#: 10333 S3/Languages
    17-Apr-91  23:45:30
Sb: #10330-#PACKing In Basic09
Fm: Stephen Hamilton 71570,1546
To: Erich Schulman 75140,3175 (X)

Erich, I have another bit of help for you also that may be of some intrest. 
Depending on your set up, you should be able to use you 502 as a double sided
drive under OS9.  Although this wont solve all your problems, it will allow you
to at least have BASIC09 on the same disk as your other OS9 directories, ie.
CMDS, SYS, OS9BOOT.  If you have DMODE, it's a big help in pulling this off As
far as adding an IBM drive, it shouldn't be any problem, make sure the jumpers
in the drive are set right. Also, be sure and check the controler ribbon
conectors.  These may have to be changed as TANDY decided to leave out a few
pins on some of them making accessing side two immpossible.
  Back to the original subject.  DMODE will change your drive configuration for
you while using that drive.  The easiest way to do this is to type DMODE /d0
sid=2.  Then FORMAT /d1 a new disk. It will be double sided.  Put your original
disk back in and run CONFIG.  Your new boot that will be on your new disk will
cointain the double sided drive module. Then DSAVE /d0 /d0 ! SHELL.  This will
copy the filess from your single sided disk to your double sided one.  Do the
same DSAVE again with the BASIC09 disk. All you OS9 directories are now on one
disk, this should help out with BASIC09 problem as well as saving some trouble.
Give me a call back and let me know how it turns out.
                                   Steve Hamilton
                                   71570,1546

There is 1 Reply.