[Coco] question about file transfers from PC

[William Schaub]

Drivewire 2.0 came with a floppy disk and a basic program you could run 
to make a version of hdb-dos that you could loadm and exec to get 
drivewire to work without any roms and a real disk drive. I find that 
you can still use this version of hdb-dos for DECB but not for booting 
OS9. if all you want to do is copy disks back and forth that might be 
your answer if it is still possible to buy the drivewire 2.0 software by 
special request.  it does work with drivewire 3.0 server but a coco3 
works at coco2 speed instead.

I think it would be nice if they made the drivewire 2.0 floppy image 
available for people in your situation that don't need to boot into os9 
from drivewire.




Stephen Adolph wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> If I understand the drivewire product,
>
> I need to have a switchable EEPROM containing the HDB-DOS image, and
> standard DOS, in order to use drivewire AND my floppies.
>
> IE when it is time to access files via PC, reboot the machine with the
> drivewire software available in the cartridge, and if I want to use
> the floppies, switch back to normal DOS.
>
> Gee, that seems a bit clumsy to me.
>
> >From reading the drivewire documentation, it seems that a drivewire
> package was available that loaded from RS-DOS.
>
> To me, that seems like the right thing to do.
>
> The way it stands, if I were to use the "eeprom adapter" to upgrade my
> FD-501 with the HDB-DOS image, I end up with a pretty clumsy set up
> (assuming I still want to use my floppy drives, which I do) because
> HDB-DOS does not support floppies, so I have to switch the eeprom
> (which is hidden by the case cover) and reboot.
>
>
> Do I have an accurate understanding?
>
>
> Thanks.
> Steve
>
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