[Coco] Rusty ole FD-501

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Look at all of John's text files. If the problem is not described then it was in posts to the list. (Delphi maybe, it was several decades ago).

It was a very hard problem to find, Jeff missed it even though he was such a great programmer. We collected ~ $1,000 to get him to do the CoCo3 and each user had to pay the normal price. I missed out because the OS-9 section on Delphi had been taken over by OSK people driving away everyone who was interested on 6809 OS-9.

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chad H" <chadbh74 at hotmail.com>
To: "'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Rusty ole FD-501


> Well I fumbled around with some MASM32 assembler files and found out I had to substitute a 16-bit linker...but I was able to recompile the .EXE files from source without error.  However when I FC'd the files against my originals, they were identical :(   Does anyone know where in the source the patch was made so I can check?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Chad H
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:09 PM
> To: 'CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts'
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Rusty ole FD-501
> 
> Well it appears there are some files missing from these archives :(
> 
> I did see the DSKINI & RETRIEVE executables...but they are identical to the ones I already have dated 6/8/2003.  Verified with FC.
> 
> There are source assembly files for the tools with a slightly newer date, but I can't be sure if the patch you mention is there.  Plus I would have to figure out what kind of assembler I can get a hold of to compile them
> 
> Interestingly, in the 'johncollyer_website.zip' there is a page on his "CoCo Tools" which seems to be a Windows XP re-write of the DSKINI/RETRIEVE functionality in a GUI.  However, no application files :(  Tried doing a google for these tools and his name with no luck.  Anyone got a copy?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Chad H
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:35 PM
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Rusty ole FD-501
> 
> Thanks! I will check that out!
> 
> Sent from my Transformer Infinity
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: "Stephen H. Fischer" <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 07:20 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Rusty ole FD-501
> 
> That is a known bug fixed by John Collier.
> 
> ftp://www.rtsi.com/RSDOS/incoming/Coco3%206309%20Emulator.zip
> 
> ftp://www.rtsi.com/RSDOS/incoming/johncollyer_website.zip
> 
> ftp://www.rtsi.com/RSDOS/incoming/john%20collyer/
> 
> The last contains a VHD with lots of goodies.
> 
> SHF
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chad H" <chadbh74 at hotmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 5:04 PM
> Subject: [Coco] Rusty ole FD-501
> 
> 
> ...  There was a strangle glitch with the utility though, I think I've seen it before with the 5.25" drives, where it wouldn't RETRIEVE side 2 of a disk written by the CoCo until you need did this weird thing...
>> 1) eject disk
>> 2) DIR -enter-  (drive noises and DOS errors of course)
>> 3) reinsert disk and RETRIEVE then it does fine
>>