[Coco] drive wire 4 help

[Todd Wallace]

In Drivewire 4 config, there is a setting called HDBDOSMode.  If you add this line   <HDBDOSMode>true</HDBDOSMode> into the Instance section of config.xml, then Drivewire 4 will use the proper offset to allow you to access .dsks mounted after drive 1. What I do, is mount the source .dsk into drive slot 4 in DW4 (since 0-3 are the real floppies), then do DRIVE OFF, then put a blank floppy into drive 0, and do a BACKUP 4 TO 0.  You should note though, if you use OS9, HDBDOSMode will totally screw things up if its enabled while you are using OS9.  I'm sure Aaron Wolfe can explain better than me the specifics.  Good luck

- Todd Wallace

On Jan 15, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Richard Hawk wrote:

> how do i back up a floppy image.dsk to a real floppy through drive wire 4.  drive wire 4 works i can load .dsk images and then go to the coco3 and read the .dsk  and play games . just cant backup my deskmate i been working on to a real floppy.  i have hdb-dos 1.2 dw3 coco3 rom in multislot 2 and real floppy controler in slot 4
> 
> i tried poke &hff7f,3 
> drive off 
> got the floppy to work but cant read drive 4 in drive wire 4
> 
> so i can backup drivewire4 drive4.dsk to floppy drive real on drive 0
> 
> any help would be greatly apprecicated
> 
> richard hawk 
> okeechobee, fl
> 
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