[Coco] Multipak and Drivewire

[K. Pruitt]

I can't duplicate your situation hardware-wise exactly , Michael, but there 
is an easy enough test.

Here's my setup disk-wise: Slot 1 of the MPI is the SDC. Slot 4 of the MPI 
is my Disto Controller with a stock Tandy ROM.
The selector switch of the MPI is set to slot 1 - the SDC.

When I boot up I see the SDC banner under the Disk Extended Color Basic 
banner.

If I type DIR I see the directory of drive 0 on the SDC.

If I now type DRIVE 0,OFF and type DIR, I see the directory of my physical 
drive 0.  Same method for drive 1.

If you can do that, then you're good to go as far as accessing the SDC and 
your physical drives with a HDB-DOS ROM in your disk controller. I don't see 
why it wouldn't work.

To boot in to the HDB-DOS ROM,  just set your selector switch to that device 
and boot up. The DRIVE ON/OFF commands work the same for HDB-DOS.

Unfortunately I have no idea how to access the SDC if you've booted in to 
HDB-DOS or even if it is possible.  Someone more knowledgeable will have to 
address that issue.

So, basically just set the selector switch to the device you want as your 
boot Rom and go from there.

You should also move up to drivewire 4 if possible.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Brant"
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 2:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Multipak and Drivewire


> No worries.
> On May 14, 2015 5:02 PM, "Bill Pierce via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Micheal, I don't know much about the CocoSDC, so I'll leave that one to 
>> an
>> SDC owner to answer. Sorry.
>>
>> Bill Pierce
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Michael Brant
>> Sent: Thu, May 14, 2015 5:00 pm
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Multipak and Drivewire
>>
>>
>> Bill thanks i shall try your advice.  Another question.  Since i also 
>> have
>> a
>> CoCoSDC I am wondering how that would play nice with my HDBDOS FD502
>> disk
>> setup--2 5.25 drives.
>> On May 14, 2015 4:52 PM, "Bill Pierce via Coco"
>> <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> wrote:
>>

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