[Coco] File Transfer from CD to Coco Floppy Disk

[Bert & Peggy Schneider]

Robert,

Thanks for the tips - I have OmniFlop and I've tried that as well
without any luck.  I'm interested in seeing if I can make PORT.EXE work.

Bert

-----Original Message-----
From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
On Behalf Of Robert Gault
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 6:15 AM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] File Transfer from CD to Coco Floppy Disk

Well that's typical on WinXP or other NT systems. So far, all Coco 
emulator programs that talk to a disk assume there is DOS present on the

host Windows PC. That is not the case for NT systems so that is why you 
are getting disk errors.

Far as I am aware, you have two recourses available. 1) Boot your system

from a DOS based floppy and use PORT. This assumes your hard drives are 
FAT or FAT32. 2) Install OmniFlop and access your 3.5" floppy as a Coco 
type 96tpi diskette through OmniFlop.
http://www.shlock.co.uk/Utils/OmniFlop/OmniFlop.htm

Bert & Peggy Schneider wrote:
> I get an error message when I select the A: floppy disk
> 
> A red window pops up:
> 
> ERROR READING COCO DISK!
> 
> Read error on track 17,
> sector 02.
> 
> Retry  Ignore  Abort
> 
> I'm running Windows XP on an HP computer system.
> 
> I'm trying to copy CoCo files from my PC hard drive to a CoCo 3
> formatted floppy disk (3.5" floppy disk).
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bert
> 

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