[Coco] CoCo RS-DOS HD Commands?

[Derek]

 This is exactly the information I needed. Thank you for pointing me in the right direction.





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Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:54:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: theother_bob 
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo RS-DOS HD Commands?
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts 
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Derek, there is no HD support built into RSDOS. To get a feel for using an HD with an emulator, go to Robert Gault's page (http://home.att.net/~robert.gault/Coco/CoCo_main.htm) and go to Downloads and get RGBDOS for emulators (#10.)

If you are using MESS you will need to use a hex editor to remove the 2 byte header (going from memory here, read Robert's instructions!) RGBDOS is virtually identical to HDB-DOS command-wise, so go to the Cloud-9 website and download the docs for HDB-DOS. Oh, and don't forget to read it! ;-) Let me know if you can't get a working ROM image.

Once you get that working, check out my program Color FOG for disk file management. It's a little limited in what it can do so far, but it's a good way to browse through 255 virtual floppy disks (and real ones) as well as show off the capabilities of Super Extended Color Basic.
http://www.geocities.com/theother_bob/

cheers,
Bob

----- Original Message ----
From: Derek 
To: CoCo List 
Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 7:56:18 AM
Subject: [Coco] CoCo RS-DOS HD Commands?


I have been looking with no luck for a command set for using a HD under Extended Basic RS-DOS. I am trying to mount a virtual HD under emulation and I can get the program to mount the drive but I have had no luck with any commands under Disk Extended Basic to interact with the HD. Is this even supported in Disk Extended Basic or do I need to go with a 3rd party DOS O/S for any kind of HD use?

If there is an FAQ I missed online please point me to it. Any help at all would be appreciated. 

This is kind of a trial run for me to see how a HD works on a coco as I am considering going with a Cloud 9 IDE & Flash RAM controller for my CoCo 3. 

Thank you

Derek





       
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