[Coco] DRIVE OFF - Replacement - What Do you think.

Camillus Blockx camillus.b.58 at gmail.com
Thu Jul 5 15:05:19 EDT 2018


Perfect to me, makes more sense, no ?

On Thu, Jul 5, 2018, 1:48 PM <coco at jechar.ca> wrote:

> OK but then it should work like this
>
> DISKMODE H =   HARDDRIVE ONLY
>
> DISKMODE N =   Network Drives Only ie Drive Wire or Coco Net.
>
> DISKMODE F = 0-3 Floppy 4-256 Last Choice.
>
> DISKMODE R =  RAMDRIVE 0-9  4-256 Last Choice.
>
> DISKMODE F,H =  0-3 Floppy 4-256 Hard Drive.
>
> DISKMODE F,N =  0-3 Floppy 4-256 Network Drives.
>
> DISKMODE F,R =  0-3 Floppy 4-9 RAM Drive.
>
> DISKMODE F,R,H =  0-3 Floppy 4-9 RAM Drive, 10-256 Hard Drive.
>
> DISKMODE F,R,N =  0-3 Floppy 4-9 RAM Drive, 10-256  Network Drive.
>
>
> DISKMODE F,R,H =  0-3 Floppy 4-9 RAM Drive, 10-256 Hard Drive.
>
> F,N,H =  0-3 Floppy 4-9 Network Drive, 10-256 Hard Drive.
>
> Would not have to be so Extensive the Important thing is that Multiple
> types of drives are access able at the same time.
>
> Allso
>
> DISKMODE ?
>
> Should Print A Help Screen and
> the Current Drive Status.
>
> DISKMODE STATUS
>
> To print just the Status
> for Example
>
> OK
> DISKMODE STATUS
> F,H
> OK
> DISKMODE F,N
> OK
> DISKMODE STATUS
> F,N,H
> OK
> DISKMODE N
> OK
> DISKMODE STATUS
> N
>
>
>
>
>
> On 2018-07-04 23:28, Camillus Blockx wrote:
> > Or DISKMODE H,W,R,F
> >
> > H  =  HARDDRIVE
> > W =  WIREDRIVE
> > R =   RAMDRIVE
> > F =.  FLOPPY DRIVE
> >
> > This way it's easier to remember which device is mentioned to use
> >
> > Cb
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 4, 2018, 7:44 PM <coco at jechar.ca> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>   The DRIVE OFF command was a good Idea when there was just FLOPPY /
> >> HARD
> >> DRIVE.
> >>
> >>   But Now we have Drive Wire in the mix.
> >>
> >>   Why not make a command such as
> >>
> >>   DSKMODE
> >>
> >>   Where the syntax  DSKMODE X
> >>
> >>   Where X = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
> >>
> >>   And
> >>
> >>   0 =  All Hard Drives 0 - 256
> >>   1 =  All Drive Wire  0 - 256
> >>   2 =  Drives 0 - 3 Floppy Drives,  Drives  4 - 256  Hard Drive
> >>   3 =  Drives 0 - 3 Floppy Drives,  Drives 4 -9 Drive Wire, Drives  10
> >> -
> >> 256  Hard Drive
> >>   4 =  Drives 0 - 3 Floppy Drives,  Drives 4 -9 Ram Disk, Drives  10 -
> >> 256  Hard Drive
> >>
> >>
> >>   Such a command would simplify dealing with all these media types.
> >>
> >>
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