[Color Computer] Re: [Coco] some thoughts about reading coco disks on a PC

[Dave]

Neil, Omnidisk runs great "if" I disable the cache on my 486.

Great program overall!

Cheers Dave

--- In ColorComputer at yahoogroups.com, "Neil Morrison" 
<neilsmorr at ...> wrote:
>
> 
> Interesting!
> 
> ================================================================
> Most modern PCs can support single density. The main difficulty in 
getting 
> it to work is usually the software or the configuration of it. 
Don't assume 
> your PC can't do single density: try OmniFlop or OmniDisk!
> Some of these functions require a (free) license. See section 2.5 
of the 
> User Guide (in the download) for more information.
>                                                       OmniFlop vs 
OmniDisk 
> vs FDC
> OmniDisk is a Command Prompt universal disk reader, writer and 
formatter. It 
> is more powerful than OmniFlop but harder to use. It includes 
native support 
> for some filing systems, and configures itself automatically to 
your system. 
> It is capable of automatically reading all formats that the 
hardware can, 
> even if these formats have never been seen before, or are copy-
protected. 
> [OmniFlop can also test, read, and write all such formats if 
uniform.] The 
> original 16-bit version of OmniDisk runs under DOS or a DOS 
Command Prompt 
> in Windows 95, 98, 98SE, or Me. The new version of OmniDisk, 
OmniDiskXP, 
> runs in a Command Prompt under Windows XP, 2000, NT.
> FDC is a Command Prompt disk reader, writer, and formatter. It is 
manually 
> configured and you must use the correct combination of commands 
for your 
> system to access disks correctly. There is no auto-configuration. 
FDC runs 
> under DOS or a DOS Command Prompt in Windows 95, 98, 98SE, or Me.
> The most important difference between these utilities is the 
Operating 
> System(s) they work under. There is no point trying [the 16-bit 
version of] 
> OmniDisk or FDC under Windows XP!
> ================================================================
> 
> Neil
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Torsten Dittel" Torsten at ...
> 
> >I just figured out how to grab coco disks on W2K systems with a
> > software you can find here:
> >
> > http://www.shlock.co.uk/Utils/OmniDisk.zip
> >
> ...
>






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