[Coco] Digger 3 demo doesn't work on 2mb coco3

[Brian Blake]

I saw that.

There's a thread on Facebook right now. Chet doesn't have a 2MB CoCo to
test (or a real CoCo 3), but, the he is aware of the problem.

Based on some of his comments, though, you most likely will not be able to
run it on any machine in under DW, ever. When he gets the 2MB issue fixed,
SDC and real hardware are likely all that will properly load and exec D3,
due to custom disk I/O code.


On Mon, Dec 10, 2018, 12:44 PM rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> No go with the 2mb coco3
>
> I tried to LOADM "D3" while mounted in DRIVE 0-3 of DW.
> I tried mounting the disk with the SDC
> I tried using a physical floppy in both drives (0/1) of my fd502
>
> When I used my 512 k coco3 both SDC and fd502 worked but drivewire
> wouldn't work with either
>
> Carl D reported that it did work with his 2mb if he put it into 512k mode
> with the jumper
>
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> Sent from my BlackBerry
>   Original Message
> From: Brian Blake
> Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018 10:28 AM
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Digger 3 demo doesn't work on 2mb coco3
>
> Just for clarity sake...
>
> Will it not run on the 2MB CoCo 3 under any drive configuration?
>
> Some software just flat out will NOT run under DW (or COCONET) if the
> author created their own DSKCON routines and didn't use the disk basic
> routines. You'll find some (or all?) of the Sundog games are like that, as
> well as some of Bjork's games, IIRC.
>
> The SDC will run anything I've ever thrown at is since it's a hardware
> emulator.
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 10, 2018, 9:38 AM rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I have an original disto 2mb coco3 circa 1990. There is not a jumper for
> > me to move on this model of the 2mb to make it 512k
> >
> > The game did play great on my 512k coco3. Lot's of fun. I will definitely
> > buy the full version when released
> >
> > On a side note; the disto 2mb coco3 runs all of the Sierra software
> > perfectly. I know the new 2mb has problems with those games. I wonder
> what
> > the difference is between the original 2mb and the new upgrade?
> >
> >
> > Sent from my BlackBerry
> > Original Message
> > From: Carl Daugherty
> > Sent: Monday, December 10, 2018 9:30 AM
> > To: coco at maltedmedia.com
> > Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Digger 3 demo doesn't work on 2mb coco3
> >
> >
> > For some reason I'm not getting all the mail from the list, but the
> Holiday
> > Demo runs fine on my 2MB CoCo3 with the 512K jumper in place.
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 9:33 PM rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I am using a vintage Disto 2mb coco3
> > >
> > > I don't have one of the new 2mb upgrades to test.
> > >
> > > Sent from my BlackBerry
> > > Original Message
> > > From: tfadden
> > > Sent: Sunday, December 9, 2018 9:21 PM
> > > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > > Reply To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> > > Subject: Re: [Coco] Digger 3 demo doesn't work on 2mb coco3
> > >
> > >
> > > Did you try the 512k compatibility jumper?
> > >
> > > Tim
> > >
> > >
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