[Coco] cocosdc info

[Arthur Flexser]

You could do the change from 35 to 40 track default with ADOS (or ADOS-3
for the CoCo 3), either from EPROM or using it from disk.  (Perhaps HDBDOS
or one of the other modified RSDOSes that supports a hard drive also allows
this.)  You have to be a bit careful never to write to a 40-track disk when
using a 35-track DOS, though, or you destroy the part of the GAT associated
with the extra tracks.

The ADOS or ADOS-3 disk also includes a utility (usable under any DOS) that
allows the conversion of an existing 35-track disk to 40-track format
without affecting the data on the disk.

Art

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 3:18 PM, camillus <camillus.b.58 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I used to do this with diskzap That came with the zip library.
>
> I read sector per sector on the 35 track and wrote sector per sector on a
> 40 track drive.
>
> Takes a bit longer but it worked.
>
> cb
>
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> On 7/14/2015 10:42:57 PM, K. Pruitt <pruittk at roadrunner.com> wrote:
> Cool.
>
> Any possibility of changing the default RS-DOS 35 track to 40 track? Or is
> that simply not do-able?
>
>
>