[Coco] Becker interface for Coco 2 emulators

[Ron]

Hi Brett,

I primary use YA-DOS, so I'm good.  I just wanted to make sure HDB-DOS 
was an option for those who preferred it.

Not much luck getting HDB-DOS to work with the 'coco2' or 'coco2b' 
driver in MAME (0.184).

Thanks

-Ron


On 04/15/2017 02:05 PM, Brett Gordon wrote:
> I'm not sure there's a difference between the two machines in regards to
> becker port.  If you want hdbdos, i think you just use the "bkr" filename.
> (I think that hdbdos version also works on both?)
>
> brett
> On Apr 15, 2017 1:48 PM, "Ron" <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
>
>> As a follow-up to this, I tested Brett Gordon's YADOS with the 'coco2b'
>> driver in MAME.  It's able to connect to a local instance of Drivewire (via
>> the Becker port) and seems to work fine.
>>
>> Interestingly, Brett's YADOS.ROM works with the Coco 3 and Coco 2. No need
>> for a different version.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> -Ron
>>
>>
>> On 04/15/2017 11:35 AM, Ron Klein wrote:
>>
>>> Hello everyone,
>>>
>>> Does anyone know what the correct HDBDOS ROM would be for using Drivewire
>>> (via the Becker interface) with Coco 2 emulation?  I would need this for
>>> MAME.
>>>
>>> I found reference to one ROM file: hdbdosdw3cc2.rom
>>>
>>> I get the following string upon bootup:
>>>
>>> HDB-DOS 1.1D  DW2  COCO 2
>>>
>>> While the Coco 2 driver starts up in MAME, it doesn't appear it actually
>>> communicates with a Drivewire instance.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> -Ron
>>>
>>>
>>>
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