[Coco] Super IDE vs. Drive Pak

[Boisy G. Pitre]

Is it safe for me to poke my head in and discuss? :)

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Boisy G. Pitre

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On Nov 16, 2011, at 3:56 PM, Frank Pittel wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 04:15:21PM -0500, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Frank Pittel <fwp at deepthought.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> What I want is for Boisy to find a way to use the eprom space on the SuperIDE and modify HDB
>>> dos to work with the CF card and drivewire at the same time. :-)
>> 
>> I wanted something like this too and asked about it, but apparently
>> the only way to support multiple drive types like that is to use a 16k
>> rom.  HDBDOS is limited to an 8K rom for compatibility with all coco
>> models and software.  Boisy wasn't interested in going to a 16k rom
>> for those reasons.
>> 
>> Brett's CoCoBoot project is a nice workaround.  It is able to talk to
>> superide, floppy, drivewire, and more all at once and copy disks
>> between them.  it also can flash the rom slots in the superide,
>> pulling the rom image from any of the above.  lots of neat tricks.
> 
> I've been asking for this for a long time and Boisy has always made it clear
> that there isn't room for it in the 8K rom and wasn't interested in making it
> work with a 16K rom. I keep hoping, hope against hope that one day he gets tired
> of me asking and makes the change. Something along the lines of a "SuperHDB dos"
> for those of us with a SuperIDE interface. :-)
> 
> The Other Frank
> 
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