[Coco] Any stock CoCo is DriveWire-ready out-of-the-box --Eureka!

[Christian Lesage]

Although I only tested with my CoCo 3, I don't see any reason why it 
wouldn't work with a CoCo 1 or 2. I only POKE in the direct page, so 
even if the CoCo is not in the all-RAM mode, it should work. ECB is 
required, but I suppose it is already a requirement for using HDB-DOS. I 
will test it with a CoCo 2 tonight.

That said, it isn't really needed on a CoCo 1 or 2 anyway. It is just a 
workaround to let the disabled CoCo 3 be able to do the same thing as 
its older brothers. You could have the user type DLOAD "" on a CoCo 1 or 
2, and the magic POKEs on the CoCo 3. The server wouldn't see any 
difference.

Will you include this solution in your list? I don't think it's too much 
asking to have the user type 45 characters on the keyboard. And, above 
all, it is the only solution that requires no additional hardware!

Christian



Boisy G. Pitre wrote:
> Impressive.  Does this work equally on all CoCos?
>
> On Dec 23, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Christian Lesage wrote:
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>> A shorter, 45-character version:
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>> POKE230,44:EXEC36048:POKE111,253:EXEC35929
>> RUN
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>> As I already mentioned, it will request a BASIC file in ASCII mode from the DLOAD server. The speed is 1200 baud, but it could be changed. The first POKE controls the speed. It should be noted that an empty file name is transmitted. A very slightly modified DLOAD server is able to serve the request. You just need to make the server send some default file when an empty file name is requested.
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>> I found my DLOAD server, but it is coded in a marginal language called Dialect, that resembles BASIC. I will try to make it available somewhere. Or if somebody could tell me where to upload it, I would do that.
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>> Christian
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