[Coco] Hxc floppy emulator with Coco2

didier derny didier at aida.org
Sat Feb 13 02:19:05 EST 2016


yes I saw just one pass...

On 12/02/2016 23:25, Arthur Flexser wrote:
> With DSKINI, the track first goes from 0-34, then goes back to Track 0 to
> begin the verify pass.  Sounds like the first sector it attempted to verify
> failed the attempt to read it back and generated the IO error, if you saw
> just the one pass.
>
> Art
>
> On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 4:45 PM, didier derny <didier at aida.org> wrote:
>
>> it tried a dskini..  I saw the track "moving" on the HxC but at the end I
>> got the error message
>> as if a "ready" signal was not received correctly..
>>
>> is there any pinout of the controller somewhere ?
>> before I was using the HxC on a PC  under MSDOS 2.11 (it worked correctly)
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> --
>> didier
>>
>>
>>
>> On 12/02/2016 22:26, Gabriel Holland via Coco wrote:
>>
>>> Yes, I have used mine with a CoCo 2 and I recall getting something like
>>> the I/O error.  It's been a while since I tried to use them together but
>>> there was a certain magic sequence I had to use to get the HXC recognized.
>>> Of course, the first struggle was making sure the wires were connected with
>>> the correct side up.  Then I THINK after I booted the CoCo with the HxC
>>> attached I had to reset it.
>>> When I get home I'll look around my papers because I think I wrote it
>>> down on my printout of games.
>>>
>>>       On Friday, February 12, 2016 3:50 PM, didier derny <didier at aida.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    Any experience with the HxC floppy emulator connected to a coco 2 ?
>>> I wanted to try the HxC with the coco but no success
>>>
>>> all commands leads to  "? IO ERROR"
>>>
>>> is its clear (according to the HxC LCD display that the coco controls at
>>> least partly the HxC)
>>>
>>> any idea ?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> didier
>>>
>>>
>>>
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