[Coco] Starting DW4

[Richard E. Crislip]

On Sunday, March 25, 2012 11:14:58 PM Aaron Wolfe wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:20 PM, Richard E. Crislip
> 
> <rcrislip at neo.rr.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > Do I need a DW4 specificate HDB-DOS?
> 
> You need the same HDBDOS used with DriveWire 3.  DW3 and 4 use the
> same ROMs and the same drivers in NitrOS9.
> DW4 specific functionality is only available with the more recent
> NitrOS9 drivers (last couple years) but all the basic stuff will work
> with and driver that works with DW3.
> 
> >I am asking because when I try to use DW4
> >
> > PC server with the DW3 specificate HBD-DOS on the CoCo all I get are IO
> > Errors when I try ro read a mounted image. The DW4 server says it
> > recognizes the CoCo3 on the PC so what am I doing wrong? TIA
> 
> Sound like one of:
> 
> wrong serial rate/coco model
> bad cabling
> bad serial adapter/driver
> 
> Don't put too much stock in the DW4 connectivity test... it mostly
> verifies that you're plugged into the right port, little more.  It
> does not test for proper operation of the cabling or serial port.
> 
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OK, I am good to go with the software, but I need to look into the serial port 
settings, right? If I remember correctly, HDB-DOS will use the bitbanger at 
115kb/s, so I need to get the PC on the same page. Am I on the right track?