[Coco] DriveWire is just a hobby (Was: DW4 on MAc & Linux)

Arthur Flexser flexser at fiu.edu
Thu Sep 26 16:24:39 EDT 2013


Al, a trick I use to avoid having to calculate offsets is this:

Say you want to move a file XYZ.BIN that would normally load at $7E00
so that it loads at $2000 instead.  Just issue this command:

LOADM"XYZ",&H2000-&H7E00

Let the computer worry about the offset calculation!

Art

On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at optonline.net> wrote:

> I need to burn an HDB-DOS ROM for my J&M Controller. I just need to know
> which file to use, and how to get it to the correct memory area so I can
> burn it to an EPROM on my Coco. I'd like to burn one for the Coco 2, and
> another for the Coco 3.
>
> All the Coco DECB manuals are cryptic on using the offset parameter of the
> LOADM command, and I have to figure out where the ROM file is set to load
> to, so I can calculate the offset and save it to tape for burning. I have an
> EPROM eraser coming in case I screw up. My old one has disappeared.
>
> ADOS made it seem so easy... LOL!
>



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