[Coco] Questions about CoCoSDC

[Robert Emery]

There used to be a Windows driver that allowed me to directly drop files
onto 40 track floppies in Windows explorer... Probably not compatible with
modern Windows, and it's been about 20 years since I used it. Don't recall
many details.

On Thu, Feb 2, 2023, 3:41 PM Rob Rosenbrock via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> I just got the CoCoSDC, and I have a few questions
>
> Flash ROM. There is room for 8 cartridges in the internal flash, two of
> which are used by SBD DOS and RSDOS. I see where there is a utility for
> updating the SBD DOS image, but what version of RSDOS is installed? A
> correct image file? I hesitate to flash an image if there’s a chance I’ll
> brick it.
>
> Y Cable. I’ve seen it said that I can connect a FDC alongside the SDC
> using a Y cable provided that I remove the ROM from it. (I’ve never had an
> MPI) Anyone know if the J&M controllers have any issues? I have the
> original controller and I know that there is a slight change to make it
> compatible with the CoCo 3.
>
> DSK images. I have found Imgtool and Wimgtool from MESS that can be used
> to work with the disk images, but it looks like all work on them stopped
> once MAME and MESS merged. Wimgtool looks like a nice utility for working
> with the disk images, but it lacks a means to export the directory. I can
> do what I want with imgtool, but I’d like to see something that works a bit
> easier. Currently I have to drop to a command line, issue a dir command
> piped to a text file, and then edit the text file. If there isn’t a better
> utility, is there a documentation of the file format? The dsk extension is
> too overused to find anything helpful from search engines.
>
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