[Coco] Skitzo Disk

[David Gettle]

I'll see what I can find.


On Sat, Sep 17, 2022 at 5:09 PM coco--- via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> 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.
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> >> >
> >> >   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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