[Coco] Coco Flash

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I haven’t used HDBDOS, but virtual drives of up to 2GB can be used thanks to the LBA mode.
If you want massive amounts of storage connected to your Coco, it might be hard to beat the SDC.  :)

I haven’t used the Coco Flash (still have to get one), but with SDC Explorer, they’re probably pretty
similar in terms of ease of use for running games, etc.  You get Orch 90 compatible DACs with the 
Coco Flash which is nice, and Mr. Strong has designed a case for it too.

I think this is one of those situations that calls for the “get both” tactic.   :)

- Ed



> On Apr 24, 2017, at 7:05 AM, Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net> wrote:
> 
> Francis Swygert wrote:
>> <snip>
>> 3. So you can use the SDC to store ROM images (.dsk files) that should work -- up to 256 of them (that's the HBD-DOS limit of the number of virtual drives).
>> I think that covers the basics, though I'm sure there are some details I left out. Frank Swygert
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>> 
> 
> Actually HDBDOS is not limited to 256 "drives" but is limited to multiples of 256 "drives" depending on the size of the hard drive. All you need do is POKE values into $D938-$D93A to change the sector offset to the Basic partition of the drive you want to use.
> That means if you add $27600 to the current values you can get another 256 "drives", if the hard drive is large enough.
> 
> I don't know if the capacity of the CoCoSDC is large enough to permit this.
> 
> Robert
> 
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