[Coco] VCC question regarding "Back Buffer in System Ram"

Sun Jun 4 00:23:44 EDT 2017

I just went to go find the link to give you Bill, and I realize I may have
created this problem.
I got a blank 158 K RS DOS disc from the CoCo archive, but I think I got a
DMK disk, I see now, there are also JVC disks to chose from as well, and
that is perhaps why I'm having an issue with my disk, because it's a DMK?

I don't know the difference, and when I first started this project, I
didn't know you could create you own floppies from scratch.

So if that's the case, then the only issue is my own ignorance :)

Steve Strowbridge, aka
The Original Gamer Stevie Strow
http://ogsteviestrow.com
ogsteviestrow at gmail.com

On Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 11:47 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> Steve, I have never seen this happen. What disk image were you using
> (link)?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>
> To: CoCo Mailing List <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sat, Jun 3, 2017 11:35 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] VCC question regarding "Back Buffer in System Ram"
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> The disks I used came from the color computer archive it was an rsdos
> 158Kdisk but after being written to, the size increases to over 200K.I was
> not aware of any way to create a disk or specify any parmeters for itOn Jun
> 3, 2017 11:28 PM, "Bill Pierce via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>wrote:>
> Steve, when you create a disk using VCC, you are given a dialog where you>
> set the type of disk, # of sides and size. Of the 3 formats listed, JVC is>
> about the only format usable on all systems (Not sure about CocoSDC). It>
> sounds like you may be using one of the other formats.> I have no problems
> creating JVC disks for use with VCC, DW4, Mess, or> XRoar and they always
> remain the correct size. I don't think VCC is capable> of "expanding" a
> disk size once it's created, nor does it have the ability> to "lock" disks.
> This sounds like some sort of permission problem.>>>>>> Bill Pierce>
> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to>
> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull>> My Music from the Tandy/Radio
> Shack Color Computer 2 & 3> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/>
> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/
> index.php/Main_Page>> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com>>>>>> -----Original
> Message-----> From: Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>> To:
> CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>> Sent:
> Sat, Jun 3, 2017 9:54 pm> Subject: Re: [Coco] VCC question regarding "Back
> Buffer in System Ram">> Thanks Bill, for responding, I didn't get an email
> notification of it, or> Iwould have responded sooner.Here is what I can
> tell you about the "issue"> it's absolutely my computer(my desktop) that's
> having this issue, and it> only happened _During_ thesetup of drive wire,
> which I understand could be> a complete coincidence. Imoved VCC to my
> Google Drive so I could work from> my laptop, and my laptopdoesn't have the
> issue running the same EXE file> off the same INI file.I do have the latest
> driver for my NVIDIA GTX 960> graphics card, but I hadscrewed with the
> settings, which I just reset back> to standard.I'm still having the issue,
> and I'm not "blaming" VCC, but I> wanted toreport it just as an FYI.So,
> here is a different "issue" or> perhaps, it could be looked at as
> a"Feature"The .DSK images that are being> handled by VCC end up becoming
> larger thanthe standard 158K RS-DOS initial> image, and are not able to be
> read on athe CoCoSDC, they are not able to be> read by XROAR at all, and I
> was ableto read them in MAME as read-only, and> then had to copy them to a
> newlycreated floppy disk via MAME.I don't know> if this is by design, or if
> it's worth reporting, because, forme, I'd like> to take a project I work
> with on an emulator, and be able tobounce it> around the physical and
> virtual world at times.Thought it was worth> mentioning, and if this is
> already common knowledge,forgive my ignorance to> it.I do want to make
> something perfectly clear, I am in no way trying to> "shiton" the VCC
> project, I'm not trying to fan the fire of hate and> debateabout the
> various emulators.I have been using VCC for a while, and> for the most
> parts, it's been goodto me, I'm having issue now, and they are> frustrating
> me, but I'm nottrying to jump on a bandwagon of any sort, just> wanting to
> share someinformation if it's relevant.Thanks!Steve Strowbridge,> akaThe
> Original Gamer Stevie Strowhttp://ogsteviestrow.>
> comogsteviestrow at gmail.comOn Sat, Jun 3, 2017 at 8:02 PM, Bill Pierce
> via> Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>wrote:> Steve, as I answered on the
> issues> page, I think that's a directx problem.> I had the same issue once
> but I> can't for the life of me remember how I> solved it. I really don't
> see how> setting up dw4 had anything to do with it> as that has absolutely
> nothing> to do with the video. I'll try to remember> what I did to solve
> it, but you> can try downloading and installing the old> DX9 runtime and
> see if that> helps>>>>>> Bill Pierce> "Charlie stole the handle, and the
> train it won't> stop going, no way to> slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro
> Tull>> My Music> from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3>>
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> E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com>>>>>> -----Original Message-----> From:>
> Steve Strowbridge <ogsteviestrow at gmail.com>> To: CoCo Mailing List <>
> coco at maltedmedia.com>> Sent: Sat, Jun 3, 2017 1:16 pm> Subject: [Coco]>
> VCC question regarding "Back Buffer in System Ram">> Bill Pierce, before>
> you even start to think about telling me to post> thisissue in GitHub, I>
> already did :)So, my issue today, that I hope there> is a quick solution>
> to, is a recent"feature" I've encountered where upon> launching VCC I get>
> an initial errormessage that says "Creating Back Buffer> in System Ram!>
> This will beslower", and to make things worse, in this mode,> I can't move>
> the VCC appover to my 2nd monitor which is where I want it to> do my>
> recording stuff.This happened when David Ladd showed me how to> connect
> VCC> to DriveWire 4(Which is no longer running).So I first tried to>
> manually> un-do all the changes that connected me todrive wire, no go.I
> then> deleted> and reinstalled the program, same issue.Then I downloaded a
> clean> copy,> and installed to a different folder on mycomputer, still the
> same>> issue.It's a problem for me that probably wouldn't affect anyone
> who>> doesn't wantto use VCC on a different monitor, but for me it's a
> deal>> breaker on how mycurrent recording setup goes, and I'm probably
> going to>> have to switchemulators if I can't get it fixed.Any and all help
> is>> appreciated.Steve Strowbridge, akaThe Original Gamer Stevie>>
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