[Coco] OS9DSK programme for PC

[tim lindner]

> Bob Devries wrote:
> 
> ><snip>
> > 
> > Does anyone know who wrote the Coco/OS9 section of Wimgtool.exe?
> > I can't understand why that programme doesn't allow reading/writing VHD
> > files, since the disk structure is identical.

Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> That should be Tim Lindner.

Nope, it would be Nathan Woods. :)

> I did try taking a .vhd image and changing the extension to .os9 for use
> with wimgtool. Wimgtool stated the file was corrupted. This was an 
> RGBDOS image with a Disk Basic partition after the OS-9 partition. 
> Perhaps it would have worked if I had a .vhd image used only for OS-9 so
> that the LSN0 indicated the full size of the image.
> 
> Try taking a .vhd OS-9 image where OS-9 uses the full image. If wimgtool
> won't read the image with an .os9 extension then it is a memory 
> allocation problem.

Changing a .vhd file to .os9 should work, unless the VHD has an RSDOS
partition.

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tim lindner
tlindner at ix.netcom.com                                            Bright