[Coco] Reading CoCo Media from a PC

[Diego Barizo]

That is exactly what I had in mind.
I only have one working 5 1/4 drive, and that's making complicated 
transferring files to or from the PC to the CoCo.
I was ready to start working in getting a 3 1/2 drive for the CoCo, or 
try some null modem / serial system.
But If I could just move the CF card from the CoCo to the PC, and write 
to/from DSK files, that would make everything a lot easier

Diego

Joef6809 wrote:
> Its fairly trivial to get low level hard disk access under windows NT 
> et al. However the file system will make no sense to OS9. (FAT 16 for 
> cards under 2GIG ,FAT32 or NTFS for 2Gig or more) Once I get my 
> SuperIDE controller going I'm planning on doing a glenside IDE module 
> for VCC that will be able to mount read CF cards. The plan is to make 
> it compatible with the SuperIDE controller and allow the card to be 
> moved freely between real and emulated hardware.
>
>> From Hell's heart I STore Accumulator B at thee!
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Devries" <devries.bob at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 12:43 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Reading CoCo Media from a PC
>
>
>> If there is some way to access a device like a CF card in RAW mode, 
>> then it would be fairly trivial to write software to access the card 
>> to get at its contents.
>>
>> Sadly, I don't have the required information for that. :(
>>
>> Something similar to OS-9's "/H0@" perhaps?
>> This gives sector-based access to the drive in raw mode, ignoring the 
>> file system.
>>
>> Does such an access mode exist on the PC? Given M$'s propensity with 
>> denying access to the hardware of any computer that runs Windoze, I 
>> doubt it would be easy, and would probably require a specially 
>> written DLL.
>>
>> -- 
>> Regards, Bob Devries, Dalby, Queensland, Australia
>>
>> Isaiah 50:4 The sovereign Lord has given me
>> the capacity to be his spokesman,
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>>
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>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diego Barizo" 
>> <diegoba at adinet.com.uy>
>> To: "CoCo List" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 2:29 PM
>> Subject: [Coco] Reading CoCo Media from a PC
>>
>>
>>> I know there are a few tools that let emulators read real CoCo 
>>> diskettes.
>>> Is there any similar tool that would allow me to access a CF card 
>>> used under HDB-DOS or NOS-9?
>>>
>>> Diego
>>>
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