[Coco] drive wire 4 help

[Aaron Wolfe]

Hi Richard,

Wayne noticed that you've added the <HDBDOSMode>true</HDBDOSMode>
setting outside of the instance section in this config file.  It needs
to be inside the instance section to have any effect.  You can stick
it anywhere in between the <instance> and </instance> tags.  After
<Name> and before <DeviceType> for example.

Also, there is no part of the file that you're not supposed to edit,
its all designed to be edited by humans :)
That note in the config is to call attention to the settings that most
often must be edited before DW will work for your system, but it's not
meant to discourage editing elsewhere.

You might want to use the GUI if you're on Windows, then you don't
have to edit that file at all.  I really need to build packages for
the other platforms too.
-Aaron



On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Richard Hawk <rhawk1 at centurylink.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Wallace" <dragonbytes at cox.net>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 3:57 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] drive wire 4 help
>
>
>> Do you have a .dsk mounted in slot 4 in the disk config? maybe try showing
>> me ur xml config file with pastebin.com or something so I can see it for
>> myself
>>
>> - Todd Wallace
>>
>> On Jan 15, 2011, at 3:24 PM, Richard Hawk wrote:
>>
>>> i did that copy and past the <HDBDOSMode>true</HDBDOSMode> at the last
>>> line in the instance before the warning is that no changes below this line
>>> in the config.xml file
>>> then do drive off and i cant acess the drive 4 on drive wire now
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Wallace" <dragonbytes at cox.net>
>>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:56 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] drive wire 4 help
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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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