[Coco] [coco} Upgrading a CC3 w OS9 or Nitros9

[Bill Nobel]

Hi George,  First Drivewire can be used for straight RS-DOS as long as you have HDB Dos on a eprom in a disk controller.  Nitros9 is an advantage over L2 as it has been highly optimized by many people (too many to list, Boisy being the main contributor over the last few years) I am not too familiar with the SCSI memory stick scheme, but for hardware wise I would suggest the Coco SDC interface it uses regular SD cards for drives.

Bill Nobel

> On Jul 2, 2015, at 8:06 PM, George Ramsower <georgera at gvtc.com> wrote:
> 
> I have a 512k CC3 that I want to upgrade. I am now using OS9 L2 with upgrades and I'm thinking of upgrading it to more modern technology for data storage.
> I'm torn between DriveWire and an adapter to use a memory stick on the scsi controller I already have.
> To use drivewire, I'm told I need to upgrade to NitrOS9.
> To use a memory stick on my SCSI interface does not.
> To copy/transfer to/from this PC using drivewire requires the use of this PC all the time.
> To use the memory stick and a SCSI interface requires only the memory stick adapter.
> It seems a lot simpler to use the memory stick, which can be plugged into this PC for data transfers/backups.
> So I think the memory stick thing seems simpler and requires little or no extra software and/or wiring on both computers.
> 
> Am I incorrect?
> 
> What do folks think of doing either one and the advantages/disadvantages of each?
> 
> George R
> 
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