after the consoles
thinking of going into 8 bits computers
I am enquiring of the easiest to transfer game files from a PC to a COCO before investing into a computer
is there a SD to COCO hardware or a cable ?
I look for something easy (not something that needs a lot of configuration) to play games on a original COCO
thanks for your help
This post was submitted by lucifershalo.
The best/easiest method for transferring files from a PC to the Coco will depend on the model Coco and accessory hardware such as 3.5″ drives or an RS-232 pak.
Transfer methods
Coco1 + 3.5″ drive – Use PC support software to create Coco disks and place files on the disks.
Coco3 + RS-232 pak – Use a PC terminal program, a Coco terminal program, and a null-modem cable to transfer files.
Coco3 + Drivewire3 software + PCserial to Cocoserial cable – transfer files either way.
Coco3 + Coconet hardware/software + RS-232 pak + nul-modem cable – Similar to Drivewire3 but a Coconet ROM 28pin 16K must be mounted on the Coco3.
I think DriveWire also requires a ROM for the CoCo (a patched copy of Disk BASIC just like the CoCoNet ROM is).
DriveWire’s patched copy of Disk Basic (aka HDB-DOS) does not reside above $E000 and can therefore be loaded into RAM from disk or tape, even on a CoCo 3.
Looks like drivepak is going to be the way to go. I think its almost ready to ship.
Right here on the main page. http://www.coco3.com/community/
The microSD Drive Pak looks like it is going to be easy. It sounds like Roger is almost ready to start shipping them, too. I am looking forward to receiving mine, but it looks to me like Cloud9′s superIDE might be a pretty good way to go, too. I will probably get one of those this summer.
it says
“How do you get more stuff onto the pak? If you have a real floppy drive system, you can just copy or back up files from real disks to the pak using normal DOS commands.
Another method is to use your Windows PC and a CoCo bitbanger cable. CoCoNet can mount the virtual disks on your PC and you can perform all standard disk commands between the pak, real disks, and bitbanger disks, like BACKUP, COPY, DSKINI, SAVE, LOAD, OPEN, etc. from over the cable.”
but seeing that it is using a microSD, doesnt t work by putting game files on the SD cart?
or amy missing something here?
The CoCo accesses the Micro SD card in raw sector mode rather than through a file system that can be manipulated directly on a PC. There are tools available that can clone an entire card on the PC, but nothing that will manipulate individual CoCo files or disk images (unless Roger or somebody else creates one).
You’re missing something, but I don’t blame you.
What the pak does is give you hundreds of emulated floppy disks. To Disk BASIC there’s virtually no difference. That’s how the files are stored, in regular floppy disk file format.
too complicated for me,
I will stay with emulation;)