Using HDD with Tandy mode?

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Using HDD with Tandy mode?

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Is something special required to get the HDD to work with Tandy?

It doesn't seem to recognize the disk. Perhaps I'm missing a BIOS file?
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Re: Using HDD with Tandy mode?

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Newsdee wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 12:14 pm Is something special required to get the HDD to work with Tandy?

It doesn't seem to recognize the disk. Perhaps I'm missing a BIOS file?
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make_rom_with_tandy.py: A valid ROM is created for the Tandy model (tandy.rom) based on the original Tandy 1000 ROM, requires the XTIDE BIOS at address EC00h to work with HD images.
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Nevermind, I figured it out: I had to load the XTIDE bios in BIOS options! :oops:
(under EC00 BIOS)
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Newsdee wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 12:24 pm Nevermind, I figured it out: I had to load the XTIDE bios in BIOS options! :oops:
(under EC00 BIOS)
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Newsdee wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 12:14 pm Is something special required to get the HDD to work with Tandy?

It doesn't seem to recognize the disk. Perhaps I'm missing a BIOS file?
I had the same issue. You don't need the Python script at all. Just load an unmodified Tandy 1000 BIOS and load XTIDE at EC00 under BIOS. At least that's what I discovered. The readme is not as clear as it could be I'm afraid :-(
Thanks for all the work you (@spark2k06) and others (especially @katune-sun) have put into this. I have followed your progress from the start but, unfortunately, understood none of it I'm afraid :-(
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