I've been successful at formatting the floppies using fmsx-dos, copying programs using windows explorer (or just straight extracting lzh files onto the floppy, using dos version of LHA), then reading them on a real MSX. Worked for me 100% of the time, without any additional software.
-- ak "Computer games don't affect kids, I mean if Pac Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching pills and listening to repetitive music." --- Unknown ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans Otten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 11:18 AM Subject: Re: Floppy a flop? > Hi, > > I have no problem at all with reading and writing under Windows 95 and 98 SE > of 720K floppies on all my PC's. My favorite progam is diskmanager > http://www.need.it/~rumsx/software.html, and the explorer works fine too > Even 360K work fine with diskmanager. > > Make sure to format the floppies in the MSX, and if you use HD disk (works > for me) cover the hd hole. > > Hans > > http://www.msxhans.msx2.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hans-Peter Zeedijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "MSX Mailinglist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2001 19:43 > Subject: Floppy a flop? > > > I 've little problem with those damned PC's! Both my PC's have problems with > 720Kb floppy's. I use Windblows 98second eruption. I want to put diskimages > and other programs on floppy's to be used on MSX, but when writing to the > floppy's I get bleu screens "Error writing to disk" Anyone knows this > problem? At the moment the only thing I can do is shutdown to MS-DOS and > then write them to floppy. I have a 3d old 486 with Windows 95 on it. On > that one MSX floppy reading/writing goes fine, but that one is not on my > homenetwork and has no Internet. > > Please? > > > > > -- > For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
