[Coco] Newbie Questions

[Stephen Pereira]

Hello again, Robert,

Thank you very much for your responses and information.

I will be making up my HDB-DOS cartridge this weekend, and I hope to be fully functional soon!

Thanks again to all who responded to my query.  I really appreciate the assistance and support.  This is a great community to be a part of.

smp

>> Hello Robert,
>> 
>> Thank you very much for your detailed reply.  This is greatly appreciated.
>> 
>> Here is my follow-up question:
>> 
>> Since I have all the parts and pieces to create a ROM Cartridge that has HDB-DOS in an EPROM, would that be a substitute for purchasing a floppy disk controller?  It would fulfill the criteria of having HDB-DOS in both RAM and ROM, rather than just having it in RAM as I do now.
>> 
>> Again, thanks very much for all your attention and support!
>> 
>> smp
> 
> That will be fine as long as you have no intention of acquiring actual floppy 
> drives for the Coco.
> 
> With your Disk ROM (Drivewire HDBDOS) in a ROM cartridge, you will be able to 
> access drives on the Drivewire server.
> You will need to ensure that the command DRIVE ON is the default condition or 
> you will be trying to access non-existent floppies for drives 0-3.
> 
> Robert
>