[Coco] HDB-DOS and double sided drives

[Bruce W. Calkins]

RGB-DOS was sold to become HDB-DOS.  There were some refinements, but at 
heart HDB-DOS' roots are indeed RGB-DOS.

I was gifted a CoCo 3 with hard drive in the early 1990s.  I spent a lot 
of time deciphering RGB-DOS.

~BWC~



On 4/2/20 8:16 PM, rietveld rietveld wrote:
> I didn't realize how heavily related HDB-DOS is to RGB-DOS.
>
> Sent from the physical keyboard of a BlackBerry
> *From: *Bruce W. Calkins
> *Sent: *Thursday, April 2, 2020 8:08 PM
> *To: *rietveld rietveld; CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> *Subject: *Re: [Coco] HDB-DOS and double sided drives
>
>
> Excellent!
>
> ~BWC~
>
>
>
> On 4/2/20 6:58 PM, rietveld rietveld wrote:
>> All setup.     Reading the original RGG-DOS Manual from Ken-Ton 
>> explains everything.
>>
>> Now have 2 physical drives acting as 4 drives (0/2 and 1/3) and hard 
>> disk 4 - 255
>>
>> Everything works as expected with the Sidekick Menu.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> *From:* Bruce W. Calkins <brucewcalkins at charter.net>
>> *Sent:* April 2, 2020 6:38 PM
>> *To:* rietveld rietveld <rietveldh at hotmail.com>; CoCoList for Color 
>> Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Coco] HDB-DOS and double sided drives
>> The drive address "tags" in "Disk Basic" need to be adjusted for DS
>> drives.  This was addressed in  the setup utility with RGB
>>
>> -DOS and should also be addressed the same in HDB-DOS.
>>
>> ~BWC~
>>
>>
>> On 4/2/20 6:09 PM, rietveld rietveld wrote:
>> > I am booting up to HDBDOS and have DW disk 0-3 disabled. I have two 
>> doubl sided drives but I can't read drive 2 or 3
>> >
>> > Sent from the physical keyboard of a BlackBerry
>> >    Original Message
>> > From: Bruce W. Calkins
>> > Sent: Thursday, April 2, 2020 5:59 PM
>> > To: rietveld rietveld
>> > Subject: Re: [Coco] HDB-DOS and double sided drives
>> >
>> >
>> > Yes.
>> >
>> > ~BWC~
>> >
>> >
>> > On 4/2/20 1:01 PM, rietveld rietveld wrote:
>> >> Is it possible to use double sided drives with HDB-DOS outside of 
>> OS9?   More specifically HDB-DOS DW CC1
>> >>