ATOS and MyIDE and Sparta

[Goochman]

Ok,

 

I need some help - Im a bit slow with this MyIDE stuff -

 

I have an External MyIDE interface (ie, cartridge version) - I set it up with MyDOS a long time ago and sorta stopped with it.

 

Now I see folks running ATOS and Sparta and I want to get things going again - I downloaded the files from the previous posts and here are my problems:

 

1. The ATOS site seems to be down - anywhere else to get ATOS???

 

2. I ran the FDISK.BAS for MyIDE - Erased all Partitions and setup a new partition at 65535 sectors (like the intructions said)

 

3. I booted the 'chris.atr' version of SpartaDOS and ran the MY16D2.COM file - However the drivers for MyIDE were never loaded therefore it cannot format it............

 

4. I tried booting a variety of MyIDE disks all of which dumped me into MyDOS which the MyIDE stuff came with

 

What am I missing??? How do I get the external MyIDE drivers loaded prior to starting to modified SpartaDos disk?

[Goochman]

Ok, I may have fixed 1 issue - though I 'erased' my partitions, my original 1,2 and 4 drives still existed - After deleting these and creating a new Drive 2 I was able to boot the Master Disk External and then choose the altered SpartaDos disk - However SpartaDos locks up after getting to the disk screen (I see the title but no D1:) - Ideas?

[krupkaj]

you can download ATOS from here: ftp://ftp.spudster.org/pub/Atari/CTH/Cth_...Shareware/ATOS/

[Goochman]

Thanks Krupjak - Got ATOS, now how to boot the modified SpartaDOS with the external MyIDE enabled????

[Shawn Jefferson]

Goochman, I got the same thing when booting with the SoftOS. Pressing RESET gets me a D1: prompt, but nothing works after that. It works fine with the RomOS that comes with Steve Tucker's 32-in-1 OS upgrade.

[Goochman]

Thats what I was afraid of - The external cart has some additional requirements

 

Anyone here use the $40 kit mentioned on Mr. Atari's site?