[Coco] sdc issue

Zippster zippster278 at gmail.com
Wed Jul 1 19:15:32 EDT 2015


That’s a lot of disks.  :)

But if that method worked, it would be easy to duplicate as many blank images as
you wanted on the SD card using your PC.  Just a thought.

- Ed


> On Jul 1, 2015, at 6:02 PM, Josh Harper via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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