[Coco] HDBDOS (IDE) & MESS (Coco2)

[Bill Pierce]

Ok, since you've now ventured into Vcc, you're in my realm :-)
Just as an experiment due to all the traffic in this thread, I decided to give this a shot.
Loaded Vcc 1.4.3bFSTEST  (new version Aaron posted a few days ago, version should not really ,matter though Luis's default NOS9 on the image is for DW, so I used Vcc 1.4.3b w/becker and Dw4)

MPI slots loaded as:
Slot 1 - ide.dll
Slot 2 - Orch90.dll
Slot 3 - harddrive.dll
Slot 4 - FD-502.dll

in "Cartridge / FD-502 Config"
Uncheck "Clock at 0xFF50-51" (this is imperative, I missed this to start with and could get nothing)
Check "Disk Image / External Rom Image"
In bottom right corner, click "Browse" and mount Luis's "hdblba.rom"
Click "OK"

Now in "Cartridge"
Clcik "IDE Config"
Make sure "Base Address 0xFF" is set to "50"
Check "Clock at 0xFF70"
Check "Clock is Read-Only"
Clcik "IDE Master" and mount the "GlenesideIDE.img"

Now hit "F9" twice (cold start, once "off" twice "on")

You should now boot up in Luis's HDBLBA Menu Screen.
Works for me.... I can run progrms in HDBDOS or boot to NitrOS9...

My question would be;
Is there more than one vhd image on the CF image? If so, how do I access the other images. I have never used SuperIDE so I do not know the cmds.
Also, can you load a second CF image into the "IDE Slave" slot? And if so, how is it accessed?


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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark McDougall <msmcdoug at iinet.net.au>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 9:28 am
Subject: Re: [Coco] HDBDOS (IDE) & MESS (Coco2)


On 12/03/2014 11:31 PM, Luis Antoniosi (CoCoDemus) wrote:

> You should use either VCC (with superIDE)

I can't find the menu that is supposed to be enabled via ide.dll.

Using my HDBDOS rom image in the FD502 emulation doesn't work either 
(guessing that's not supposed to work either).

Why is it so hard to get a hard drive running under emulation? All these 
emulator patches (aside from the HDBDOS virtual floppy offset of course) 
really shouldn't be necessary; technically they're just hacks and do nothing 
but cloud the issue. The CF images really should have a proper ATA header so 
that IDE support can be added to the emulators. We need to look at IDE 
support on other systems and borrow the format from them. The current 
situation is untenable. What a mess! :(

Regards,

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