[Coco] SIDEKICK beta 1.0

[Retro Canada]

it's missing the black borders ;)

i mean i like the coco text mode i dont understand why people try to get rid of it in having a graphic text mode 10x slower. 

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On 2012-11-16, at 8:14 PM, Juan Castro <jccyc1965 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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