[Coco] Archiving a floppy disk collection

Robert Gault robert.gault at att.net
Wed Mar 21 20:02:42 EDT 2012


Aaron Wolfe wrote:
> <snip>
> OS9 disks have labels, but do DECB?

Since you need the HDBDOS Drivewire version to use Drivewire, you do indeed have 
labels on DECB disks. That function is built into HDBDOS/RGBDOS.

The label is stored at the end of the directory track. A labeled disk shows the 
label when the DIR command is used.

RENAME DRIVE n,"string"

The above is used to label a disk or rename a disk. n Is any number 0-255. 
"string" is the desired name using Basic's string rules.

Anyone using VCC can see the above, as RGBDOS is built in. MESS can also use 
RGBDOS. For example:
OK
DIR 254
<OS-9 HARD DISK BOOT>
OK
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