On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 at 17:12, 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. > > 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. -Henry
