[Coco] Using Dmode

[Barry Nelson]

dmode /d1 sid=2 sct=12 t0s=12 cyl=28 dns=0 typ=20

sid sides
sct sectors per track in hex, 12 hex = 18 decimal
t0s sectors per track on track 0 in hex
cyl cylinders or tracks in hex, 28 hex = 40 decimal
dns density, 0 = 48 tracks per inch
typ Disk type, 20 = 5 1/4 inch

On Oct 1, 2015, at 1:18 AM, coco-request at maltedmedia.com wrote:

> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 23:57:23 -0500
> From: George Ramsower <georgera at gvtc.com>
> To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Using Dmode
> Message-ID: <560CBD33.3060303 at gvtc.com>
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> 
>  I'm using Microware OS-9 L2 on a CC3. I have ... Drive 0 is a 720k 3.5 
> inch drive and Drive 1 is a 360K 5.25 inch drive.
> 
>  Question about Dmode.
> 
>  The other day I managed to get the device descriptor set to make it 
> work for Drive one
>  In my absent mindedness, I did not write down the things I changed 
> with Dmode and I didn't cobbler the darned disk.
>  Now I'm trying to replicate what I did and I can't figure out what I 
> did. I do remember changing it to 40 tracks but there was one other 
> setting and I can't remember what it was I did. DOH! What a dummy!!
> 
>  Please advise.
> 
>  George R.