[Coco] newb: Can I use DriveWire with my CoCo 2?

[Al Hartman]

You don't need a ROM to load a Drivewire image via the cassette port. Having 
one in a Cartridge or in your disk controller just is more convenient.

There's a video on Youtube of someone demonstrating Drivewire, and starting 
up the Coco from an image through the cassette port. If you have a floppy 
drive, I'd recommend immediately creating a floppy with the floppy version 
of HDBDOS untill you get a ROM for your disk controller. There's one on eBay 
for a Coco 2, currently selling for $9.95 I think.

-[ Al ]-

-----Original Message----- 
From: Chris Osborn

On Sep 21, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Robert Gault wrote:

> You need the HDBDOS ROM for Drivewire. That means you will need either 1) 
> a disk controller where the ROM can replace the normal disk ROM, 2) a copy 
> of the ROM that can be LOADMed into memory, or 3) a cassette version of 
> the ROM that can be CLOADMed from tape.

Ok, where do I get the ROM that I can CLOADM? Will DriveWire handle sending 
it out as audio for the cassette port?

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