[Coco] patching EDTASM+ to work with disk

[Robert Gault]

Chester A Patterson wrote:
> I have Disk EDTASM+ in one of the CF Card RS-DOS disks in a Cloud9 IDE
> in a MPI in my CC3. CF card 256MB partitioned 127MB for OS9, remainder
> for 256 RS-DOS "floppies". I don't have the cartridge EDTASM+ (yet) much
> less the patches for disk op.
> 
> What advantages/disadvantages does the cartridge version of EDTASM+
> offer over the disk verion?
> My guess is the principal one is being able to use HDB-DOS as opposed to
> the funky EDTASM+ DOS.
> 
> Please advise.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> /Chester

The ROM pak is a cassette based system; disadvantage. The ROM code 
exists above $C000 so binary programs can be loaded "anywhere" in RAM; 
advantage. The disk system occupies most of RAM leaving room from about 
$6000-$7FFF for code. This is a disadvantage if you are trying to debug 
large programs.

HDBOS does not replace the DOS that comes with Disk EDTASM+. That DOS is 
still required. If you want a version of Disk EDTASM+ that is compatible 
with hard drive systems, you will probably have to buy it from me.
http://home.att.net/~robert.gault/Coco/Sales/Flyer.htm