[Coco] CocoSDC + floppy drives

[Bob Devries]

I have the latest image on my CocoSDC. It fixes the problem of not being 
able to use the floppies properly, and also the MPI issues, and speeds 
up the 6309 version with some tweaks.

I'm getting megaread times of 13 seconds.

I have also created a "partition" added to the end of the of the 
provided image, which makes a very useful system for me.

Feel free to ply me with questions, especially regarding the creation of 
new os9boot files. It's kinda tricky.

I use Notepad on Windows to modify/create the startup.cfg file. I used 
Windows File Explorer to place the image files on the SD card. You need 
to limit the filenames to 8.3 at this stage.

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia


On 9/01/2015 12:16 PM, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:
>
> Allen, if you downloaded the disk images from the "nightly builds" then you still have the old sdc driver. These builds have not been updated with the new fixes. To get the new drivers, you must build the repo yourself, or get a copy from someone who can.
> Actually, I running a build at this very moment and would be glad to send you a zip of the "latest build".
> Just give me a while to let if finish up.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Thu, Jan 8, 2015 9:07 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] CocoSDC + floppy drives
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>
>> On Jan 7, 2015, at 12:14 AM, Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> A new SDC Driver and Boot Module were uploaded to the NitrOS-9 repository a
>> couple of weeks ago. The nightly build disk images have not yet been
>> updated to include these changes.
>>
>> The Init routine in the new driver now scans the MPI slots looking for a
>> *real* floppy controller. If it finds one then it makes that the active
>> slot so that /d0,  /d1, etc will access real floppy drives.
>>
>> The slot containing the CoCo SDC is now activated only during I/O calls for
>> /sd0 or /sd1.
>
> I just downloaded the NitrOS-9 disk images to try them out. The standard image
> boots so fast, and looking at it, I can see OS-9 has evolved quite a bit since I
> last ran it. Lots of submodules and such that didn't used to be there.
>
> The _cocosdc boot also boots and I see it has RbSuper and llcocosdc for the
> drivers.
>
> How do I manipulate disk images from OS-9?
>
> And how do I access the physical drives? /d0 and /sd0 are both the image I
> mounted and booted from.
>
> But wow. So fast.
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