[Coco] DW4 error

[Retro Canada]

its not 115 baud but 115 kbps

On Jun 30, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Kandur <k at qdv.pw> wrote:

Yes, I was confused, sorry about that.
Just curious, how does HDB-DOS make the
Coco's serial port communicate with the PC at 115 baud?
Thanks for your help and patience.

Kandur

Sunday, June 29, 2014, 11:16:04 PM, you wrote:
> I think you are confused.   The DW4 wizard does
> not configure anything on
> the coco.  The only serial port it configures
> is the one on your computer,
> the one you select in the wizard.
> On Jun 30, 2014 2:13 AM, "Kandur" <k at qdv.pw> wrote:

>> Yes, the wizard sets up all the serial port
>> parameters to work with the device
>> I selected, but ONLY ON THE COCO.
>> If I select,  COM-1 on the PC, it may have different
>> parameters from what the wizard set up on the Coco?

>> Kandur

>> Sunday, June 29, 2014, 10:21:14 PM, you wrote:
>>> The wizard sets up all the serial port
>>> parameters to work with the device
>>> you select.

>>> Are you sure com1 is the correct serial port to
>>> use?  IO error is what you
>>> will see on the Coco if there is no DW connection at all.

>>> The activity light will blink green on the
>>> server when typing DOS or DIR or
>>> other disk command if the serial connection is
>>> correct, even if the disk
>>> isn't right for what you're trying to do.
>>> On Jun 30, 2014 12:44 AM, "Kandur" <k at qdv.pw> wrote:

>>>> Thanks Bill, done that 5 or 6 times.
>>>> I was wondering if the COM-1 port on the PC is
>>>> set up by that to the proper baud rate and flow control?
>>>> You may want to look at this,
>>>> http://qdv.pw/coco/blog/2014/06/30/dw4-progress-report/
>>>> The disk image is loaded in DW server's drive 0,
>>>> and if I type 'DOS 0' on the Coco, I got '? IO ERROR'.

>>>> Kandur

>>>> Sunday, June 29, 2014, 9:19:56 PM, you wrote:

>>>>> Kandur, when you start DW4, click "config" then
>>>>> "Simple Config Wizard", click "next" on the
>>>>> first screen, then Click the picture of the Coco
>>>>> 3 and click "next". In the next page, select
>>>>> your Comm port and click next. On the remaining
>>>>> screens just click next as they are all the
>>>>> default settings (baud, midi, and printer). Then
>>>>> click "Finish" on the final page. That will
>>>>> setup dw4 for the coco3 and baud rates.
>>>>> All of this is on the instruction page you
>>>>> linked. If you followed those instructions, then the baud is set.

>>>>> Bill Pierce
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>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: Kandur <k at qdv.pw>
>>>>> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>>>> Sent: Sun, Jun 29, 2014 11:13 pm
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Coco] DW4 error


>>>>> No more errors, what is the proper way to boot NOS-9?
>>>>> http://qdv.pw/coco/blog/2014/06/30/dw4-progress-report/

>>>>> Kandur

>>>>> Sunday, June 29, 2014, 3:18:42 PM, you wrote:
>>>>>> As Tormod pointed out, those aren't DOS disks
>>>>>> and they aren't they disks
>>>>>> you probably want even if trying to boot OS9.
>>>>>> One is for floppies and one
>>>>>> is for disabling the coco screen and keyboard.

>>>>>> I can't make out any detail on that screenshot
>>>>>> but recommend rebooting your
>>>>>> computer.  It looks like some how multiple
>>>>>> copies of dw4 have been started
>>>>>> and I doubt that is intended.  Easier to just start over.

>>>>>> You may want to delete the DW directory
>>>>>> entirely and start again.  Follow
>>>>>> the wizard, use the right disks, etc.
>>>>>> On Jun 29, 2014 5:58 PM, "Tormod Volden"
>>>>>> <lists.tormod at gmail.com> wrote:

>>>>>>>> On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 11:13 PM, Kandur wrote:
>>>>>>>> Not sure, if the HDB-DOS in my Coco-3 is 'talking' with the
>> server.
>>>>>>>> http://qdv.pw/coco/blog/2014/06/29/dw4-errors/
>>>>>>>> With disks mounted on the server, when I type DIR on the Coco, I
>> got
>>>> an
>>>>>>> IO error.

>>>>>>> Well to start with, HDB-DOS can not read (DIR) the OS9 disks that I
>>>>>>> see in your screenshot. It can only "BOOT" from them.
>>>>>>> And if you boot the _d80 disk, it will try to load stuff from a real
>>>>>>> d80 disk, not from DriveWire. You'd need the _dw disks for running
>>>>>>> everything off DW.

>>>>>>> The Java exception is a worse problem. Are you sure you are using
>> the
>>>>>>> latest version? Telling us which version you are using would be very
>>>>>>> helpful.

>>>>>>> From the backtrace in your blog it looks like you are using Windows.
>>>>>>> What version?

>>>>>>> Tormod

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