[Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO

[Bob Devries]

Randy,
is there any way you can get that code to me, so I can PACK it into a 
runb-type module?
Even if you snd a disk image of the source disk, I could work with it.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Just" <randyjust at comcast.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:49 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO


>
> Doing a list /d1/IDE2.1/makedesc.b09 displays readable code.
>
> I tried the #24K --- still no go.
>
> Very frustrating.  I don't really care if I go the makedesc.b09 route or 
> ezgen route to get the hard drive up and running.  Just
> would like to be able to use it at some point here.  The hard drive is 
> sitting alongside my Coco looking both happy and depressed
> all at the same time.  Happy it is recognized, but depressed it can't 
> start storing Coco files.
>
> At 02:43 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>>Randy,
>>Gene's comment certainly makes some sense, although with a .B09 extension, 
>>I'd be confident that it is a Basic09 source file. If that's the case, you 
>>should be able to do this:
>>
>>list /d1/IDE2.1/makedesc.b09
>>
>>If this results in garbage all over the screen, then it is a PACKed 
>>module, and must indeed be executed by RUNB (although Basic09 *does* know 
>>how to execute packed modules).
>>
>>For the life of me, I don't understand why the source code wasn't supplied 
>>in packed form in the first place, *unless* it was meant to be modified by 
>>the end user, which is IMHO not a good situation.
>>
>>TO ALL:
>>Are there any users here which have done what Randy is trying to do with 
>>the Glenside IDE controller software?
>>
>>--
>>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>
>>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>>the capacity to be his spokesman,
>>so that I know how to help the weary.
>>
>>website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
>>my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/
>>
>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Just" <randyjust at comcast.net>
>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 8:27 AM
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO
>>
>>
>>>
>>>Thanks for your response.
>>>
>>>Tried using /d0/BASIC09 #16K
>>>
>>>Unfortunately, it seems to have gone from bad to worse.  Now I get an 
>>>ERROR #032 followed by
>>>about 15-20 ERROR #074 messages.
>>>
>>>At 02:17 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>>>>Randy,
>>>>
>>>> From that error report, I'd suggest that basic09 does not have enough 
>>>> memory for the size of the basic09 procedure file that you're trying to 
>>>> run.
>>>>
>>>>load basic09 with extra memory, like this:
>>>>
>>>>/d0/BASIC09 #16K
>>>>
>>>>then proceed with loading the file as you describe.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>>>
>>>>Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>>>>the capacity to be his spokesman,
>>>>so that I know how to help the weary.
>>>>
>>>>website: http://www.home.gil.com.au/~bdevasl
>>>>my blog: http://bdevries.invigorated.org/
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Just" <randyjust at comcast.net>
>>>>To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>>Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 7:52 AM
>>>>Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>1347 ERROR #069
>>>>>111A ERROR #069
>>>>>10CF ERROR #069
>>>>>0FF5 ERROR #069
>>>>>0FBC ERROR #069
>>>>>ERROR #032
>>>>>
>>>>>The above are errors encountered when trying to load makedesc.b09 from 
>>>>>a floppy disk.  No files are
>>>>>being read from the hard drive at this time..  I am trying to get a 
>>>>>boot diskette set-up so I can format the
>>>>>hard drive.  At least I believe that is the process.  At this point I 
>>>>>have a virgin hard drive.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>At 01:41 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>>>>>>Randy Just wrote:
>>>>>>><snip>
>>>>>>>I am working with the assumption I load BASIC09 (i.e. /d0/BASIC09) up 
>>>>>>>first and then do a
>>>>>>>load /d1/IDE2.1/makedesc.b09
>>>>>>>Doing the above results in errors.
>>>>>>><snip>
>>>>>>>Using idedetect.b09, the drive is detected, so I am assuming I am 
>>>>>>>good there.
>>>>>> ><snip>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Whenever you are trying to get help with a problem, you must supply as 
>>>>>>much information as possible on the problem. So, what errors are you 
>>>>>>getting? The specific errors, number or text content, is crucial 
>>>>>>information.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Your problem could be bad hardware, drive or interface. It could be 
>>>>>>software corruption, bad disk. It could be missing driver and 
>>>>>>descriptor, mismatched OS-9 boot file. The errors produced in 
>>>>>>attempting to load makedesc.b09 can help narrow down the choices. That 
>>>>>>idedetect.b09 works, does suggest as you mentioned that the hardware 
>>>>>>is good.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Without more information, it seems strange that a required file to 
>>>>>>access the hard drive would be placed on the hard drive. That would be 
>>>>>>a "catch-22" situation. You ought to have access to makedesc.b09 from 
>>>>>>the same location as idedetect.b09.
>>>>>>
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