[Coco] New version of Coco SDC Explorer (0.30)

[Steve Strowbridge]

I have just tested this for the very first time, and I must say, this is an
amazing program!

I did the SDC update for firmware 117 and SDC DOS 1.4, I set up the
autostart.cfg file, and mounted the SDCX floppy, and BOOM! The frikkin'
thing auto launches! This is impressive and very useful!
The CoCoSDC has now entered the realm of an AtariMax cartridge, which were
menu driven ways to run ROMS on real retro hardware.

The only thing missing now, is joystick/mouse control to make this a true
point and click user interface/application, default click or double click
in the left pane should be to mount the directory, and default click or
double click in the right pane should default to launch the program!

Fantastic!

I recorded a video on how to update the firmware, DOS, and setup the DSK
images and autostart.cfg files, I'll edit and upload that later tonight.

Bravo!


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


On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 3:42 PM, Pere Serrat <psergm at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Guillaume.
> Have given a peek at the asm source and found the  conditional code
> for the ports for CoCo/Dragon.
> The I searched through the binary that fails and it contains FF49, this is
> not used in Dragon, so it seems that it has been packed using the CoCo
> output from the compilation instead ... I might be wrong, of course.
>
> kind regards
> pere
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> From: "Pere Serrat" <psergm at gmail.com>
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> Hi Guillaume,
> Today I have had the time to update my SDC for the Dragon64 and tested it
> The new version that is 5597 bytes long fails on my Dragon showing the
> error mesage:
> COCO SDC NOT FOUND
> The VDK still contains version 0.25 which works flawlessly when executed!
> Maybe I have done something the wrong way?
> Maybe the new version is doing an extra check that was not made by the
> old v0.25?
> Any hint would be appreciated
> Thanks beforehand
> Pere
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> Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 21:08:22 -0400
> From: "Guillaume Major" <guillaume.major at gmail.com>
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: [Coco] New version of Coco SDC Explorer (0.30)
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> A new version of Coco SDC Explorer is available for download!
>
> I've added some features to the directory listing window:
>
> - Home/End navigation keys (SHIFT-LEFT & SHIFT-RIGHT)
> - File selection by typing up to the first four letters
> - An option to toggle disk directory sorting (SHIFT-S)
>
> The source code is now available. I hope it will inspire Coco programmers
> to
> write new software for the Coco SDC or help improve SDCX.
>
> You can download it from the Color Computer Archive:
> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Guillaume
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> All 5 of the coco2 KB's that I am giving away for free are spoken for. I
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