[Coco] SIDEKICK beta 1.0

Luis Antoniosi retrocanada76 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 16 15:34:17 EST 2012


but I love the green screen. Am I the only one to actually like it ?

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Juan Castro <jccyc1965 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ahem... http://cachars.sourceforge.net
> Em 16/11/2012 17:52, "Luis Antoniosi" <retrocanada76 at gmail.com> escreveu:
>
>> do a
>>
>> ? PEEK(&H150)
>>
>> This is the hdb-dos MAXDRV variable. Check if is not set to 58.
>>
>> The problem with 80 column I will kill the coco2 and I love running
>> from them :) In fact, I prefer running old games on it cause it has a
>> real VDG on it.
>>
>> Yep, the offset thing is in my plans. Renaming also. But all the other
>> functions AFAIK should be passed to BASIC then return to ML cause we
>> don't have JMP tables for all functions.  For example to do DRIVE OFF
>> from ML, I have no clue, since it could be in different positions for
>> HDB and RGB DOS.
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> > Felipe,
>> > I've tried Sidekick with DriveWire and it works... to an extent. It
>> stops at drive 58 and goes back to 0 and I have 255 drives.
>> > I do have some suggestions though...
>> >
>> > Do an 80 column screen version.
>> > Allow renaming of drives
>> > Allow turning drives on/off and switching banks.
>> > Allow setting of offsets in HDBDOS for various size and OS9 partitioned
>> drives
>> > With 80 column screen you have room for a "system" menu as well for
>> other functions as those above.
>> >
>> > all of these functions and more would be easy to impliment
>> >
>> > Nice program :-)
>> > Bill P
>> >
>> > Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
>> > https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
>> > Bill Pierce
>> > ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Retro Canada <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
>> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> > Sent: Fri, Nov 16, 2012 2:01 pm
>> > Subject: [Coco] SIDEKICK beta 1.0
>> >
>> >
>> > Here it is.
>> >
>> > Works with superIDE and any RGB-DOS hard disk. Should work but not
>> > tested yet with DW.
>> >
>> > If you use with FDC only it will still display 255 drives. I need to
>> > detect if is HDB-DOS or DISK BASIC only.
>> >
>> > Happy cocoing,
>> >
>> > Felipe
>> >
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