[Coco] drive wire 4 help

[Aaron Wolfe]

Richard,

As Todd says, the key is getting HDBDOS mode turned on.  Are you using
the GUI version?  In the latest GUI, under the Tools menu, than
HDBDOS, you can just toggle HDBDOS mode on and off.

To verify whether HDBDOS mode is on or off, type 'dw conf sh' into the
command box at the bottom of the gui screen.

If you're using the server without the gui, Todd is giving you good
advice.  Since there is no 'dw' command in DECB, we have to edit the
config file to make changes.   Put <HDBDOSMode>true</HDBDOSMode> in
the instance section, or alternately put it in a diskset to have to
turn on when you load that diskset.

By the way I live not too far from okeechobee in west palm beach,
didn't know we had another coconut this far south :)

-Aaron

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Richard Hawk <rhawk1 at centurylink.net> 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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