Also you might just create a dos 6 bootable floppy and boos dos from the “A” drive. Would thst work?
Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 25, 2023, at 15:17, Wayne S <[email protected]> wrote: > > “ QRST under DOSBOX on Windows10 can't properly access a floppy even if > "mounted" with a -t floppy extension.” > It is a dosbox thing really? > Win 10 comes with cmd so do you need to use dosbox? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 25, 2023, at 14:12, Chris Zach via cctalk <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> Thoughts? >> >> CZ >>
