[Coco] SuperIDE / HDB-DOS and physical floppies question

tonym tonym at compusource.net
Wed Jul 11 16:43:51 EDT 2012


I was thinking of maybe splurging for one of these:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Willem-EPROM-Programmer-Pro-Version-PCB-ver-5-5-PIC-/150853071132?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item231f8b311c

No switches, all software... Or maybe a USB variant:


http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEWEST-PCB6-0-USB-Willem-EPROM-Programmer-PIC-BIOS-AVR-Ship-from-USA-/310412788418?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item48460b42c2

Tony



---- Original Message ----
From: "Brendan Donahe" <brendan at polylith.com>
Sent: 7/11/2012 4:19:54 PM
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] SuperIDE / HDB-DOS and physical floppies question

I have a Willem and have used it for PIC programming as well as the
occasional 27Cxxx part.  It's a little clunky (gotta get your jumper
settings exactly right and use the correct version of the SW), but it
works...  The SW is non-intuitive when it comes to PICs, but for EPROMs
it's ok.

Brendan

On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 3:12 PM, tonym <tonym at compusource.net> wrote:

> Anyone use these "Willem" EPROM programmers?
>
> My Data I/O 280 EPROM programmer finally bit the dust.
> Looking to get a replacement for it.
> Luckily they have an EPROM writer at work, so I was able to burn a 27C64
> with the HDB-DOS code in it for the J&M FDC so I don't have to do the poke
> every time.
>
> Tony
>
>
> ---- Original Message ----
> From: "Mark Marlette" <mmarlette at frontiernet.net>
> Sent: 7/9/2012 12:54:08 PM
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] SuperIDE / HDB-DOS and physical floppies question
>
>
> I believe Boisy released HDB-DOS to the public. :)
>
> IIRC, there was only 8 bytes left in the 8k space for enhancements as it
> sits.
>
> Crunch it or open it up to 16k. ???
>
> Mark
> Cloud-9
> www.cloud9tech.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darren A" <mechacoco at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 11:46:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] SuperIDE / HDB-DOS and physical floppies question
>
> Perhaps a future enhancement to HDB-DOS for the sIDE: Scan the MPI
> slots for a floppy controller and make sure that slot gets SCS* when a
> DRIVE OFF command is entered.
>
> Darren
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 8:16 AM, Mark Marlette wrote:
> >
> > You can do that or you can just slide the MPI slot to the 4th position
> when you are done booting off the sIDE. You can leave it there, but it IS
> required to be poked as Darren has indicated or the switch to be moved if
> you want to talk to the floppy drive controller. Not my rules, but Tandy's.
> >
> > The sIDE is only needed to be in selected at boot time. This is for the
> proper ROM/FLASH ROM bank selects. The I/O ports of the sIDE are memory
> based, no slot select needed.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mark
> > Cloud-9
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Darren A" <mechacoco at gmail.com>
> > To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 8, 2012 10:08:54 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] SuperIDE / HDB-DOS and physical floppies question
> >
> > You would also need to enter POKE &HFF7F,&H23 to activate the floppy
> > controller in slot 4 while leaving slot 3 selected as the active ROM
> > cartridge.
> >
> > Darren
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 8:25 PM, tonym wrote:
> >> OK - I've run this multiple times with multiple FDCs and it doesn't
> work.
> >> Works in the emulator, though :)
> >>
> >> Have a -3029 FDC in slot 4, with stock RSDOS 1.1
> >> SuperIDE in SLot 3, 512MB CF card already set up. FlashBank0 on the
> SuperIDE has the proper HDB-DOS 1.1D for the 512MB CF card.
> >>
> >> When I set the MPI to slot 4 (FDC) and LOADM"HDB-DOS":EXEC, everything
> works: HDB-DIS virtual floppies, and physical DRIVE0
> >>
> >> If I set the MPI to slot 3 (SuperIDE: set to Flash0) it boots fine,
> HDB-DOS virtual floppies work, but physical DRIVE0 does not - DRIVE OFF or
> ON.
> >>
> >> Are the physical floppies supposed to be able to work if you boot from
> the SuperIDE flashbanks?
> >>
> >> Tks!
> >>
> >> Tony
> >>
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