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From: dyer@wivax.UUCP (Stephen Dyer)
Newsgroups: net.micro.6809
Subject: Re: OS/9 device driver omission
Message-ID: <18918@wivax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 28-Oct-83 23:09:24 EST
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Posted: Fri Oct 28 23:09:24 1983
Date-Received: Mon, 31-Oct-83 23:18:04 EST
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Organization: Wang Institute, Tyngsboro, Ma.  01879
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HARD DISK FOR YOUR COCO????  Pant, pant, droool...

Where did you get it, what's the controller, how much does it cost,
and how the hell could you even to begin to write a device driver
after just reading the R/S OS-9 manuals?  I've been reading them
and find them pretty obscure.  It's funny, feeling like a beginner
again (no more jokes about INFO-UNIX and 'net.unix', no sirree.)

Anyway, I'm sure we all would love to hear more about the hard disk
and your progress on a driver for it.  In the meantime, I would especially
like to be able to modify the floppy disk formatter and device driver
so that I can access all 40 tracks and both sides of my Remex disk drive
as /d1.  I am using a modified cable from FHL which uses side-select
(unlike the standard R/S cable which uses it as drive 3 select.)

Also, how do you install /d2, if you have three floppy drives?

Anyone with pointers or insight into the manuals, please drop me
a line.

Best,
Steve Dyer
decvax!bbncca!sdyer