[Coco] Vcc to DriveWire

[Aaron Wolfe]

XRoar supports it, and I think someone has been working on mess.  Vcc is
probably the easiest option though.
 On May 17, 2014 10:16 PM, "Salvador Garcia" <ssalvadorgarcia at netscape.net>
wrote:

> I am looking into familiarizing myself with DriveWire using an emulator. I
> downloaded and installed Vcc 143b, but am curious to know whether there is
> any other CoCo emulator that will work with DriveWire. Is there? :-) Thanks
> Salvador
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Gault <robert.gault at att.net>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sat, May 17, 2014 4:36 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Vcc to DriveWire
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> CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts wrote:
> > Ok I would like to know what I need in the boot file for Drivewire to
> VCC.  I
> have Drivewire setup for emulators, but need to know what I need to
> add/change
> in my boot file to use it.  I am using v3.3.0 Nitros9 6309 with a 60mb vhd
> and 3
> 80trk ds drives with vcc now, using rb1773 and emudsk. Also using stock
> Disk
> rom.  I am green to drive wire and would like to start using it. Any help
> would
> be appreciated.
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> > Bill Nobel
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> There are two versions of VCC and only one will work with Drivewire. You
> need
> VCC 1.43beta with Becker support which is specifically designed for use
> with
> Drivewire.
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> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Emulators/Coco%203/Vcc/Vcc_setup%201.43b%20with%20Becker%20Port%20support.zip
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> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Emulators/Coco%203/Vcc/
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> This version of VCC will come with a ROM that supports Drivewire. Now if
> you
> want to access Drivewire disks after booting from your current .vhd drive
> using
> the RGBDOS ROM, you will need to add the Drivewire driver and descriptors
> to
> your OS9Boot file or load them as a merged file after booting NitrOS-9.
> I'm not
> sure the latter will work but expect it will. The alternative is booting
> NitrOS-9 from Drivewire using a v3.3.0 disk marked Becker with emudsk
> driver and
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> descriptors added to that OS9Boot file.
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> The disks you need are at the nightly build repository.
> http://nitros9.sourceforge.net/latest/
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> If you have problems getting things to work, you could send me direct
> email.
>
> Robert
> robert.gault at att.net
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