[Coco] does need

[Bill Pierce]

Another note Tormod, Turbo is NOT supported in Nitros9. The turbo versions of Notros9's DW4 client were never updated.
The turbo mode ONLY works in HDBDOS, if at all
If you burn the turbo rom, it will not run at regular speed and allow "normal" dw4 operations. Also, turbo does not always work with ecery Coco since various Cocos can have slight quirks in their timing speed.
Sp basically, the roms ending in "dw4" are for "experimental" use only. To use DW at normal speeds or with Nitros9, you must use the roms ending in dw3.
These roms really need to be renamed to reflect their usage. I made the same mistake of trying to use the "dw4" roms when I first tried to use Drivewire and HDBDOS.
 

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tormod Volden <lists.tormod at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Nov 28, 2014 3:33 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] does need


On Fri, Nov 28, 2014 at 6:44 AM, Kip Koon wrote:
> Hi Josh!
> I can help with the HDB-DOS 3/4 eprom images.  As to ADOS-3, it has to be 
customized to your particular drive setup and it's been a LONG time since I did 
that.  I also have the Disk 1.1 rom handy as well.  I've burned many HDB-DOS and 
DISK 1.1 eproms over the last few years.  I'd be most happy to help.  Just get 
me the quantity of each you need and since there are a plethora of HDB-DOS 
images available, please tell me the EXACT one you will need burnt.  Remember 
you need slightly different Coco <-> Drivewire cables to use HDB-DOS DW3 as 
opposed to HDB-DOS DW4!  I'll be waiting...


Note that the labelling of the HDB-DOS images is a bit confusing. The
ones ending in *dw4 are built for turbo speed. The ones ending in *dw3
are for normal speed, regardless of if you are using the DriveWire3 or
DriveWire4 server. Turbo speed is not really supported, and almost
everybody uses normal speed. You only need the "special" cable with
the CD pin connected if you try to use turbo speed.

Turbo speed only works (if at all) with the DriveWire4 server, hence
the labelling of the HDB-DOS images, I suppose.

Regards,
Tormod

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