#: 11063 S10/OS9/6809 (CoCo)
13-Jun-91 23:52:50
Sb: TROUBLES
Fm: DAVID GUESS 72237,2244
To: ALL
OK, GOT SOME QUESTIONS, SEEMS TO BE THAT WAY WHEN I'VE BEEN AWAY FOR A WHILE.
ANYBODY THAT CAN HELP I DEFINITELY WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
1) OLD COCO3, NO VIDEO OUTPUT.... CAN HEAR CASSETTE RELAY CLICK..
2) NEW COCO3, CAN'T MAKE A BOOTABLE OS9 DISK AFTER USING CONFIG OR OS9GEN.
I'M STILL ON A 35 TRACK DISK AFTER USING EITHER OF THE ABOVE WITH 40
TRACK DEVICE DESCRIPTORS IN OS9BOOT. I CAN MAKE A FORMATTED 40 TRACK DISK
BUT THE PROBLEM ARISES WHEN I TRY TO OS9GEN OR COBBLER A BOOT DISK ON THIS
40 TRACK (DS) DISK. KEEP GETTING AN ERROR 241.....
512K IS OK, DISTO SCII IS OK, ALL OTHER CHIPS OK.. I EVEN GOT THE
CC3DISK.IRQ WORKING IN MY ONE AND ONLY BOOTABLE DISK (THE ONE AFTER CONFIG)
WORKS OK, BUT STILL CAN'T MAKE A 40 DS BOOTABLE DISK.
WHEN I IDENT -M, EVERYTHING OK....ON MY OLD DISKS, EVERYTHING IS SCREWED
UP. SHOWS OS9P2 BAD CRC AND STOPS THERE WHEN I TRY TO IDENT OS9BOOT THESE
OLDER DISKS....ALSO A LOT OF ERROR 249'S....SAME FORMAT, WHAT GIVES????
OS9 LEVEL I AND II ARE THE SAME WAY.. RS DOS EVERYTHING WORKS OK....
CAN ANYBODY HELP, IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE I'VE GOT TO WORK WITH THESE
AND THE CC3 I PICKED UP AT SHACK FOR $69 FOR TOO GOOD A DEAL....
FACT IS, I'M USING THE NEW ONE WITH GETERM 2.5 NOW...
APPRECIATE ANY HELP......
DAVID GUESS
P.O. BOX 236
BROWNSVILLE, KY. 42210
502-597-3298 (SHOP AND HOME)
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