[Coco] A Thanksgiving Present to Coco/DriveWire4 users

[Bill Pierce]

James, no protection of multiple writes to the same sector. This is just a convenience for moving files. I keep one VHD that I use for just sharing, so it's not being "used regularly" by any device.
It's kind of hard to use two machines at once (yes, I know it can be done), but for my purposes, this works fine. Also, even DW4 will bog down (and can possibly crash) at this point if multiple machines are sending/receiving data at once... 
I use VCC as I write all my code in C. Since there is no C cross compiler (No, CMOC won't do what I do, and is not NitrOS9), I develop entirely on the Coco. Anyone who has used the OS9 C compiler to any extent knows how slow compilation is. Using VCC, I can overclock to 87mhz and compiling MShell's 150+ sources takes about 1-2 minutes as compared to 11-12 hours on a real Coco. So in a matter of minutes, I can compile a test run and have it running on my coco3. My makefiles automatically throw a copy of the finished bin files into a dir on the share drive, so it's immediately available on my Coco3 or Coco3FPGA for copying into my cmds dir.
This is just another option for those running multiple machines/emulators and is less hassle to set up using just a single GUI.
And William... I see no reason to have both versions... The only thing really missing from this version is the builtin browser and I have found that most FTPs have now gone to "anti-bot" logins and are not allowing direct downloads any longer. The browser is almost useless.
As for internal compatibility, 4.3.4e s 100% compatible to 4.3.3o as they were developed from the same core code at the same time. So there is no advantage in having both... In fact, the Windows version of 4.3.3o was problematic in several things when setting up multiple instances and things had to be "fudged" to get it to work. This was the very reason Aaron sent me 4.3.4e. That and I was having problems with my dw cmd syntax and I needed the V-Port sniffer to see what was going on.

 

 

Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Jones <jejones3141 at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Nov 24, 2017 9:00 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] A Thanksgiving Present to Coco/DriveWire4 users

About that sharing of disk images among instances... that would seem to beasking for trouble with race conditions, e.g. sectors looking available tomultiple instances so that two files get written to the same place on thedisk image. Is anything done to prevent this?On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 11:58 AM, Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:> You may or may not have seen my posts on the recent thread on the> "CocoPi3" about the unreleased version of DriveWire4, so as a reminder,> back in about 2014, Aaron sent me a (sort of) "Developer's" version of DW4.> It's identical to the current release, but with a few enhancements. While> it was still fresh on my mind and also waiting for the turkey to come out> of the oven, I decided I better take care of this before I forget it> (turkey will do that to ya).> Here is the "UNOFFICIAL" release of DriveWire4 Version 4.3.4e.> Please read the blog for the details...> This is NOT my utility, so please do NOT expect me to be supporting it. I> am just one of the few who has a copy and I think it needs to be out> there...>> Enjoy!>> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/drivewire-4-3-4e>>>>>> 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>>> --> Coco mailing list> Coco at maltedmedia.com> https://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco>-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco