[Coco] So, how do I make Drivewire go?

[Robert Hermanek]

Are you using a usb-to-serial converter/adapter of some kind?  Fault 
could be there... I've heard that some cheaper models do not have much 
in terms of advanced config, and can introduce too much latency and 
cause problems...

-RobertH

On 9/23/2013 2:35 PM, Christopher R. Hawks wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Sep 2013 12:27:21 -0500 (CDT)
> Christopher Smith <csmith at wolfram.com> wrote:
>
>> Since everyone else is talking about it, I thought I'd write in about
>> my experience with Drivewire last week.  I thought I'd set up
>> Drivewire and get the CoCo actually doing something.  Pulled the
>> HDBDOS WAV file for the CoCo 1 from the cloud-9 web page.  Also
>> installed the Drivewire 4 server on my Linux box and the MacOS X
>> Drivewire 3 server on a different machine, just in case.  The cable,
>> as far as I can tell, is correct.  I made it after this diagram:
>> http://www.mediafire.com/view/c91gj67kw7q6yzu/CoCo_DriveWire_3_Serial_Cable.pdf
>>
>> Anyway, I load up either Drivewire server, tell it to serve some
>> floppy images, load HDBDOS off cassette, and everything looks ok but
>> the only thing I can get HDBDOS to tell me about any disk device is
>> "I/O Error."  It flashes lights on the serial interface when it tries
>> to access the disk, but the server doesn't seem to do anything useful
>> in response.  I'm afraid it's been a couple of days, but I remember
>> seeing a lot of OP_NOP in the log.  Am I missing something obvious
>> here?  How does one debug this stuff?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>
> 	Maybe Chad H. can give a step by step account of how he got it
> running. While it is still fresh in his mind.
>
>
> Christopher R. Hawks
> HAWKSoft