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19-08-2007, 05:00 AM | #1 | ||
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Yeah, I know, use DOSBox. But I don't want to run the game on modern hardware. I want to run it on an original 8086 machine. So how do I write CONGO.IMG to a floppy so I can boot it on my old Amstrad PPC640?
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19-08-2007, 05:35 AM | #2 | ||
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There is plenty freeware stuff to find on Teh internet to do such things.
http://www.woundedmoon.org/win32/floppyimage.html http://h18000.www1.hp.com/support/files/se...load/23330.html ...... .... .. . I usually use the first one.
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19-08-2007, 05:58 AM | #3 | ||
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Ah, cool thanks.
First one works great. |
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19-08-2007, 09:37 AM | #4 | ||
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You're welcome.
The first one has the advantage it can read/write compressed images also. In the settings of the first one disable 'description' in 'settings' before read/writing a new image for max compability with other programs The possiblities to save floppy image files for the first one are: Uncompressed *.img -> maximum compability with other programs. Compressed *.imz -> smaller, not compatible with all image programs. Self-extracting *.exe -> creates a selfextracting image file, you don't need the program to write the image on a floppy. It's an excellent program to backup your valuable game flops. About the second one: If you have a lot of games on floppies, and you want to backup them on CD or so, remember to store each in a own folder. It read/write *cyl.bin format, would be a complete mess if you put all the flops in one folder. Thought a bit explaination wouldn't be bad here, as you didn't seem to know much about floppy images. We all had to learn once ......
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20-08-2007, 07:00 AM | #5 | ||
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WinImage does the job for me. Pretty handy at creating/modifying images too.
I made a Wibarm booter image with it, since the game works agonizingly slow if ran from a HDD - both floppies of the game plus the user data disk plus the simplest bootdisk ever all fit on a single 1,44 MB floppy and work just perfectly. |
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20-08-2007, 09:46 AM | #6 | ||
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WinImage, that's shareware isn't it?
Is it still fully functional after 30 days ?
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20-08-2007, 10:57 AM | #7 | ||
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Seems like it isn't 30 days since installation, but 30 days in which the program was used at least once.
I installed my copy three or four months ago, and so far it's not even on the 10th day yet. |
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