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

Sun Nov 4 19:18:40 EST 2007

Randy, you'll need to LOAD the SYSCALL module into memory before executing 
the Basic09 program.

I would assume that the syscall module is on the same disk with basic09? 
(/d0?)

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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 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Glenside IDE Hard Drive Interface --- HOW-TO

>
> 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.
>>
>>
>>--
>>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 8:49 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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