[Coco] reliable CoCo floppy disk writing on PCs

[Robert Gault]

Roger Taylor wrote:

> I just set up a spare Win98SE PC from scratch mainly for experimenting 
> with what works best for writing CoCo disks from a PC.
> 
> I'm trying to round up some group feedback on your success level with 
> writing CoCo BASIC and OS-9 floppies from Windows.
> 
> If you've had almost perfect results and the disks read back on the CoCo 
> without the CoCo really knowing any difference, please let me know what 
> tools you use, the BIOS setting for the 3.5" or 5.25" drive doing the 
> writing, and any other details.
> 
> Thanks
> 

With Win98SE, a 3.5" drive, and nothing done to the BIOS other than 
indicating the presence of a floppy drive, PORT.EXE and DSKINI.EXE 
worked just fine. Any problems usually can be solved by formatting the 
disk on the PC rather than the Coco.

With WinXP, a 3.5" drive, and nothing special in the BIOS, OmniFlop 
(stand alone) and fdrawcmd.sys plus VCC work well. Again problems 
usually are resolved by formatting on the PC.

Both the above have a normal floppy ribbon on the Coco with a 3.5" drive 
as drive #1 mounted in a full height case and a 5.25" drive as #0.