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echo: cis.os9.68000.osk
to: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662 (X)
from: Mark Griffith 76070,41
date: 1993-08-27 06:13:58
subject: #18597-Coco disks on MM1

#: 18608 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    27-Aug-93  06:13:58
Sb: #18597-Coco disks on MM1
Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: Hugo Bueno 71211,3662 (X)

Hugo,

 > Help! Ever since I got my MM1 in March, I've been trying to read my old
 > Coco disks in the 360K 5.25" drive I installed. Every time I try I get an
 > error 246.  I've played with dmode parameters, but haven;t hit upon the
 > secret recipe. If anyone has a 360K drive on their MM1, could you post
 > your dmode for reading 360K and 180K Coco OS9 disks? Thanks.

With this dmode, I am able to read/write and format CoCo disks.

 drv=2 stp=3 typ=$24 dns=$01 cyl=40 sid=2 vfy=0 (on) sct=18 t0s=18
 sas=8 ilv=2 tfm=0 toffs=0 soffs=1 ssize=256 cntl=$0000 trys=0 lun=0
 wpc=0 rwr=0 park=0 lsnoffs=0 totcyls=40 ctrlrid=0 rates=$10
 scsiopt=$0000 maxcount=65535


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