HDI is pretty easy as most games will simply copy over to a folder. IF YOU RUN THIS ON A REAL PC-98, PLEASE POST YOUR EXPERIENCES HERE I appreciate any contributions that are made to this image, including adding additional games, translations, utilities, etc. To enter the BIOS, hold the "HELP" key while powering on the machine. IT IS CRITICAL THAT YOU HAVE YOUR GDC CLOCK SET TO 2.5MHz, AND CONVENTIONAL MEMORY SET IN THE BIOS (640K + Extended). Well, that's where YOU come in! I've tested it with as little as 5MB of RAM, and as much as 36MB. Select "Manual HD", then "search" to gather the correct sector information, then select your partition. Obviously you will need Winimage, but the details on what you need to do to view the contents using DiskExplorer are posted below.
PC98 FDI ROM HOW TO
How to write the image to CF, or view contents? 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. 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. For some reason, my PC98 refuses to format a partition larger than about 450MB. This was created on a real NEC PC-9821Cs2. The goal was to create a compatible and generic image, therefore things like CD-ROM drivers or other specialty drivers are not installed.
NEC's version MS-DOS 6.2 is installed, as well as about 12 games. Version 1.0 was created as a BASELINE IMAGE configured for games. *FILMNT Filer (DOS SHELL) added for easier navigationĪ little about the original V1.0 image this is based on: Give Caius some praise for working hard to improve the V1.0 image!
Version 1.5 of the PC98 HDD image is now available! Release date: 20 June 2014