire. Now if you 
want to access Drivewire disks after booting from your current .vhd drive using 
the RGBDOS ROM, you will need to add the Drivewire driver and descriptors to 
your OS9Boot file or load them as a merged file after booting NitrOS-9. I'm not 
sure the latter will work but expect it will. The alternative is booting 
NitrOS-9 from Drivewire using a v3.3.0 disk marked Becker with emudsk driver and 

descriptors added to that OS9Boot file.

The disks you need are at the nightly build repository.
http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/latest/

If you have problems getting things to work, you could send me direct email.

Robert
robert.gault at att.net

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