[Coco] SIDEKICK beta 1.0

Juan Castro jccyc1965 at gmail.com
Fri Nov 16 20:14:07 EST 2012


Do you want a green screen? I'll give you a green screen:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/rcLK9EcqV3H39uJVqxxo-29XcHdiH80reA6_ygAbi6M

On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 6:34 PM, Luis Antoniosi <retrocanada76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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