[Coco] Vcc - Drivewire4 How to??

[Bill Pierce]

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Bill Pierce
"Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way to slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull

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-----Original Message-----
From: coco <coco at jechar.ca>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Thu, Jul 5, 2018 3:51 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] Vcc - Drivewire4 How to??

I have an attachment I would like to send to Bill Pierce but I don't have youremail address and I think that the coco list strips attachments could youcontact me directly at coco at jechar.caOn 2018-07-05 10:21, Bill Pierce via Coco wrote:> First, read the "HDBDOS" manual found on Cloud9's site (or in my> Starter Kits). That explains how HDBDOS/RGBDOS works.> As Robert explained, the DriveWire slots are interpreted as harddrive> images, UNLESS the "HDBDOS Translation" mode is checked in DriveWire> "Tools". This lets DriveWire (and HDBDOS) know you are using the slots> as disk drives.> > FYI,> DRIVE x - change default disk drive (HD/256 in default DW slot)> DRIVE #x - change default DW slot> > DRIVEOFF = VCC Drives 0-3 ON, DW Drives 0-3 OFF, DW Drives 4-255 ON> DRIVEON = VCC Drives 0-3 OFF, DW Drives 0-3 ON, DW Drives 4-255 ON> DRIVEOFF x = VCC Drives -x ON, DW Drives -x OFF, DW Drives x+1-255 ON> DRIVEON  x= VCC Drives -x OFF, DW Drives -x ON, DW Drives x+1-255 ON> > Normally, HDBDOS sees the DriveWire slots as mounted hard drives with> an OS9 partition, followed by an RSDOS partition which is divided into> 256, 35 trk, single sided drives. The location of the RSDOS drive> (i.e. the size of the OS9 drive) is determined by the values stored in> a location in HDBDOS (see the manual) which is the offset to where the> RSDOS drive begins. All "DRIVE" commands affect these drives, NOT the> DriveWire slots unless HBDDOS Translation is used.> Also keep in mind, once you have OS9 booted, the "/Xx" descriptors are> set for HDs, so formatting a floppy disk image in a DW slot would> require you to manually set the proper disk type and size in the> format command line.> > Yes, I know it's all confusing but in the end, it's a very powerful> set of tools and much can be done with them. I know when I first> started using HDBDOS, it took me several months to get my head around> all it's features and how they relate to disks Vs HDs.> > BTW, the only real difference between VCC v1.43b and VCC v2.01 is> where the "Becker Port" module is located. In 1.43b, it's built into> the Coco's serial port and accessed in the "Config/Bitbanger" menu. In> 2.01 it's a separate DLL that has to be mounted in the MPI and> accessed in the "Cartridge" menu. Other than that, settings for either> are the same.> > All that being said, using my Starter Kit AND following the directions> in the included text file, VCC will be configured to boot up into> NitrOS9 straight out of the box. After the install, only 2 user> actions are required, which is to mount the 2 included HD images as I> couldn't figure out how to do this in the installer.> > After the Starter Kit installation, the NitrOS9 configuration is:> > VCC 6809 version:> 2 Meg Memory> 3 Floppy Drives (VCC Native Floppies)> 1 90 Meg HD (VCC Native HD)> 4 90 Meg /Xx HDs (DriveWire Slots> > VCC 6309 version:> > 2 Meg Memory> 3 2x 720k 1x 158k (/D0-/D2)Floppy Drives (VCC Native Floppies)> 1 90 Meg /H0 HD (VCC Native HD)> 8 128 Meg /Xx HDs (DriveWire Slots)> > I just recently installed both installations on a fresh Win 7 install> and they're working flawlessly. They have also been tested on WinXP,> Win Vista, Win 7, Win 8, AND Win 10.> > Please keep in mind, and VCC v2.x installation on Win 7 and above need> to be run in "Administrator Mode". This will be fixed in a future> version. This is due to VCC keeping it's config file in the program> folder and Win 7 & up doesn't like to allow writing to these folders.> "Administrator Mode" allows this.> If you do not run in Administrator Mode, you will have to reconfigure> VCC each time it's run as the configuration can't be saved.> > > > > > Bill Pierce> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way> to slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull> > My Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/> Co-Contributor, Co-Editor for CocoPedia> http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page> > E-Mail: ooogalapasooo at aol.com> > > > > > -----Original Message-----> From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>> Sent: Thu, Jul 5, 2018 2:37 am> Subject: Re: [Coco] Vcc - Drivewire4 How to??> > You are missing the point of how the ROM installed to use Drivewire> works. It assumes that a hard drive is mounted on Drivewire and it> contains both a NitrOS-9 partition and a Disk Basic partition. The> Disk Basic partition has 256 "drives".So, if you want the Drivewire> drives to all be Disk Basic disks, you need to tell Drivewire that> using its Tools function on the menu. Click on "HDBDOS translation"> making sure that a check mark shows.Now from Basic when you DSKINI4,> you should act on Drivewire drive #4.Robertcoco at jechar.ca wrote:>>> Ok It is sort of working but Totaly useless.>>   It does not see the> drives I mount.>>   When I select disk in memory for drive 4 and then> do a DSKINI 4>   It formats drive 0 rather then drive 4 like it's> supposed to F* UP!>>-- Coco mailing> listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco-- Coco mailing listCoco at maltedmedia.comhttps://pairlist5.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/coco