[Coco] DSK images to floppies to run on CoCo.

Sat Apr 22 01:26:58 EDT 2017

Ok, thanks to all who replied.

I’ll make me a drive wire cable this weekend and see how far I can get… 

I have a disto super controller II so I’m guessing I could try to get an eprom with the right roms for drive wire from Cloud9, but for now I’ll use the .wav files.

Thanks again to all!

> On Apr 21, 2017, at 10:09 PM, Christopher Noyes <cnoyes72 at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> Yeah, unless you already had an older PC you likely will only find one on eBay now (with the premium that "vintage" hardware accrues).  The Drivewire setup is probably the cheapest option if you don't have a tweener.
> 
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> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Rietveld Rietveld
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 11:06 PM
> To: Christopher Noyes <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] DSK images to floppies to run on CoCo.
> 
> That's exactly what I said. The PC option running DOS or win 95 is a great way to make physical media. I just meant that the SDC made my life easier.   It took me a while to find an older pc with a 5 1/4 drive. It seems like they are harder and harder to find. I used to see them at the thrift store all the time; but now any tower with a CD drive is considered old school.
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> 
> Well, the SDC isn't available so when ya gotta make do....
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Rietveld Rietveld
> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 10:58 PM
> To: Mike Delyea <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] DSK images to floppies to run on CoCo.
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> I sometimes use my old DOS based 386sx to make disks but nothing beats the ease of using the coco with both the SDC and a Fd502.   The SDC is a great piece of hardware
> 
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> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 9:53 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Coco] DSK images to floppies to run on CoCo.
> 
> 
> I use an old Dell pentium with win98 and a 360k floppy installed.  I then use Jeff Vavasour's emulator to write the .DSK to actual floppy disk.
> There is some incompatibility between the DSK Jeff uses and the normal ones found on the web, but it works if you don't alter the DSK before writing it
> - just load and write immediately.
> 
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2017 at 10:43 PM, Christopher Noyes <cnoyes72 at cox.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Another alternative is to use a so-called "tweener" PC.  Basically an 
>> older PC (486 or older Pentium class) that has a floppy controller 
>> capable of double density drive support (360K 5.25 inch drives and 
>> 720k 3.5 inch drives), an ethernet adapter and an older version of 
>> windows (I forget which version dropped 360k support, but I've used 
>> windows 95 on mine in the
>> past) and an image writer utility (.dsk images and image writer 
>> utilities can be found at http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/ ).  I 
>> forget which software I used for the image utility but I do recall I 
>> used the command prompt to use it (not a gui program).
>> 
>> -CN
>> 
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Rietveld 
>> Rietveld
>> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 10:27 PM
>> To: Michael Brant <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] DSK images to floppies to run on CoCo.
>> 
>> I have only seen usb 3 1/2 drives.   You would have to make your own 5 1/4
>> usb drive and would have to use an external power for it.   I have made
>> lots of disks for my Tandy 1000 but they do not all seem to want to read.
>> It's really hit and miss. The SDC is the only reliable way I have 
>> found to make physical disk's from. Dsk images for my coco
>> 
>> ,
>>  Original Message
>> From: Michael Brant
>> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2017 5:59 PM
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>> Color Computer Enthusiasts
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] DSK images to floppies to run on CoCo.
>> 
>> 
>> Drivewire is good option.  Cloud9tech.com has cables.
>> 
>> On Apr 21, 2017 6:54 PM, "Alexander Wallace" < 
>> alexander.o.wallace at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hello All,
>>> 
>>> Please forgive the newbie question as I’m just returning to the CoCo 
>>> after
>>> 20 years or so…
>>> 
>>> Since new SDCs are not yet available, meanwhile, will I be able to 
>>> download DSK images and transfer them to disks to use on the CoCo3 
>>> if I get me a USB floppy for my Mac or Linux machine?  I’ve read of 
>>> people saying this won’t work with USB floppies but want to confirm 
>>> here with the community, how people transfer DSK to floppies and the
>> other way around.
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
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