[Coco] 8" Disks and NitroOS9

[David Ladd]

Bill,

for 77 tracks should be:

dmode /d1 cyl=4D

replace /d1 with the drive descriptor you have the 8" drive configured for.

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On Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 12:55 PM, Bill Gunshannon <
bill.gunshannon at hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> First, thanks everyone for the help with cases.  I got one for
>
> my COCOSDC and one for a Glenside IDE (I'll need more of
>
> them eventually and probably the SDC Case as well as I hope
>
> to get a couple more SDC's too).
>
>
> Now my next project.  Has anyone here used 8" disks with
>
> NitrOS9?  I have an Tandon 8" hooked up to my COCO3 using
>
> the Floppy Adapter from Dbit.com (John does great work, the
>
> power board for the Tandon is also one of his projects.)  I was
>
> able to DSKINI a disk and write and read back a BASIC program
>
> with it.  But that was just as a default COCO floppy.  Now I want
>
> to get it working as a true 8" disk with access to all 77 tracks.
>
> Anybody tried this?  My first attempt to format a disk using the
>
> default DMODE which would be the same as under ECB failed.
>
> Does anyone have DMODE parameters that are known to work
>
> with real 8" disks?
>
>
> bill
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