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

Sun Nov 4 19:25:44 EST 2007

At 04:18 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>Randy, you'll need to LOAD the SYSCALL module into memory before 
>executing the Basic09 program.
>
>I would assume that the syscall module is on the same disk with 
>basic09? (/d0?)

OK --- clueless question on my part.  How do I load the module and 
load makedesc.b09?  I have been
loading makedesc.b09 and then typing run.

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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 10:15 AM
>Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO
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>>
>>Here is the latest.  After thinking there might be read errors, I 
>>went ahead and made a back-up of
>>the floppy giving problems.  I tried a few different drives I have 
>>sitting around here and seem to have
>>been able to copy the files to another floppy giving better results.
>>
>>makedesc.b09 is now loading without errors.
>>
>>However, after going through the series of questions, it is erroring out at:
>>
>>#4A18   RUN Syscall($17, regs)
>>ERROR #043
>>BREAK: PROCEDURE Makedesc
>>
>>I am trying to do this on a single drive machine.
>>
>>Please advise.
>>
>>At 03:01 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>>>Randy,
>>>is there any way you can get that code to me, so I can PACK it 
>>>into a runb-type module?
>>>Even if you snd a disk image of the source disk, I could work with it.
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>>>the capacity to be his spokesman,
>>>so that I know how to help the weary.
>>>
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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 8:49 AM
>>>Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Doing a list /d1/IDE2.1/makedesc.b09 displays readable code.
>>>>
>>>>I tried the #24K --- still no go.
>>>>
>>>>Very frustrating.  I don't really care if I go the makedesc.b09 
>>>>route or ezgen route to get the hard drive up and running.  Just
>>>>would like to be able to use it at some point here.  The hard 
>>>>drive is sitting alongside my Coco looking both happy and depressed
>>>>all at the same time.  Happy it is recognized, but depressed it 
>>>>can't start storing Coco files.
>>>>
>>>>At 02:43 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>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?
>>>>>
>>>>>--
>>>>>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 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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