[Coco] DW4 problems

[Bob Devries]

Aaron,

the crystal in the PAL coco3 is 28.475MHz

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Aaron Wolfe" <aawolfe at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2012 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] DW4 problems


> On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 10:25 PM, Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> 
> wrote:
>> Thanks, Robert.
>> That worked, but made no difference to the problems. I'm still getting 
>> bad
>> checksums (which seem to be ignored), and time-out, which causes an ERROR
>> #245.
>>
>> @Aaron,
>> would the fact that I'm running this on a PAL coco3 make any difference? 
>> I'm
>> not sure what the clock2 module does in the drivewire boot, or whether 
>> the
>> clock module is in fact supposed to be for 60Hz working?
>>
>
> I wouldn't think so, the timing for the i/o is based on instruction
> cycles.. those don't change in a 50hz system do they, same cpu crystal
> right?  Excuse my ignorance, guessing only the video stuff changes but
> what do I know :)
>
> What kind of hard drive are you copying from?  I have only the
> superIDE here, and tests with it seem to work OK but I need to do some
> more.  I know Gene's hdd is an uncommon one...  wondering if maybe the
> DW driver and the hdd driver don't get along in your cases, some
> timing thing that only rears its head under stressful constant use?
>
> Given enough info and time I'm sure we can sort this out and make
> everything work properly, but I'm having a hard time getting a test
> case where I can recreate the issue put together so far.
>
>
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at att.net>
>>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 10:13 PM
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] DW4 problems
>>
>>
>>> Bob Devries wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Aaron,
>>>> I tried your suggestion:
>>>>
>>>>> java -Xmx1024 -jar DW4UI.jar
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> but I get an error:
>>>> Error occurred during initialization of VM
>>>> Too small initial heap
>>>>
>>>> I am running Windows XP SP3. Not sure which version of Java, but I keep
>>>> it
>>>> updated whenever it requests that.
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Bob Devries
>>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>>>
>>>
>>> Try the following.
>>>
>>> java -Xmx1024M -jar DW4UI.jar
>>>
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