[Coco] Orchestra 90 playing the disk blues

[Arthur Flexser]

If it's any help, here's what the Orch-90 manual at
https://archive.org/stream/Orchestra-90_Manual_1983_Jon_Bokelman/Orchestra-90_Manual_1983_Jon_Bokelman_djvu.txt

says about Error 7:

Err 7:

FILE I/O ERROR



The host operating system reported an I/O or other error during
the last file operation.

READ or GET: File not found.

WRITE: Disk or directory full.

READ, WRITE, GET, or DIR: Unrecoverable I/O error.

DIR: Invalid device number.


I'm wondering if the file name(s) you are using are in the format that is
expected.
Maybe you need to specify an extension?  Are the files you are attempting
to save ones you created?  If not, they may be in a non-CoCo Orch-90
format.  Maybe you are trying to save a source file as binary, or vice
versa?

Art

On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Barry Nelson <barry.nelson at amobiledevice.com
> wrote:

> > Darren A mechacoco at gmail.com
> > Thu Jun 9 19:06:05 EDT 2016
> >
> >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Barry Nelson wrote:
> >> According to the Orchestra 90 documentation:
> >>
> >> DIR :number
> >> Display the diskette's directory.
> >> Set up Orchestra-90 CC to run with a disk system.
> >>
> >> If you have a disk system, you can verify the directory's contents by
> >> typing D, a space, a colon, and the drive number, followed by
> >> [ENTER]. This command displays the names of only the Orchestra-90
> >> CC music files on the diskette. It also sets up the system for using
> dis-
> >> kettles rather than cassette tapes. For example, to check Drive 1's
> direc-
> >> tory, type:
> >>
> >>     D :1 [ENTER]
> >>
> >> The directory for that diskette then appears on the screen.
> >> =========================================================
> >>
> >> I am having a lot of issues getting this to work, I keep getting error
> 7. Any suggestions?
> >
> > Do you have the disk controller in slot 4 of an MPI?  That is the slot
> > which the Orch90 targets for disk operations.
> >
> >
> > - Darren
>
> Yes, the disk controller is in slot 4, the Orchestra 90 pak is in slot 1.
>
> Update, I was able to save "WILLIAM" out to disk, but none of my other
> files which were "supposed" to be Orchestra 90 files will work.
>
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