[Coco] Another problem

[L. Curtis Boyle]

If he has a PC with a 3.5” drive, he could try using one of the export utilities to create a Coco disk. We would have to presume the PC drive is aligned, of course.


L. Curtis Boyle
curtisboyle at sasktel.net



> On Jul 16, 2015, at 9:37 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Curtis, I don't know that there ARE any commercial CoCo disks that are
> 3-1/2".
> 
> Art
> 
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 11:35 PM, L. Curtis Boyle <curtisboyle at sasktel.net>
> wrote:
> 
>> Could be head alignment, or drive speeds are off. Does it sporadically
>> read, or always fail? If you have the original OS9 boot disks (in Level 2’s
>> case, I think the BASIC09 disk), there is a disk speed test program on it
>> that you can try. You may have to “hybrid” a drive from each set onto the
>> same controller to load it, though. Or does it read commercial Coco disks
>> fine, just not each others?
>> 
>> L. Curtis Boyle
>> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Jul 16, 2015, at 9:08 PM, Bill <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> That's what I thought, but if there were a head alignment problem, would
>> drive 0 be able to read drive 1 or vice versa?
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Michael
>> Graham
>>> Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 5:55 PM
>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] Another problem
>>> 
>>> Sounds like a head alignment problem, to me.
>>> 
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