[Coco] cocosdc info

K. Pruitt pruittk at roadrunner.com
Tue Jul 14 20:27:16 EDT 2015


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K. Pruitt"
Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] cocosdc info


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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Steve Ostrom"
> Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2015 4:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] cocosdc info
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>> Am I wrong in assuming that RSDOS or HDBDOS does not care if the disk is 
>> BASIC or OS9 when doing a disk copy?  Maybe the number of tracks used is 
>> an issue, but I thought that the way data is stored is the same.  IIRC 
>> the directory is located in a different place, but if the copy routine is 
>> just doing a sector or track copy, there should be no differences.
>>
>> --- Steve ---
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> That makes sense. If each track or sector is just being copied as is, then 
> there shouldn't be any difference.
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> I'm fairly certain I've seen a track by track copying utility somewhere.
>
> Hang in there Josh. Hehe.
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I've found 2 utilities that I thought would work, but either they only see 
the physical disks or they only see the CoCoSDC.

Backup Lighting 512k = no go for me

Spit -N- Image = no go for me









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