[Coco] Nitros9 boot disk

[David Ladd]

Well the like Curtis pointed out you can't use the FDC & CoCoSDC on a Y
cable together.  They use the same addresses.

Otherwise please let us know the list of devices you are using on the Y
cable. :D


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On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 12:29 PM, rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I am hoping one of eds mini mpi,s will  solve the 'y' cable issue by
> letting me select the controller (disto or SDc) ‎. I hope the MPI will let
> Nitros9 see only the SDC at bootup
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry Passport Red Edition.
>   Original Message
> From: L. Curtis Boyle
> Sent: Saturday, April 7, 2018 1:24 PM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Nitros9 boot disk
>
>
> If I remember correctly, a Y cable doesn’t like having two pieces of
> hardware at the same address (which a floppy controller and the CocoSDC,
> since it emulates one, would be), so they will argue with each other as to
> who is supposed to respond. Y cables were more meant for hardware at
> completely different addresses (and fully decoded).
>
> L. Curtis Boyle
> curtisboyle at sasktel.net
>
>
>
> > On Apr 7, 2018, at 10:48 AM, rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Quick question for the Nitros9 guys
> >
> > I Boot up Nitros9 using a 51/4 system disk configured to the hardware
> > This works perfectly. I copied the system disk to the SDC as NITROS9.
> DSK. Then connected the SDC and disto board to the coco BUS with a 'Y'
> cable. When I launch the disk image using 'DOS' it will only boot halfway
> then fail
> >
> > Is i‎t because I am using a 'y' cable and the SDC pak? The same
> setup(with the Y cable) will still boot using the 5 1/4 disk and drive?
> >
> > Sent from my BlackBerry Passport Red Edition.
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