[Coco] [COCO] ADOS3 & CoCoSDC? WAS: Preliminary Support for SDC in HDBDOS

Fri Jun 9 03:30:04 EDT 2017

Art,

Would there be any plans of maybe patching ADOS3 and/or Extended ADOS3 to
be able to mount/unmount disk images on the CoCoSDC?

Just thought I would ask just in case it already hasn't been. :D

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On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 3:35 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

> Gee, Bill, I guess it must have been my imagination that I sold Extended
> ADOS-3 for burning into a 16K ROM for a CoCo 3.  Memory plays strange
> tricks!
>
> Art
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco <
> coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Kip, as it has been discussed before, a 16k rom would not work wit the
> > Coco 3, only Coco 2.
> > In the Coco 3, it would overwrite SECB. It would probably take a total
> > rewrite of Basic to use a 16k rom there.
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kip Koon <computerdoc at sc.rr.com>
> > To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts' <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Sent: Tue, Nov 25, 2014 9:11 am
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Preliminary Support for SDC in HDBDOS
> >
> >
> > Hi Brett,
> > Maybe there could be an 8K and 16K versions.  I for one have no problems
> > whatsoever have a 16K HDBDOS rom image running on my system.  The extra
> > space
> > would enable it to have all the drivers and features in one giant image,
> > would
> > it not?
> >
> > Kip Koon
> > computerdoc at sc.rr.com
> > http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Kip_Koon
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Brett
> Gordon
> > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 12:33 PM
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Preliminary Support for SDC in HDBDOS
> >
> > Right now, it assumes a max sized partition, 256 disk.  I have to add one
> > more
> > method to flesh out the HDB Driver.  I would like some people to test the
> > ROM
> > out before plopping it by default onto the SDC image.
> > If  you try it let me know how it turns out.
> >
> > I don't think I can fit all the fancy stuff, like Darren's SDCDOS into
> > 8K.  And
> > I'm pretty sure Boisy and Mark expressed concerns about HDB spreading out
> > into a
> > 16k image. So the fancy stuff my have to stay on a utility disk.
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > That sounds great.  When you get it finalized I can include it in one
> > > of the selectable ROM banks as an optional DOS (for future shipments
> > > of SDC’s), since there are 6 banks open.
> > >
> > > - Ed
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Nov 24, 2014, at 8:09 AM, Brett Gordon <beretta42 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> This weekend I was able to hack in some preliminary support for
> > >> CoCoSDC into HDBDOS.   This will allow you to treat a SDC mounted hard
> > >> drive image in the same manner as the other devices (IDE,SCSI,DW,
> > >> etc...)
> > >>
> > >> I have replaced the only the low-level DSKCON drivers, so HDB can
> > >> access the two logical drives. However, HDBDOS cannot do all the
> > >> fancy stuff (yet) - mount disk images, list the SD directory.  In
> > >> other words, you will probably have to have a config.ini on your SD
> > >> card to make SDC auto-mount images.
> > >>
> > >> I have shared three files here:
> > http://sites.google.com/site/cocoboot2/down
> > >>
> > >> hdbsdccc3.dsk :  cocoboot disk that autoloads the new HDB (coco3)
> > >> hdbsdccc2.dsk:   save as above for the CoCo2
> > >> hdbsdc.rom:        a new ROM image (set for partition offset 0x000000
> )
> > >>
> > >> There's two ways to try it:
> > >>
> > >> 1. Burn (flash) the ROM to your device, and boot.  The same directory
> > >> has a SDC flashing utility.
> > >>
> > >> 2. Use the above cocoboot disk to use HDBSDC in RAM.  If the cocoboot
> > >> disk fail to boot properly, its probably because you have an MPI, or
> > >> a strange configuration.. no worries: CoCoBoot contains a menu-driven
> > >> setup program to help you tailor the boot to different setups. (Yes,
> > >> it can change your HDB partition offset)
> > >>
> > >> This is all experimental (but tested).  Shortly, I'll ask for a code
> > >> review of my changes to HDBDOS, and maybe they will get pushed to the
> > >> repo.
> > >>
> > >> If you need any help, email me.
> > >>
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