Can't Find Early 5.25 Inch Formatted Floppy Disk Image File
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I still have a box of 3.5's near my desk. They include the first programs I ever wrote on the PC with Turbo C.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
I chucked all my 3.5 floppies out about 15 years ago. Now I regret not keeping some of them, like the PowerBasic disc and some of the BBS game programs I wrote with it, as well as my favorite WWII aerial battle simulator, Battlehawks 1942.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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I chucked all my 3.5 floppies out about 15 years ago. Now I regret not keeping some of them, like the PowerBasic disc and some of the BBS game programs I wrote with it, as well as my favorite WWII aerial battle simulator, Battlehawks 1942.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
TNCaver wrote:
WWII aerial battle simulator, Battlehawks 1942.
It's amazing the capability of some of those old games given how small they were, and before graphics cards. I had a Star Wars game on floppy that featured dog fighting between X-Wings and Tie's.
The difficult we do right away... ...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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I search for this... ``IMG Image File, Blank 3.5 Inch Floppy Disk`` I get this... ``https://archive.org/details/blank-floppy\`\` (find it [**HERE**](https://archive.org/details/blank-floppy), if it matters) ...which is Perfect, exactly what I asked for. So, I change the ``3.5`` to ``5.25`` and repeat the search. And, Huh ??? Such a thing does not exist anywhere on the entire internet ??? Brain Assistance welcome
Google image search for 5.25" floppy disk (then filtered by size == icon) returns plenty of results. :) /ravi
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Google image search for 5.25" floppy disk (then filtered by size == icon) returns plenty of results. :) /ravi
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I search for this... ``IMG Image File, Blank 3.5 Inch Floppy Disk`` I get this... ``https://archive.org/details/blank-floppy\`\` (find it [**HERE**](https://archive.org/details/blank-floppy), if it matters) ...which is Perfect, exactly what I asked for. So, I change the ``3.5`` to ``5.25`` and repeat the search. And, Huh ??? Such a thing does not exist anywhere on the entire internet ??? Brain Assistance welcome
One possibility would be to create a file (full of zeroes) of the correct size. You could then mount and format the "disk" in a virtual machine running Windows. Apparently, all versions of Windows still support 5.25 inch drives (if you can find one...). 5".25 sizes are as follows: * 160KB - 163840 bytes * 180 - 184320 * 320 - 327680 * 360 - 368640 * 720 - 737280 * 1.2MB - 1228800 Note that these sizes are RAW. Once some space is allocated for various data structures (BPB, FAT, root directory), you get the standard sizes that you are familiar with.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
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I search for this... ``IMG Image File, Blank 3.5 Inch Floppy Disk`` I get this... ``https://archive.org/details/blank-floppy\`\` (find it [**HERE**](https://archive.org/details/blank-floppy), if it matters) ...which is Perfect, exactly what I asked for. So, I change the ``3.5`` to ``5.25`` and repeat the search. And, Huh ??? Such a thing does not exist anywhere on the entire internet ??? Brain Assistance welcome
Have you tried looking at FreeDOS? They have a Floppy edition that in cludes 720K disk images. FreeDos Download Page ---------- Money makes the world go round ... but documentation moves the money.
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One possibility would be to create a file (full of zeroes) of the correct size. You could then mount and format the "disk" in a virtual machine running Windows. Apparently, all versions of Windows still support 5.25 inch drives (if you can find one...). 5".25 sizes are as follows: * 160KB - 163840 bytes * 180 - 184320 * 320 - 327680 * 360 - 368640 * 720 - 737280 * 1.2MB - 1228800 Note that these sizes are RAW. Once some space is allocated for various data structures (BPB, FAT, root directory), you get the standard sizes that you are familiar with.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
DUH That is so simple as to embarrass me. My great brain at work; busily sleeping, I guess. Thank you. I'm going to guess that i can use...
FORMAT A:
...or some such command on the fake floppy on the fake machine, and then, well, DUH, I have a fake floppy drive in there. Thanks for the suggestion. I guess it was too obvious to be obvious.
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Have you tried looking at FreeDOS? They have a Floppy edition that in cludes 720K disk images. FreeDos Download Page ---------- Money makes the world go round ... but documentation moves the money.
Yes Mind Reader sir; if you can do as well with the stock market, I want to be your friend ! Some of these fake floppies will be the old 160 size, up to the 1.4M size, and all the others in between. I think think that Daniel Pfeffer's idea (a file of 0s, exactly the right size) is going to fix everything in my life forever, or at least until I die of old age.
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One possibility would be to create a file (full of zeroes) of the correct size. You could then mount and format the "disk" in a virtual machine running Windows. Apparently, all versions of Windows still support 5.25 inch drives (if you can find one...). 5".25 sizes are as follows: * 160KB - 163840 bytes * 180 - 184320 * 320 - 327680 * 360 - 368640 * 720 - 737280 * 1.2MB - 1228800 Note that these sizes are RAW. Once some space is allocated for various data structures (BPB, FAT, root directory), you get the standard sizes that you are familiar with.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
What was the 1.4 size ? I forget
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What was the 1.4 size ? I forget
3".5
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.
