[Coco] File Transfer from CD to Coco Floppy Disk

[Robert Gault]

If you can get PORT to talk to floppy hardware on an NT/XP system, you 
will be the first to do so. I strongly suggest you don't waste your time 
trying.

What problems are you having with OmniFlop?

Bert & Peggy Schneider wrote:

> 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
>>
> 
>