[Coco] Still having newbie issues

[spereira1952 at comcast.net]

Everyone: 

Thank you all very much for all your attention, explanations and support! I really appreciate all the support you have given to such a newbie as I am. 

The bottom line for me seems to be that, since I am attempting to use Drivewire via HDB-DOS, this is the difference between my VCC emulator and my physical system, and this is what is causing my problem. Since I do not have a complete CoCo floppy disk system with controller and disk drive, I cannot use these two programs from a physical floppy disk. When I veer off and put HDB-DOS and Drivewire into the mix, something doesn't match what these programs want anymore, and therefor, I see my problems. The VCC emulator, on the other hand, emulates a CoCo with a Tandy floppy disk controller and drives, so the programs think they are in the proper environment, and they work there. 

I now see that Mr Gault sells some software that can assist me to achieve the ability to use EDTASM. I would love to know more about this. I would like to see the details of what I need to have ready to go, and what I need to purchase, and how it all goes together. Is there some info available at a web site or something that I can see to get more familiar with this, and make my purchase? Thanks, in advance, for pointers or more information. 

Again, thank you all very much. I really appreciate all the support you are giving me as I learn about how all this works. 

smp