[Coco] Fwd: X4,X5,X6,X7

[Bill Pierce]

If I remember correctly (been a while since I set those up), the VHDs are installed in "Documents/VHD Images" or something similar in "Documents".
I have been intending to update those kits with the latest VCC update and the latest NitrOS9, but I've been bogged down working on the studio and have not had the time.


-----Original Message-----
From: coco at jechar.ca
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Sent: Mon, Mar 8, 2021 1:03 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Fwd: X4,X5,X6,X7


For me part of the convenience would be to have x0 to x3 as standard
drive wire disks ie: cyl=400 sid=1 and x4 to x7 other custom dmodes
to match nonstandard virtual disks.

One question in Vcc Startup kit where on the C: drive is the virtual 
hard
drive placed ?

On 2021-03-07 09:41, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
> Robert, why not?
> My answer would be convenience. I have VHDs with nothing but sources
> for programming, VHDs for nothing but graphics, one for music, several
> for archives, one just for all the C compilers and their sources &
> utilities, and I even have drives of the entire NitrOS9 repository
> sources. In fact I have a whole directory full of various VHDs on my
> PC, each set up for a specific purpose. Not only that, I have several
> instances of VCC, each setup for specific purposes and each with it's
> own instance of DW4 and collection of drives. At any given time I may
> have 3 instances going at once. Why? Because I can.
> 
> I actually started the 8 drive habit back when I was running my real
> Coco3. All my floppy drives had died, so I had no real floppies. I
> extended the DW4 drives to 8 and used 4 of them for floppy disk
> images. I eventually got used to having all my data and files one CHD
> away and I enjoy that I can look up about any info or file without
> searching through my 128 gig collection of Coco
> software/documentation. When I boot up NitrOS9 (real or emulated), my
> system is ready to go no matter what I want to do today, be it
> programming, graphics, music... it doesn't matter. It's all online and
> I don't have to go through my DSK/VHD collection to setup my working
> environment for the day. It's just there and it "just works".
> 
> I'm just as bad on my PC as I have multiple hard drives & partitions
> and I just ordered 2x 4TB drives this weekend to add to my collection.
> Inspiration is a fleeting demon. If I spend time setting up for what
> inspired me, by the time I get things ready, I lose the inspiration
> that fired me up to start with.
> I also run my studio the same way. When I start my day, I hit only a
> few switches and everything in my studio is on and ready to use. Do I
> need 2 guitar amps on with guitars already plugged in? Do I need the
> mixing console and my sound system on? Do I need my keyboards on?
> Maybe not, but when the inspiration hits, all I have to do is pick up
> a guitar, turn up the volume, and play. If I want to record, I hit
> record and play.
> Maybe it's a bit of self-indulgence, but I like me and I will cater to
> me as much as I can... even when it comes to my Cocos.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>;
> Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>; coco at maltedmedia.com
> <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Cc: Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
> Sent: Sun, Mar 7, 2021 3:42 am
> Subject: Re: [Coco] X4,X5,X6,X7
> 
> I just looked at the source code and rbdw defines the number of drives
> at the start of the code.
> The question I have is why the need for more than /X0 - /X3 ? You can
> easily change the drives mounted in Drivewire while OS9 is running.
> You can mount .vhd drives on Drivewire so space on the drives should
> not be an issue.I think the reason that Drivewire has 256 drives is to
> make it compatible with HDBDOS which is unrelated to OS9.
> 
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