[Coco] Programing the Coco Flash with the SDC instead of drivewire

[Rietveld Rietveld]

Below is the quickest way to add rom pak images to the cocoflash(from Retro Innovations) using only the SDC



These instruction assume that:


you have 'wimgtool' installed on your PC and that you have the 'prgflash.dsk' on your PC

you have a SDC in slot 4 of your MPI and cocoflash in slot 1 of your MPI


With your PC


1 open 'wimgtool'

2 select 'file', then 'open', then choose 'prgflash' from the cocoflash folder

3 you will now see the contents of that .dsk file displayed

4 next select 'image', then 'insert file...'

5 open your .bin folder and select a file to add to the disk

6 a popup window appears confirming this, just click 'ok'


your new .bin is now added to the .dsk image.

repeat steps 4 - 6 to add more .bins
when done close 'wimgtool' and ' prgflash.dsk' will be saved with the new files

7 add the 'prgflash.dsk' to the SD card of your SDC


with your coco

1 boot up your coco with the SDC in slot 4 and cocoflash in slot 1
        and navigate to, and select, the 'prgflash.dsk'

2       RUN 'prgflash.bas' and follow the flashing instructions in the program

3 load "menu.bas' and edit line 10000 as needed, then save 'menu.bas'
type 'run 60000'
this creates the file'basrom.bin'

4 run 'prgflash.bas' and flash 'basrom.bin' to slot 0

5 backup the .dsk on the SD card to your cocoflash folder on your PC to maintain the 'menu' that you created

That's it.  That simple!