[Coco] Skitzo Disk

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Sat Sep 17 17:09:35 EDT 2022


On 2022-09-16 19:03, David Gettle via Coco wrote:
> There was a program for OS-9 that would do both formats at once, the 
> skitzo
> disk was 35 track single sided for both operating systems, I recently 
> moved
> so my CoCo system has not been re-assembled yet, but I have the program
> somewhere, I don't remember if it needed a different device descriptor 
> for
> OS-9 or if it would use the standard one, but I remember the program 
> name
> was skitzo, and it would allow you to put both OS-9 and DECB files on 
> the
> same disk, and let you transfer them between DECB and OS-9, then with 
> the
> OS-9 program RSDOS you could run the DECB programs (with minor changes)
> inside OS-9.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 9:18 AM Alex Evans via Coco 
> <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> You also need to mark granule 0 as on the RS-DOS side.
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 8:33 AM Robert Gault via Coco <
>> coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> > It is easy to create a disk that has both OS-9 and Basic directories. You
>> > should be able to do that yourself with the right programs.
>> > First create an OS-9 disk and mark track 17 as used. Then create a Basic
>> > disk and copy track 17 to the OS-9 disk.
>> > Now you have an empty disk of the type you wanted. As you add programs,
>> > you need to update both directories such that you show tracks and sectors
>> > used as needed.
>> > Make your own disk and see if it works with the CoCoSDC.
>> > Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail on Android
>> >
>> >   On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 8:14 AM, coco--- via Coco<coco at maltedmedia.com
>> >
>> > wrote:
>> > To all
>> >
>> > Has anyone heard of a Skitzo disk if I understand correctly it was half
>> > FS-DOS half OS9 ?
>> > Would anyone know if a disk image of such a disk can be downloaded from
>> > anywhere and if it
>> > would be compatible with a CoCoSDC ?
>> >
>> > Charlie
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If you can find it that would be great. I looked for skitzo in the Coco 
Archive and found nothing.


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