[Coco] Coco 3 & 3.5" drive data transfer problems

[Derek]

I used the format dos command and manually set sectors & heads. Problem ws just solved though with the utility Darren A. linked to and sent. it worked perfectly . 

Thanks for the reply!

Derek



Robert Gault <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net> wrote: Derek wrote:
>
> It's the PC end that is giving me trouble. I can not get the PC to
 > read or write to the disks after they have been formatted on the coco.
 > Also I can not get the coco to work with the disks after I format them
 > on the PC.
> 
 >

Normally if you format disks on a PC *WITH A COCO FORMAT* the disk will 
be readable on the Coco. So the question for you is what did you mean by 
"after I format them on the PC"? Is that a normal PC disk format? Did 
you use a utility to create a Coco (OS-9 or Disk Basic) format on the PC?

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