[Coco] My CoCo plans - Looking for advice and insight.

[Mike Pepe]

Likely not to work. The Zip would be an ATAPI device whereas the CF
would be an IDE device.

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From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com]
On Behalf Of Jim Cox
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 9:58 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [Coco] My CoCo plans - Looking for advice and insight.

Is anyone using a Zip Drive with the SuperIDE?

Jim Cox
http://miba51.blogspot.com/
http://geekswhocare.blogspot.com/
http://8-bit-retro-computing.blogspot.com/


On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Jim Cox <nutz4coco at gmail.com> wrote:

> So could I use an IDE Zip drive for the same purpose, or would it be
easier
> to just swap CF cards?
>
> Jim Cox
> http://miba51.blogspot.com/
> http://geekswhocare.blogspot.com/
> http://8-bit-retro-computing.blogspot.com/
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 5:26 PM, <RJRTTY at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> In a message dated 4/6/2009 7:02:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> boisy at tee-boy.com writes:
>>
>>
>> >Rick,
>>
>> >HDB-DOS's installation process includes running a  BASIC program
which
>> >will ask you if you want to compensate for an  OS-9 partition;
>> >answering yes yields further questions regarding  size of the
>> >partition, etc.
>>
>> >This process can be fraught  with problems for the inexperienced,
and
>> >it's for that reason we  offer a customization service.
>>
>> >Boisy
>>
>>
>>
>> You know you can do it the way I did it and avoid the
>> headaches and heartbreaks of multipartitions.
>>
>> I use a 100 mb internal scuzzi zip drive connected
>> to a TC-3 interface in my repack as a removable
>> hard drive and use
>> one cartridge for HDB-DOS and another for Nitros9.  :)
>>
>> You can find the drives and cartridges with a search
>> on Ebay..
>>
>> Roy
>>
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