[Coco] HDBDOSDW3CC1

[Michael Graham]

  From what I understand, all forms of Disk Basic need to be patched to 
support disk sizes other than 35 tracks.  I'm not sure what the process 
is and what needs to be changed though, so perhaps someone else could 
enlighten us there.

On 9/8/2010 10:32 AM, Mark McDougall wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Apologies if this has been answered before, but a search of the 
> mailing list archives didn't bring anything up...
>
> I've got the HDBDOSDW3CC1 image running on what is theoretically a 
> Coco 1. If I create a 40 or 80-track disk image with the Toolshed DECB 
> utility and mount it in the DW3 server, *some* of the files are 
> truncated in the directory listing (eg. shows 2 granules for size) and 
> of course don't load properly (I'm assuming part of the files exist 
> beyond track 35). A 35 track disk has no such problems.
>
> Is this a HDBDOS problem? Does it not support >35 track disks? I see 
> the HDBDOS manual mentions only 35 track floppies, so HDBDOSDW3 
> probably only supports them too - yes?
>
> TIA
> Regards,
>