[Coco] How to trick Disk BASIC?, or Drivewire sans disk controller...

[Joel Ewy]

Darren A wrote:
> On 2/15/10, Joel Ewy <jcewy at swbell.net> wrote:
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>> <snip>
>>
>> When I switch it to Orch 90 it works fine.  But HDB-DOS apparently isn't
>> happy that it isn't in an actual disk controller -- I don't get the Disk
>> BASIC screen, but a garbled text screen.  The same thing happens if I
>> put in a 2764 with the patched Disk BASIC out of a Disto Super
>> Controller II -- the garbled screen looks identical.
>>
>>     
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> The Orch 90 pack is setup for Auto-Start.  You need to put some tape
> over either the Q or CART connection.
>   

A-ha!  That did it!  So the CART Auto-Start must jump to a different 
entry point than the beginning of the Disk BASIC ROM...  Now I just need 
to cut the CART line and wire it up on the other side of my switch so 
that it breaks it when it switches to HDB-DOS.  When I'm finished I'll 
post about it on my blog to share the details.

Now I need to figure out how to use 'play' to listen to audio files in 
NitrOS-9 while I watch 256 artifact color slideshows.  :)

JCE

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