[Coco] drive wire 4 help

[Richard Hawk]

i did that copy and past the <HDBDOSMode>true</HDBDOSMode> at the last line 
in the instance before the warning is that no changes below this line in the 
config.xml file
then do drive off and i cant acess the drive 4 on drive wire now


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Wallace" <dragonbytes at cox.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] drive wire 4 help


> In Drivewire 4 config, there is a setting called HDBDOSMode.  If you add 
> this line   <HDBDOSMode>true</HDBDOSMode> into the Instance section of 
> config.xml, then Drivewire 4 will use the proper offset to allow you to 
> access .dsks mounted after drive 1. What I do, is mount the source .dsk 
> into drive slot 4 in DW4 (since 0-3 are the real floppies), then do DRIVE 
> OFF, then put a blank floppy into drive 0, and do a BACKUP 4 TO 0.  You 
> should note though, if you use OS9, HDBDOSMode will totally screw things 
> up if its enabled while you are using OS9.  I'm sure Aaron Wolfe can 
> explain better than me the specifics.  Good luck
>
> - Todd Wallace
>
> On Jan 15, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Richard Hawk wrote:
>
>> how do i back up a floppy image.dsk to a real floppy through drive wire 
>> 4.  drive wire 4 works i can load .dsk images and then go to the coco3 
>> and read the .dsk  and play games . just cant backup my deskmate i been 
>> working on to a real floppy.  i have hdb-dos 1.2 dw3 coco3 rom in 
>> multislot 2 and real floppy controler in slot 4
>>
>> i tried poke &hff7f,3
>> drive off
>> got the floppy to work but cant read drive 4 in drive wire 4
>>
>> so i can backup drivewire4 drive4.dsk to floppy drive real on drive 0
>>
>> any help would be greatly apprecicated
>>
>> richard hawk
>> okeechobee, fl
>>
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