Pc-98 Iso
Howdy!Version 1.5 of the PC98 HDD image is now available! Release date: 20 June 2014Give Caius some praise for working hard to improve the V1.0 image!V1.5 Updates by Caius:.FILMNT Filer (DOS SHELL) added for easier navigation.33 total games installedA little about the original V1.0 image this is based on:Version 1.0 was created as a BASELINE IMAGE configured for games. NEC's version MS-DOS 6.2 is installed, as well as about 12 games. The goal was to create a compatible and generic image, therefore things like CD-ROM drivers or other specialty drivers are not installed.This was created on a real NEC PC-9821Cs2. For some reason, my PC98 refuses to format a partition larger than about 450MB.
Pc 98 Cg
I have no idea why this is, but as such, there is a lot of unused space on this image than can be easily formatted and partitioned using FDISK or HDFORMAT.I created the original version 1.0 image to kickstart the PC-98 hobbyist scene, and allow creative minds to continue to improve upon this image by adding more software and features.How to write the image to CF, or view contents?Obviously you will need Winimage, but the details on what you need to do to view the contents using DiskExplorer are posted below. Select 'Manual HD', then 'search' to gather the correct sector information, then select your partition.What does my PC-98 need for this to run?Well, that's where YOU come in! I've tested it with as little as 5MB of RAM, and as much as 36MB. All games seemed to work properly. You'll want at least a 486SX processor.IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU HAVE YOUR GDC CLOCK SET TO 2.5MHz, AND CONVENTIONAL MEMORY SET IN THE BIOS (640K + Extended).To enter the BIOS, hold the 'HELP' key while powering on the machine.Will this work in an emulator?Maybe.
I know Anex86 won't boot from it. Just buy the real thingI appreciate any contributions that are made to this image, including adding additional games, translations, utilities, etc.IF YOU RUN THIS ON A REAL PC-98, PLEASE POST YOUR EXPERIENCES HERE.
Some were HDI, and some were FDI. HDI is pretty easy as most games will simply copy over to a folder. FDI can be more difficult.Some games in both formats require that you install the game for it to work.As for the Flame Zapper error, you don't have conventional (640K) + Extended memory configured correctly. QuoteThen I got some issues converting some.FDD disk image to.FDI (like Galaga for example), I use Virtual Floppy Converter.Some time the conversion is successful but when I try the image the emulator doesn't detect it and when I try to open it with DiskExplorer it finds no partition.I found no way to convert this disk image type at moment.1.) Virtual98 (SOLTIN software) support this format2.) The disk image was created with an older version of Virtual Floppy Drive3.) No DOS format (Galaga). OK.I will post your image.Regarding the memor management, is is possible to change the setting under MS-DOS (with a sort of 'SWITCH.EXE' like we do on X68000)?640KB is the default for conventional memory?Is it possible to expand it?Anyway, changing the amount of conventional + EMS memory under emulators has no effect and Flame Zapper still doesn't run.Besides I found this page dedicated to the PC-9821AP2 but I'm lost in this sea of particular I'd be interested in expanding my upcoming PC-9821AP2/U8W by adding more RAM or accelerator cards.For example are these cards useful? I think tey are for expanding only the EMS memory.And these for conventinoal memory only?And these ones???I'm going crazy.
I'd wait and get the machine first before buying memory. Mine uses 72-pin, but yours might not.I'd also wait on upgrading the CPU until you know what expansion options you have. If it supports 3.45V CPUs, you could simply drop in a DX4 or AMD 5x86.If not, you'd need one of those ODP.Ah, sure the ODP is TTL.Maybe I could find some surprise inside like it happened for my FM-TOWNSII MX, I found on it the Overdrive board with a DX4100 (which I replaced with a AMD 586×133) and 70MB of RAM installed!