How to Write X68000 Disks

Here is a quick and easy tutorial on how to write 5.25 floppy disks for use on the X68000 computer.

Here is a link to the software mentioned in this tutorial:

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/lieutenant/q/xfloppy.htm

And if you need to convert your images to .XDF, use this utility:

http://www.vector.co.jp/download/file/win95/util/fh212773.html

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• robivy64

[stuffiwrote]

Just wondering. Is it possible to just create a 95/98 VHD, connect up an external 5.25" floppy drive and copy files this way? Not that I'll ever own an X68000 thanks to the exospheric shipping costs it would involve!

[robivy64]

@stuffiwrote I tried using VMware Workstation, Oracle Virtualbox, MS Virtual PC... The problem is either in lack of OS support, or it just not working at all. The other issue is with finding an external 5.25 1.2MB FDD, and even if you rigged one up, xfloppy and omniflop both require the device to be on the local bus.

[JWC59382]

And I tested it on ME, it does work, when it doesn't give me a Blue Screen :)

[robivy64]

@JWC59382 Great! Thanks for testing it!

[McGameX]

FAT32 OS? i think you mean a 9x Windows OS, as FAT32 is a file system :)

[robivy64]

@McGameX Simple mis-speak. Can't say Windows 9x because ME will most likely work since it still uses the same file system. It will not work in an NTFS environment.

[lukemorse1]

seriously awesome tutorial man

[Perkinson78]

needed for does doujin game for sure

[TakehikoMiike]

GATEWAY 2000 fuck yea!

[JWC59382]

Well 9x is a kernel. Windows ME uses the 9x kernel, so you technically CAN consider Windows ME to be a Windows 9x OS.

[fandenivoldsk]

Thanks for posting this video!

[PPSXR2]

Good video.

It will help those interested in the actual X68000 :-)