[Coco] New version of SDC-DOS available

[Henry Rietveld]

Do we flash over bank 1 with this update? Does it negate the use of SDC-DOS2?

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From: Zippster
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2016 11:21 AM
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Subject: Re: [Coco] New version of SDC-DOS available


Great!  Thank you Darren!  :D

- Ed


> On Dec 2, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> An updated SDC-DOS version 1.3 for the CoCo-SDC is now available.
>
> Download link for latest SDCSETUP disk image:
>   <https://goo.gl/snV5Mk>
>
>
> New features in this version:
>
> Support for running an "AUTOEXEC.BAS" program at system startup.  You can
> hold down the SHIFT key to suppress this.
>
>
> A new EXP command which can be used to quickly mount and run a program like
> the SDC Explorer.  Think of EXP as shorthand for Explorer or Express.  The
> EXP command is roughly equivalent to the following:
>
>  DRIVE 1,"/SDCEXP.DSK" : RUN "AUTOEXEC.BAS:1"
>
>
> The WRITE MEM command will now write to the FE00-FEFF locations in the
> flash banks when running on a CoCo 3. Likewise, the COPY MEM command now
> reads from flash for these locations on a CoCo 3.
>
>
> You can change the machine type for DriveWire communications to something
> other than the one detected by SDC-DOS at startup by entering:
>  DEF DW=n
>
> Specify 1, 2 or 3 for n according to the CoCo model whose speed capability
> you want to use:
>
>  1 =  38,400 bps
>  2 =  57,600 bps  -  requires op-amp replacement on CoCo 1
>  3 = 115,200 bps  -  allowed only on a CoCo 3
>
>
>
> - Darren


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