26 Feb
2023
26 Feb
'23
7:55 p.m.
On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 at 14:54, Henry Bent <henry.r.bent(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 at 17:12, Chris Zach via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Sorry, forgot the Dosbox-X link: https://dosbox-x.com/
-Henry
So I'm working on restoring a Compaq
DeskPro/XE system to allow me to
use the 5.25 floppy to copy files from my 3.5 floppies which will come
from my Windows 10 system so that I can extract on the Deskpro/XE using
teledisk the .td0 files that make up a RX50 floppy disk set so I can
load POS 3.2 on my Pro/380 and see if the DECNA card works.
What a pain in the rear.
So far the XE boots but has no setup. Setup requires a special floppy
(Diagnostic disk) which mine was bad after 30 years so I'm trying to
create a new one. I have the official Compaq disk creation thing for a
floppy but it's in QRST format and the QRST under DOSBOX on Windows10
can't properly access a floppy even if "mounted" with a -t floppy
extension.
Before I drag out my rusty and trusty Windows 95 Toshiba 660AV laptop,
is there another way to get this onto a floppy? I have an endless supply
of Rpi's, and doing a DD from a .img file works fine but this of course
is a QRST file.
You wanted a SETUP disk for a Deskpro/XE system, right? Like SP1363 as
listed here https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=76542 ? I was able to
do this in Dosbox-X no problem: mount the local directory with sp1363.exe
as C: or whatever, attach a disk image to A:, and then let sp1363.exe
create the disk image on A: . You can then write the raw disk image to a
1.44" floppy.