[cctalk] Re: Getting QRST files onto a floppy (sigh)

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Feb 25, 2023, at 5:11 PM, Chris Zach via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> 
> 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.

I run Linux on my old PCs -- the one that has a 5.25 inch floppy is an early 
Pentium (Gateway).  Linux works just fine, no installation hassles.

        paul