[Coco] Introducing the next generation of Color Computer, the CoCo-X

[Allen Huffman]

On Mar 22, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:
> The only problem with large software storage on the Coco is the same problem that exists with HDBDOS, RGBDOS, SuperIDE, DrivePak, DriveWrie and others. Most RSDOS software is hard coded to use drive 0-3 if not just drive 0. You can't run a LOT of that software from higher drive numbers without modification.

A bigger issue were programs that used their own disk access code.

When I had an active RGB-DOS system, I had a bank switching setup I used so any disk could appear as drive 0. This resolved that issue.

Also, a high speed smart I/O device could bank in 160K (or 360K) in the blink of an eye to always map what you wanted as Drive 0. I expect good things in the future when the next attempt at such a solution is made.

		-- A