[Coco] disk images in VCC

[Wayne Campbell]

Hi Bill,

VCC reads the original image just fine. It's only the copies. I have tried
making new copies and it does the same. I am continuing to investigate.
I'll post what I learn.

Wayne



On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Wayne, that should have worked fine unless the original copy was
> unknowingly corrupted to start with. I pretty much create all my disks this
> way, but I have "blank" copies of all sizes of DSKs and VHDs (DECB & OS9
> formatted) so all I have to do is copy one to my work folder and rename it.
> Then it's ready to go :-)
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tue, Apr 29, 2014 2:21 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] disk images in VCC
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> On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > Wayne, how did you copy it? How did you create the disk?
> > Some forms of copying disks do not work well between Vcc & dw4.
> > Below are some of those problems
> >
>
>  I selected the decode.os9 file in Windows Explorer, right-clicked and
> selected copy, then deselected the original file and right-clicked and
> selected paste. The resulting file was named Copy od decode.os9. I renamed
> the file decodeSrc.os9. Then I opened the image with EmuDisk and changed
> the Volume Name to decode Source. This is the same method I always use for
> copying disk images. This is the first time I've had any issue with VCC
> being able to recognize a disk image. I also tried opening the image in
> wimgtool. That worked too. Then I inserted the image into the drive 2 slot
> of MESS 1.3.6b (the one I use currently) and ran the h6309 emulation. MESS
> was able to open the image and I could see what was on it. VCC 1.4.3b is
> the only emulator I use having this problem. I will supply more
> information, if you can ask me questions and lead me through the process.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Wayne
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