[Coco] sdc issue

Josh Harper allencoco at yahoo.com
Wed Jul 1 19:02:54 EDT 2015


im trying to copy my 700 real disk worth of software
       From: Zippster <zippster278 at gmail.com>
 To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
 Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 5:58 PM
 Subject: Re: [Coco] sdc issue
   
Header problem in the .dsk image file?

Josh, you could try copying one of the images that work with VCC to the SDC,
take it to the CoCo, init it from there and do your copy rather than creating the
image on the SDC.

- Ed


> On Jul 1, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Josh Harper via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> I loaded a file of the disk image I made an it worked as well
> justcant get my pc to recognize the file so vcc knows what it is
> downloaded images from internet work fine and windows reconizes the file as dsk and then vcc works 
>        From: Darren A <mechacoco at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com> 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 4:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] sdc issue
> 
> On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 3:24 PM, Josh Harper via Coco wrote:
> 
>> any ideas of what im doin wrong
>>      From: Josh Harper via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>>  To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Cc: Josh Harper <allencoco at yahoo.com>
>>  Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2015 2:47 PM
>>  Subject: [Coco] sdc issue
>> 
>>  what I have done
>> drive 0,off
>> drive 1, "music",new
>> backup 0 to 1
>> drive  comes on and sdc starts flashing  then I get a ok prompt
>> then I type
>> drive 1,unload
>> then I take it to my pc
>> folder shows
>> music
>> when I load vcc  vcc doesn't see the image cause it doesn't  have .dsk  so
>> I renamed it music.dsk
>> then mounted it
>> when I do a dir all I get is  a ok prompt
>> my windows has no clue what the file is
>> thanks for any help
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> I don't see anything wrong unless the floppy disk you copied had nothing on
> it.  What happens when you insert the floppy disk and enter:
> DRIVE 0,OFF
> DIR 0
> 
> You could have avoided the problem of the missing .DSK extension by
> providing it when created:
> DRIVE 1,"MUSIC.DSK",NEW
> 
> If there are indeed files on the floppy disk, do they show up on the SD
> image after the Backup?
> BACKUP 0 TO 1
> DIR 1
> 
> 
> - Darren
> 
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