[Coco] CoCo FDD controller with ADOS 1.01

[Steve Ostrom]

Oswaldo, the author of ADOS, Art Flexser, is an active participant on this 
listserve.  I don't think he actively supports ADOS anymore, but I'm sure he 
would be happy to answer any questions you might have.  It is an incredible 
upgrade to RSDOS, especially since it was written during the early Coco 
days.  There are also other versions of ADOS.

--- Steve ---


-----Original Message----- 
From: Oswaldo Aquique
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 1:09 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo FDD controller with ADOS 1.01

Thanks so much for the details! I'm now feel at ease :)

Cheers,
Oswaldo

-----Original Message-----
From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Rogelio Perea
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 10:47 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo FDD controller with ADOS 1.01

On Wed Jan 10, 2018, Oswaldo Aquique wrote:

Hi,
> Got a CoCo floppy disk controller (26-3029) from eBay and it came with
> ADOS 1.01 loaded in ROM.
>
> Pros/Cons? (I'm not familiarized with ADOS and the BASIC version 
> included).
>
> Is there a way to get a copy of the original ROM for this adapter?
>

It's by all means better than the stock "DOS" (RSDOS) Tandy provided, its 
compatibility one of the closest to RSDOS while providing bug fixes and 
enhanced usability.

You can find its documentation here -

http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Documents/Manuals/Operating%20Systems/

The original ROM dumps are also in the Archive, you'd have to burn (or have 
someone with the capability) to burn an EPROM and install that in the 
controller.

To try RSDOS you can also issue a DISABLE command when your CoCo boots into 
ADOS, that will wipe the ADOS extensions and leave you with plain vanilla 
RSDOS


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