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

Sun Nov 4 19:15:34 EST 2007

Here is the latest.  After thinking there might be read errors, I 
went ahead and made a back-up of
the floppy giving problems.  I tried a few different drives I have 
sitting around here and seem to have
been able to copy the files to another floppy giving better results.

makedesc.b09 is now loading without errors.

However, after going through the series of questions, it is erroring out at:

#4A18   RUN Syscall($17, regs)
ERROR #043
BREAK: PROCEDURE Makedesc

I am trying to do this on a single drive machine.

Please advise.

At 03:01 PM 11/4/2007, you wrote:
>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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