[Coco] Drivewire, NitrOS9, and floppy drives

[Bob Devries]

Robert,

Unless someone has OS9 formatted disks which are set up as a separate disk 
(such as the Rainbow OS9 on disk), accessing the back side of a disk is not 
really useful.

It's much more useful to use the entire disk as a single unit, both the 
lower and upper heads of the drive.

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Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire, NitrOS9, and floppy drives


> Bill wrote:
>> I apologize, I CAN access my /d0 (real floppy). The drivewire is /dd.
>>
>> Told ya, I'm brain-dead.
>>
>> When I do an mdir, I do see the /X1-/X3, as well as /DD, /DO, /D1, /D2, 
>> and
>> /D3.
>>
>> mdir is one of the small things I had forgotten.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> One other thing to keep in mind. The stock rb1773 module uses the drive 
> masks $01,$02,$04,$40 which means you can't access the back side of disks 
> as drives. If you want /d2 and /d3 to be the second side of a disk, the 
> drive masks must be changed to $01,$02,$41,$42.
>
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