[Coco] Becker interface for Coco 2 emulators

Ron ron at kdomain.org
Sat Apr 15 15:27:27 EDT 2017


Hi David,

I have no idea what ROM name I just typed...  Sorry about that mistake!



On 04/15/2017 02:25 PM, Ron wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Thanks for explain the 2 versions -- now I understand the slight 
> difference.
>
> No luck getting the HDBDOSDW3CC2.ROM working with MAME yet.  Not sure 
> what the deal is.  I'm going to get fiddling with it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Ron
>
>
> On 04/15/2017 02:19 PM, David Ladd wrote:
>> On Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> 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
>>>
>> For MAME CoCo 3 and VCC the HDBDOS Becker port ROM files is: 
>> hdbdw3bc3.rom
>> ​For XROAR, MAME, and VCC without the turbo poked ROM is: hdbdw3bck.rom
>>
>> I hope that helps.​
>>
>>
>>
>>> 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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