[Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO

[Bob Devries]

Randy,
Gene's comment certainly makes some sense, although with a .B09 extension, 
I'd be confident that it is a Basic09 source file. If that's the case, you 
should be able to do this:

list /d1/IDE2.1/makedesc.b09

If this results in garbage all over the screen, then it is a PACKed module, 
and must indeed be executed by RUNB (although Basic09 *does* know how to 
execute packed modules).

For the life of me, I don't understand why the source code wasn't supplied 
in packed form in the first place, *unless* it was meant to be modified by 
the end user, which is IMHO not a good situation.

TO ALL:
Are there any users here which have done what Randy is trying to do with the 
Glenside IDE controller software?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Just" <randyjust at comcast.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:27 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO


>
> Thanks for your response.
>
> Tried using /d0/BASIC09 #16K
>
> Unfortunately, it seems to have gone from bad to worse.  Now I get an 
> ERROR #032 followed by
> about 15-20 ERROR #074 messages.
>
> At 02:17 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>>Randy,
>>
>> From that error report, I'd suggest that basic09 does not have enough 
>> memory for the size of the basic09 procedure file that you're trying to 
>> run.
>>
>>load basic09 with extra memory, like this:
>>
>>/d0/BASIC09 #16K
>>
>>then proceed with loading the file as you describe.
>>
>>--
>>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>
>>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>>the capacity to be his spokesman,
>>so that I know how to help the weary.
>>
>>website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
>>my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Just" <randyjust at comcast.net>
>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 7:52 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO
>>
>>
>>>
>>>1347 ERROR #069
>>>111A ERROR #069
>>>10CF ERROR #069
>>>0FF5 ERROR #069
>>>0FBC ERROR #069
>>>ERROR #032
>>>
>>>The above are errors encountered when trying to load makedesc.b09 from a 
>>>floppy disk.  No files are
>>>being read from the hard drive at this time..  I am trying to get a boot 
>>>diskette set-up so I can format the
>>>hard drive.  At least I believe that is the process.  At this point I 
>>>have a virgin hard drive.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>At 01:41 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>>>>Randy Just wrote:
>>>>><snip>
>>>>>I am working with the assumption I load BASIC09 (i.e. /d0/BASIC09) up 
>>>>>first and then do a
>>>>>load /d1/IDE2.1/makedesc.b09
>>>>>Doing the above results in errors.
>>>>><snip>
>>>>>Using idedetect.b09, the drive is detected, so I am assuming I am good 
>>>>>there.
>>>> ><snip>
>>>>
>>>>Whenever you are trying to get help with a problem, you must supply as 
>>>>much information as possible on the problem. So, what errors are you 
>>>>getting? The specific errors, number or text content, is crucial 
>>>>information.
>>>>
>>>>Your problem could be bad hardware, drive or interface. It could be 
>>>>software corruption, bad disk. It could be missing driver and 
>>>>descriptor, mismatched OS-9 boot file. The errors produced in attempting 
>>>>to load makedesc.b09 can help narrow down the choices. That 
>>>>idedetect.b09 works, does suggest as you mentioned that the hardware is 
>>>>good.
>>>>
>>>>Without more information, it seems strange that a required file to 
>>>>access the hard drive would be placed on the hard drive. That would be a 
>>>>"catch-22" situation. You ought to have access to makedesc.b09 from the 
>>>>same location as idedetect.b09.
>>>>
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