[Coco] Sdc multi disk use

[Zippster]

Ah ok.  :)

- Ed


> On Nov 7, 2017, at 4:41 PM, My Email <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> That would be easier but I grouped the roms into coco1/2, coco3, utilities. That way a user could decide what pack of roms to flash. If a user doesn't have a coco3 then he won't need to flash those roms
> 
> Anyway all three versions work well so I think I will call the project complete. It's not that big of a deal to push the sdc button to swap the disks.   Still faster than the physical disk swap
> 
> And I also added some useless fluff by having the mass flasher speak the name of each. Bin that it's flashing
> 
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> 
> You could just combine all the flash data into one large file and access it
> via the LBA mode if the goal is a simple firmware flasher for the CoCoFLASH
> cart from the CoCo SDC.
> 
> That’s how the firmware flasher I wrote for the CoCo PSG works (512K).
> 
> - Ed
> 
> 
>> On Nov 7, 2017, at 3:52 PM, My Email <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Sorry. I should have clarified that.   But I wrote a multi disk program that I use to flash the entire 'ROM' library onto the coco flash.   My first version is on physical floppy and prompts you to enter the next disk when the previus is done. (each disk contains a set of. Bin 's to flash)
>> 
>> My second version is for the glenside ide. Instead of prompting for a disk swap I added the line '. RUN"*:xx"   Where xx is the drive number (1-10)
>> 
>> I wanted to do something similar with the SDC.    Right now have have it prompting you to 'swap disks with button'. Similar to my original prompting for a disk change.
>> 
>> So what I was wondering was if I can issue a similar 'run' command pointing it at the next disk
>> 
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>> On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 12:24 PM, My Email <rietveldh at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> I created a folder and put. Dsk1-.dsk10 in it. I can swap each disk with the button
>>> 
>>> Is there a way to swap the disks automatically without pushing the button on the sdc?
>> 
>> If not the button, what do you propose should trigger the disk switch?
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