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| Unregistered |  Posted: May 18 2004, 18:05 |
This is the first time i post a topic so, it may already been answered/questioned.
We all know that it is possible to put a pc diskdrive into a MSX, but can somehow the DOS kernel be modified to read high density disks?
is it worth it? (the work to program it, assuming that it's possible)
i guess that the bus drive has to/should be also modified.
has anyone done something similar?
thanks.
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[D-Tail]
msx guru
Posts: 2991 | Posted: May 18 2004, 18:27 |
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GuyveR800
msx guru
Posts: 3048 | Posted: May 18 2004, 19:41 |
It's possible if you replace the FDC (Floppy Drive Controller) chip with one that's capable of reading them. Then you need to rewrite the complete Disk ROM because of the different FDC.
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dhau
msx master
Posts: 1047 | Posted: May 19 2004, 02:45 |
IDE controller and a LS-120 floppy drive, and you can read/write to 1.44 MB floppies without any problems!
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| Unregistered | Posted: May 19 2004, 11:58 |
Thanks all!!
I thought it would not be worth it, anyway with that IDE controller and the floppy drive, can the system boot with those disks?
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dhau
msx master
Posts: 1047 | Posted: May 19 2004, 15:49 |
Absolutely, but only with MSX-DOS2
Some programs refuse to work with MSX-DOS2  |
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