[Coco] mess HD problem

[Bill Nobel]

That is the hardware page address.  The address will vary depending on the controller you are using. If it’s EmuDsk then it will be $FFE0.  There are 2 bytes before that, that are the mode and extended controller address.

Bill Nobel
 
> On Aug 6, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Bill,
> It's not a dumb question, but I did check that, and the drv= parameter is correct. However....
> There's a parameter hps. On the /DD descriptor, hpa=FFE0, but on the /H0 and /H1 descriptors, the setting is hpa=FF80.
> 
> What is hpa used for? is it the port address?
> 
> Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia
> 
> On 6/08/2014 11:33 PM, Bill Nobel wrote:
>> Just might be a dumb question Bob, but have you checked the drive number in your descriptors for /H0 /H1?  sounds like they might be the same.
>> 
>> Bill Nobel
>> 
>>> On Aug 5, 2014, at 10:38 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Even if I just type: dir /h1 on the /W7 window, and then type dir in the /Term window, I get the contents of /H1.
>>> 
>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>> 
>>> On 5/08/2014 11:04 PM, Robert Gault wrote:
>>>> Bob Devries wrote:
>>>>> Hi Kip,
>>>>> Which version of VCC allows the use of more than one VHD? The version I'm using
>>>>> (1.43b) doesn't.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I checked the source code of emudsk.dr, and it correctly sets the DRVMEM for two
>>>>> drives. I'll study the code to see if there's anywhere that the wrong memory
>>>>> area is used.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Robert Gault, have you any experience with this?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>>>> 
>>>> I've just tried MESS 1.44b and have no problems accessing the second hard drive. I'd suggest using the latest MESS which is now 1.54b. If you want the ui version for Windows go to
>>>> http://messui.the-chronicles.org/
>>>> 
>>>> I'll send you directly a DOS ROM that works for two drives on my system.
>>>> 
>>>> RG
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
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