MediaWiki:Sitenotice:
2025-12-29: I have restored the wiki to a backup from the end of November. Starting in September 2025, accesses went form the 800MB-1.2GB range per month to 26GB in September, 42GB in October, and 70GB in November with most accesses originating from China. As soon as I realized what was causing all the access problems in November, I shut it down (it had reached 36GB by then) behind a password/login screen. The database had gotten corrupted, and I tried a restore from just before the spike in access but that didn't work. Thus, end of November. I still have the other daily backups so if there were any important additions in December, let me know and maybe they can be recovered. - Allen H.
DRIVEWIRE.ZIP
The DRIVEWIRE.ZIP can be downloaded Here. It contains the PC server software and images of HDB-DOS which can be used to access DriveWire from the Disk Extended BASIC environment, or DW3DOS to boot the Color Computer directly into NitrOS9.
The Contents of the file are:
The first three files are direct copies of the contents of "track 34" of a DriveWire boot disk. You have to use a disk editor and insert the file directly to track 34 and them mark the track in the gran table as used. Issuing the "DOS" command will then boot the system.
- dw3dos_cc1.trk - Boot Track (track 34) file to make a Color Computer 1 Boot Disk for OS9/NitrOS9
- dw3dos_cc2.trk - Boot Track (track 34) file to make a Color Computer 2 Boot Disk for OS9/NitrOS9
- dw3dos_cc2.trk - Boot Track (track 34) file to make a Color Computer 3 Boot Disk for OS9/NitrOS9
- dw3dos_dsk_cc1.rom - ROM image for a disk controller to boot to OS9/NitrOS9 from a Color Computer 1
- dw3dos_dsk_cc2.rom - ROM image for a disk controller to boot to OS9/NitrOS9 from a Color Computer 2
- dw3dos_dsk_cc3.rom - ROM image for a disk controller to boot to OS9/NitrOS9 from a Color Computer 3
- dw3dos_mb_cc1.rom - ROM image to boot to OS9/NitrOS9 from a Color Computer 1
- dw3dos_mb_cc2.rom - ROM image to boot to OS9/NitrOS9 from a Color Computer 2
- dw3dos_mb_cc3.rom - ROM image to boot to OS9/NitrOS9 from a Color Computer 3
- dw3doscc1.bin - Executable file to boot OS9/NitrOS9 from disk on a Color Computer 1
- dw3doscc2.bin - Executable file to boot OS9/NitrOS9 from disk on a Color Computer 2
- dw3doscc3.bin - Executable file to boot OS9/NitrOS9 from disk on a Color Computer 3
- dw3doscc1.wav - Cassette (.WAV) file to boot to OS9/NitrOS9 from a Color Computer 1
- dw3doscc2.wav - Cassette (.WAV) file to boot to OS9/NitrOS9 from a Color Computer 2
- dw3doscc3.wav - Cassette (.WAV) file to boot to OS9/NitrOS9 from a Color Computer 3
- hdbcc1.wav - Cassette (.WAV) file to load HDB-DOS + DriveWire for a Color Computer 1
- hdbcc2.wav - Cassette (.WAV) file to load HDB-DOS + DriveWire for a Color Computer 2
- hdbcc3.wav - Cassette (.WAV) file to load HDB-DOS + DriveWire for a Color Computer 3
- hdbdosdw3cc1.rom - ROM image for a disk controller of HDB-DOS + DriveWire for a Color Computer 1
- hdbdosdw3cc2.rom - ROM image for a disk controller of HDB-DOS + DriveWire for a Color Computer 2
- hdbdosdw3cc3.rom - ROM image for a disk controller of HDB-DOS + DriveWire for a Color Computer 3
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