[Coco] Drivewire, NitrOS9, and floppy drives

[Bob Devries]

Willard wrote:

>
> Those were flippies, weren't they?
>>

Now that you mention it, you're right.

> I suppose that might be useful to access both sides of a double-sided
> DECB disk written with one of the DOS patches, but other than that, I
> gotta agree.

Actually, there's a programme written for OS9 which can access the back side 
of a DECB disk I think. Doesn't the programme RSDOS do that?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Willard Goosey" <goosey at virgo.sdc.org>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire, NitrOS9, and floppy drives


> On Wed, Apr 08, 2009 at 09:58:44AM +1000, Bob Devries wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Those were flippies, weren't they?
>>
>> It's much more useful to use the entire disk as a single unit, both the
>> lower and upper heads of the drive.
>
> I suppose that might be useful to access both sides of a double-sided
> DECB disk written with one of the DOS patches, but other than that, I
> gotta agree.
>
> Willard
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