[Coco] Disk drive interface question...extended basic required to use it?

[Walter Miraglia]

Thank you,

i burned a combined rom, and set the 5 jumpers to 128K (rom) and tried the
disk cart again and it worked this time...
now i will try the drive, and cart together. :)

cheers. :)

On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Ivan Browning <theczar7 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Good luck!
>
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> -------- Original message --------
> From: Walter Miraglia <walter.miraglia at gmail.com>
> Date: 08/31/2015  8:28 PM  (GMT-05:00)
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Disk drive interface question...extended basic required
>         to use it?
>
> Perfect thank you for confirming.  Going to burn one now.    :0)
>
>
>
> > On Aug 31, 2015, at 8:16 PM, Ivan Browning <theczar7 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > You will need extended basic to use disk basic.
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Walter Miraglia <
> walter.miraglia at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> I purchased a disk drive FD 500 and 26-3129 controller. I was able to
> test
> >> them at VCFMW and they both worked great (thanks again guys).  I brought
> >> them home. Then I unpacked my recent eBay purchase and set it up. It
> >> powered up and all keys work.  ( a COCO 2 ) with 16 k ram (expandable
> to 64
> >> with 2 64x4 ram chips)  version  1.3 basic in the standard 8 k rom (but
> >> switchable to 16k because the rom socket on the motherboard is 28 pin).
> >>
> >> I plugged in the controller and the boot message at the top of the
> screen
> >> did not indicate disk basic like it did when we tested it at the
> show.    I
> >> cleaned the contacts on the cartridge port and cleaned the contacts on
> the
> >> cartridge but no luck.
> >>
> >> I think I remember Neil saying I would need extended basic before the
> disk
> >> basic would work.  Can anyone confirm this?   I was going to burn a 16 k
> >> 27128 this evening as soon as I find the file and then change the jumper
> >> setting on the board to 128k.
> >>
> >> The testing was all done with COCO 3's which I am hoping to get soon,
> and
> >> we know this cart does not require 12 volts as it worked fine in the
> COCO
> >> 3.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately I don't have another cart to test with to verify its not
> the
> >> COCO 2 with basic 1.3.
> >>
> >> Help?   :0)
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