[Coco] MESS Emulator

[John Donaldson]

OK, I have Disk Extended Basic under the emulator. I will try and see if 
it works
under that.

Thanks,

John Donaldson


Bob Devries wrote:

> John, DSKINI.EXE only formats Disk BASIC format not OS9. If you use 
> DSKINI to format a disk, it is not usable under OS9.
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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Donaldson" 
> <johnadonaldson at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 11:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] MESS Emulator
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>> DSKINI formated the diskette. the JV/JC emulator returns Error 247 
>> seek error.
>>
>> John Donaldson
>>
>>
>> Robert Gault wrote:
>>
>>> Before you try anything else, place a fresh disk (or one with no 
>>> important data) in drive B: and use the PC utility DSKINI.EXE to 
>>> format it
>>> DSKINI B: /T35
>>>
>>> Then start the JV/JC emulator and see if the disk in drive B: can be 
>>> read with a DIR3. If you still can't read the disk, then there is 
>>> some BIOS or hardware issue on the PC. Post the results of this test.
>>>
>>> If the disk could be read on the emulator, place the disk in a Coco 
>>> drive and copy some files to it. Take it back to the PC and try to 
>>> read it with the emulator.
>>>
>>> John Donaldson wrote:
>>>
>>>> Robert,
>>>>   I wish you would tell me how to make it work. I am using a 486 DX 
>>>> running MSDOS
>>>> 6.2. I have a 3" drive on A: and a real 360K drive on B: I bought a 
>>>> real copy of TSWORD
>>>> for both RDOS and OS9. On the emulator I have 4 discrptors setup 
>>>> the 4th is setup for
>>>> 35TSSSD which is what the COCO OS9 disk is formated in. I set the 
>>>> emulator to have
>>>> drive B: as /D3. When I put the diskette in and do a DIR /D3, the 
>>>> drive spins but returns
>>>> an error. I also put a fresh diskette in and tryed to format it and 
>>>> again it failed. It is the
>>>> same for both the JV and JC emulators. I know the drive is good 
>>>> because I can format
>>>> read/write under MSDOS.
>>>>
>>>> John Donaldson
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Robert Gault wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> You probably are running into the problem that was just discussed 
>>>>> here in length. Before you use the floppy on the Coco, run 
>>>>> DSKINI.EXE on it from the PC. Then you can write to it on the Coco 
>>>>> and read it on the PC from an emulator.
>>>>>
>>>>> When I say that the JV emulator works with real floppies, I'm not 
>>>>> just repeating the docs that come with the emulator. I'm reporting 
>>>>> actual results on my WIN98SE system.
>>>>>
>>>>> John Donaldson wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Robert,
>>>>>>   That is true, but if you set /d0 to say b: and then try and do 
>>>>>> even a DIR /D0, it does not
>>>>>> work. The drive spins but returns either a seek or rad error.  I 
>>>>>> have a old 486 DX with
>>>>>> a real 360K coco drive as the B drive.
>>>>>>   You should be able to put a OS9 boot disk in it and it should 
>>>>>> boot OS9. It does not.
>>>>>> I know the drive works with a COCO, since I bought at one of the 
>>>>>> last fests I attended.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> John donaldson
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Robert Gault wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The JV emulator will access real floppies from within the 
>>>>>>> emulator. You just need to tell the emulator that a drive# goes 
>>>>>>> to a:, b:, or whatever your drive number is.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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