[Coco] The cobbler "problem"
Bill Pierce
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Sun Jan 25 03:43:44 EST 2015
The B&B XT rom is in the archives. If you can't find it, i have a copy
Bill Pierce
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-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Sun, Jan 25, 2015 3:40 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] The cobbler "problem"
There was a special ROM available which allowed you to boot from the HD
It was called BNB XT-ROM (IIRC). \i hsve one of thoe, but sadly the
drives died.
Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia
On 25/01/2015 5:45 PM, Allen Huffman wrote:
> On Jan 25, 2015, at 1:29 AM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I guess that is why Chris Burke created his own utility for his BNB hard disk
system, which *did* boot from the HD.
>
> Probably not the same situation, unless that was through his B&B HARD DRIVE
BASIC extensions to access the hard drive, too?
>
> I'm able to cobble just fine and boot if I keep the settings looking like a
floppy (18 sectors per track) on CoCoSDC. I do, however, think there is another
issue. Once it gets large enough, things stop working. I have my e-mail ready to
send but I want to add notes to when it breaks, and maybe investigate the source
code a bit further.
>
> -- A
>
>
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