[Coco] NitrOS9 build errors

Bob Devries devries.bob at gmail.com
Mon Jan 20 18:55:22 EST 2014


Tormod,

prepending the JVC code to the disk image will make it work in the 
emulators, but then they can't be used on a *real* coco.

Should we make a separate category for the emulator disks, such as the 
atari, dragon etc?

Regards, Bob Devries
Dalby, QLD, Australia

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tormod Volden" <lists.tormod at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Coco] NitrOS9 build errors


> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Ciaran Anscomb wrote:
>>
>> The biggest issue for any emulator is the lack of JVC header information
>> - without this, it's impossible to tell the difference between a 40T
>> double-sided disk and an 80T single-sided one.
>
> And that was all that was needed to make
> nos96809l1v030209d64_40d_1.dsk and nos96809l1v030209d64_80d.dsk boot
> in XRoar :)
> I prepended a 0x12 0x02 JVC header. Thanks for the hint.
>
> I had nos96809l1v030209d64_40s_1.dsk working fine, but wondered if the
> double side code was broken...
>
> Thanks,
> Tormod
>
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