[Coco] SIDEKICK the HDB-DOS Browser

David Ladd drencor at gamepixel.net
Fri Nov 16 15:34:45 EST 2012


Why can't DSKCON be used for all drive #'s between 0 and 255 when DRIVE
OFF?  I thought DRIVE OFF only made drive 0 through 3 floppy disk and drive
4 through 255 were still accessible for HDD so you could do backups from
0,1,2,3 to any of the drives on the HDBDOS volume?


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Retro Canada <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>wrote:

> There is a problem with DRIVE OFF because DSKCON will only work for
> drives 0-3. So, in drive off mode I will show only the first 4 drives.
>
> On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:05 AM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > Why not just set some default values for the drives, then use keycodes
> to change values. Do a non-scrollable line at the top of main window to
> show what the values are. i.e.
> >
> > D0=on D1=off D2=off D3=off DV=0
> >
> > use "d" then number to toggle each drive on/off and "s" and number to
> turn each drive bank on/off
> > of course any keys work, just the first ones that came to mind
> > 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 10:46 am
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] SIDEKICK the HDB-DOS Browser
> >
> >
> > Other thing how do I detect if is DRIVE ON/OFF ? When drive is off I
> > can only use DSKCON for 0-3 only. Other problem is when you turn off
> > only one drive for example.
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Boisy G. Pitre <boisy at tee-boy.com>
> wrote:
> >> Fantastic work!
> >>
> >> What tools are you using to assemble your code?  Will you make your
> source
> > public?
> >>
> >> On Nov 16, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Retro Canada <retrocanada76 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Here is my first assembly project:
> >>>
> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFiyvAjtW0o&feature=youtu.be
> >>>
> >>> A hdb-dos browser for your SuperIDE
> >>>
> >>> Felipe
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Panasonic FSA1-WSX
> >>> Commodore 64
> >>> Commodore 64C
> >>> Commodore 128
> >>> Apple //c
> >>> TRS-Color Computer 2
> >>> TRS-Color Computer 3
> >>> TI-99/4A
> >>> ..and more coming!
> >>>
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> >>> Coco at maltedmedia.com
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> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Panasonic FSA1-WSX
> > Commodore 64
> > Commodore 64C
> > Commodore 128
> > Apple //c
> > TRS-Color Computer 2
> > TRS-Color Computer 3
> > TI-99/4A
> > ..and more coming!
> >
> > --
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> >
> >
> >
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>
>
> --
> Panasonic FSA1-WSX
> Commodore 64
> Commodore 64C
> Commodore 128
> Apple //c
> TRS-Color Computer 2
> TRS-Color Computer 3
> TI-99/4A
> ..and more coming!
>
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> Coco mailing list
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