[Coco] DECB and BACKUP

[Ron]

Hi Barry,

I have all 3 systems, but just hooked up my Coco 3 again.  I also have 
access to HDBDOS (using Cloud9's miniFLASH cart) which has the Drivewire 
support, along with a stock FD-501 disk controller cart and an MPI.

I can set it up with the FD-501 controller in Slot 4, the miniFLASH in 
Slot 3 and the Coco 3 hooked up to Drivewire via the serial cable.

I would appreciate a chance to try your program if it's OK with you.

Thanks!

-Ron


On 8/30/2015 11:04 PM, Barry Nelson wrote:
> Do you have a CoCo 1 or 2, or a CoCo 3? If you have a CoCo 3 I have a program that backs up disks in one pass and can access Drivewire disk partitions under HDBDOS. I also have a vanilla version for RSDOS or SDCDOS. I have not written a special SDCDOS version yet...
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> On Aug 30, 2015, at 7:48 PM, coco-request at maltedmedia.com wrote:
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>> Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2015 17:11:41 -0500
>> From: Ron <ron at kdomain.org>
>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Subject: [Coco] DECB and BACKUP
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>> Hi everyone,
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>> Is there a way to do BACKUPs in DECB without it clearing the contents of
>> the BASIC program in memory?
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>> I'm trying to transfer many floppy disks to a CoCoSDC and the BACKUP
>> command works great.  I wrote something that helps speed the process up,
>> but the BASIC program is gone when the BACKUP operation completes.  I
>> thought I remember reading something about BACKUP needing as much RAM as
>> it can to do what it does.  I'm just looking for a way around this so
>> the running program will continue.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> -Ron
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