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by KenH
Sat Mar 01, 2014 9:23 am
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: DIY: 80 column WordPak board (CRT9128)
Replies: 50
Views: 32746

Re: DIY: 80 column WordPak board (CRT9128)

The NitrOS9 disk image above also includes patched copies of Stylograph and Dynacalc. Stylograph is patched for 80 columns and additional keymap patches (for more logical key assignments) as featured in Dragon User 3'87. For Dynacalc, I've used the Tandy version since it has optional support for mou...
by KenH
Thu Feb 27, 2014 4:55 pm
Forum: Dragon General
Topic: DIY: 80 column WordPak board (CRT9128)
Replies: 50
Views: 32746

DIY: 80 column WordPak board (CRT9128)

Luis (CocoDemus) has recently shared on the cocolist his design for an 80 column CoCo WordPak cartridge based on the CRT9128 chip. Here is his demonstration video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGsoAUJbZi4 I can confirm that his design works great also on the Dragon! My Dragon now displays nice and...
by KenH
Tue Feb 18, 2014 4:54 pm
Forum: Uploads
Topic: CoCoMax for the Dragon
Replies: 2
Views: 2655

Re: CoCoMax for the Dragon

I have managed to get disk save/load working also on a real Dragon (with Drivewire) using a different CoCoMax source disk. Apparently, there are a couple of CoComax versions on the web which use different methods to remove the Hires joystick routines. The attached version (based on the "Krakomax" re...
by KenH
Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:59 am
Forum: Uploads
Topic: CoCoMax for the Dragon
Replies: 2
Views: 2655

CoCoMax for the Dragon

One of the cool things about Drivewire and HDBDOS for the Dragon, is that it makes it easier to port CoCo based disk programs over to the Dragon. CoCoMax is one of those programs I've always wanted to have on my Dragon 64. It is a mac paint clone for the CoCo that was (and still is) an amazing demon...
by KenH
Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:18 am
Forum: Uploads
Topic: Deskmate (Tandy OS9) for Dragon
Replies: 0
Views: 1821

Deskmate (Tandy OS9) for Dragon

Deskmate, which was released by Tandy for the CoCo2 OS9 Level 1 in 1985 , was Tandy's idea of an integrated GUI based "office" suite of applications. There's a nice review on page 11 here: http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Documents/Magazines/MOTD/MOTD%20V2%20N3.pdf I have now ported Deskmate...
by KenH
Fri Jan 03, 2014 6:49 am
Forum: Uploads
Topic: Mahjong
Replies: 5
Views: 3258

Re: Mahjong

jgerrie wrote:How do I get an account for the Wiki?
Select User Control Panel above then user groups, edit membership to add yourself to the wiki group
by KenH
Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:37 pm
Forum: Hints and Tips
Topic: Tools for converting Dragon DOS <-> DECB and CAS->DECB
Replies: 11
Views: 7058

Re: Tools for converting Dragon DOS <-> DECB and CAS->DECB

Thanks Tormod,
This could be a time saver for various applications :D
by KenH
Wed Dec 11, 2013 2:26 pm
Forum: Hints and Tips
Topic: Utility for converting a binary file to a .CAS file
Replies: 36
Views: 18499

Re: Utility for converting a binary file to a .CAS file

The difference between DragonDos and DECB binaries is in the preamble/postamble (which are similar to the namefile block in CAS files) DragonDos binary files have a 9 byte header of the following format: Offset Value 0x00 0x55 0x01 Filetype 0x02:0x03 Load Address 0x04:0x05 Length 0x06:0x07 Exec Addr...
by KenH
Wed Dec 11, 2013 9:02 am
Forum: Hints and Tips
Topic: Utility for converting a binary file to a .CAS file
Replies: 36
Views: 18499

Re: Utility for converting a binary file to a .CAS file

Yep, sure. I have sort of a hack, on a utility I have to check the block's crcs, that extracts the binary files to disk. So I can clean a bit and add it to the program. I think that, most probably, I'll have it before the end of the week or earlier next week. Quite busy lately... :D Great, thanks. ...
by KenH
Sun Dec 08, 2013 11:50 am
Forum: Hints and Tips
Topic: Utility for converting a binary file to a .CAS file
Replies: 36
Views: 18499

Re: Utility for converting a binary file to a .CAS file

Is there a utility to convert the other way around: CAS to BIN?
I couldn't find any.
Rob, this could be a useful addition :D