[Coco] Reading the RS-DOS part of a VHD (or CF/HD)

[Bob Devries]

Oops, I forgot one vital bit of detail...

How do I access the Disk BASIC virtual disks from OS-9. On a *real* Coco3 
with SuperIDE

Sorry. my bad.

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: Wednesday, May 29, 2013 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Reading the RS-DOS part of a VHD (or CF/HD)


> Bob Devries wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm sure I read about accessing the 256 virtual Disk Basic disks on a VHD 
>> or CF/HD drive, but I can't find the reference.
>>
>> Can someone enlighten me if this is possible, and how?
>>
>> Regards, Bob Devries
>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
>>
>
> Assuming the .vhd drive is formatted on those 256 drives you can I/O them 
> if you are using an RGBDOS or HDBDOS ROM. The distribution of VCC makes 
> use of my RGBDOS ROM for emulators and gives access to such a disk.
>
> If you are using MESS instead of VCC, I can supply you with a ROM image. 
> If you have a Cloud-9 system and HDBDOS, you should be set. Both the 
> Cloud-9 site and my site hosted by Aaron
> http://aaronwolfe.com/robert.gault/Coco/Downloads/Downloads.htm
> have documentation on how these DOS should be used and a command list.
>
> Robert
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