[Coco] Drivewire help needed

[Jeremy Michea]

Hi thanks for the response, some virtual disks with many programs on them, 
for example a bunch of games. If I load one of those it seems fine.

I've tried others where you type "DOS" like Koronis Rift and it just seems 
to freeze up and I tried Zenix and it seems to do nothing.

The thing is I never had those message on the screen before so since I saw 
them now I figured something was wrong.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Wallace" <dragonbytes at cox.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2010 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Drivewire help needed


> Jeremy,
>
> I don't think those are checksum errors. I've seen logs such as those 
> regularly with Drivewire and it worked fine. I think Error[0] means there 
> are zero errors with that read op.  The others can correct me if I'm 
> wrong.  Is your coco actually reading properly and you're just worried 
> about the codes?
>
> - Todd
>
> On Oct 18, 2010, at 3:21 PM, Jeremy Michea wrote:
>
>> Hello I'm hoping to get some help from the community with a little 
>> drivewire problem I've been having.
>>
>> I've been using drivewire just fine using the cassette cable method of 
>> getting the HDB-DOS rom loaded but got tired of the constant loading so I 
>> ordered and recieved the rompak version of HDB-DOS today.
>> I loaded up my coco 3 with the rompak and then I loaded up drivewire as I 
>> usually do and loaded a virtual disk as I've done many times before, but 
>> now the drivewire server gives me a steady stream of "checksum" errors 
>> like this:
>>
>> 2010-10-18 13:24:56 OP_READEX[0] LSN[614] Checksum[26101] Error[0]
>> 2010-10-18 13:24:56 OP_READEX[0] LSN[615] Checksum[29408] Error[0]
>> 2010-10-18 13:24:56 OP_READEX[0] LSN[616] Checksum[25969] Error[0]
>> 2010-10-18 13:24:56 OP_READEX[0] LSN[617] Checksum[26288] Error[0]
>>
>> I went back and tried the cassette cable method of loading the DOS and 
>> got the same checksum errors. I then dug out another coco 3 and with both 
>> methods of loading DOS I get the same errors. So I thought perhaps its 
>> the USB-to-9pin serial adaptor I have even though it has worked fine with 
>> drivewire up to this point.
>>
>> I then tried an older PC with a built in 9 pin serial port, which again, 
>> has worked just fine with drivewire in the past. Same thing using 2 
>> different coco's, two different methods of loading DOS, and two different 
>> windows XP based PC's.
>>
>> I've checked the control panel and the settings for the serial port and 
>> tried different settings such as 115,200 baud but no settings on either 
>> PC gave different results, just a steady stream of checksum errors.
>>
>> So in short I've tried:
>>
>> 2 different coco 3's (128k and 512k)
>> 2 different windows XP machines
>> 2 different methods of loading DOS
>>
>> The only constant I can think of is the drivewire cable itself but again, 
>> its been flawless up to this point.
>>
>> Any suggestions or opinions are very welcome.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
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