Old Computer Appreciation Thread
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@Folly The neo kobe set only has floppies. For hard disk images you guys will have to look elsewhere.
I don't believe there are many sources for pc98 rlms @AdamBeGood, so I don't think your roms are bad.
That's right, it's what's under options i need to look at. I feel like we might be missing something simple. -
@Folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly It's not in the Neo Kobe set if that's what you're unpacking.
Thanks
It can be searched for without too much bother though, I have a version (which probably works, just not for me - yet).
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly The Aleste games are awesome. And Zanac, by the same dev, on the MSX1.
I've given this a go, fun.
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@AdamBeGood have you tried switching 'Use last HDD mount ' to ON? I'm looking over the rest of your settings.
Edit : It's the only real difference i can see, and I can't seem to reproduce your issue by turning it off.
Further edit : What happens if you try to mount the hdi files manually with your mouse and keyboard?
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@AdamBeGood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
Puyo Puyo (have to switch disks)
I did a test with this game, and an .m3u file.
It works also for PC-98.Puyo Puyo (Game disk).hdm Puyo Puyo (Demo disk).hdmWell , this can be the problem with my creation line.
My commandline would have made it like this.
(because D comes before G, sorted)
Puyo Puyo (Demo disk).hdm
Puyo Puyo (Game disk).hdm
Will have to find a solution for that.
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@Folly That's excellent news!
Why include the demo disc in the music however? -
@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly That's excellent news!
Why include the demo disc in the music however?It seems that it want's files from the Demo disk. Then you have to swap, again and again.
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@AdamBeGood have you tried switching 'Use last HDD mount ' to ON? I'm looking over the rest of your settings.
Edit : It's the only real difference i can see, and I can't seem to reproduce your issue by turning it off.
Further edit : What happens if you try to mount the hdi files manually with your mouse and keyboard?
I'm just at the barbers getting a pre-lockdown trim so I'll have a look afterwards. I presume you can run .hdi from NeoKobe without problems? That is the majority of my testing.
@Folly Good news on the PC98.m3u, and most files are in an order that would work with your system. Puyo is weird.
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly That's excellent news!
Makes me wonder if CD and HD images can also be added together with FD images. All together in 1 file.
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@AdamBeGood Neo Kobe does not have any .hdi files, only .fdd.
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@AdamBeGood Neo Kobe does not have any .hdi files, only .fdd.
Where did I get those from then? Sorry to get confused. It has got .hdms also, doesn't it? I think that is where Puyo was from, and I thought my Night Slave .hdi also, but I am maybe wrong.
Edit: Yep, Night Slave is HDI. Can you try that one, @Folly ?
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@AdamBeGood Neo Kobe does not have any .hdi files, only .fdd.
Then it's a different Neo .... . I have also some hdi's
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@Folly Maybe I'm the one who's confused. It doesn't help that I can't currently see my 2000+ fdds in ES.
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly Maybe I'm the one who's confused. It doesn't help that I can't currently see my 2000+ fdds in ES.
I think it's just too many.
Had that problem with C64.
You can make for example directory's :
A
B
etc..Place all the A games in the dir A. Etc.
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@Folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly Maybe I'm the one who's confused. It doesn't help that I can't currently see my 2000+ fdds in ES.
I think it's just too many.
Had that problem with C64.
You can make for example directory's :
A
B
etc..Place all the A games in the dir A. Etc.
Think this will work.I just download the ones I want, but I like your dedication to having the collection. I need to work on my c64 library, I started that when I first got my Pi and found ROMs a bit hit and miss. I need to revisit it.
Have you had .hdis working on PC98, @Folly ?
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@AdamBeGood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly Maybe I'm the one who's confused. It doesn't help that I can't currently see my 2000+ fdds in ES.
I think it's just too many.
Had that problem with C64.
You can make for example directory's :
A
B
etc..Place all the A games in the dir A. Etc.
Think this will work.I just download the ones I want, but I like your dedication to having the collection. I need to work on my c64 library, I started that when I first got my Pi and found ROMs a bit hit and miss. I need to revisit it.
Have you had .hdis working on PC98, @Folly ?
Yume no Sei.hdi (13cm) works.
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@Folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@AdamBeGood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Folly Maybe I'm the one who's confused. It doesn't help that I can't currently see my 2000+ fdds in ES.
I think it's just too many.
Had that problem with C64.
You can make for example directory's :
A
B
etc..Place all the A games in the dir A. Etc.
Think this will work.I just download the ones I want, but I like your dedication to having the collection. I need to work on my c64 library, I started that when I first got my Pi and found ROMs a bit hit and miss. I need to revisit it.
Have you had .hdis working on PC98, @Folly ?
Yume no Sei.hdi (13cm) works.
Interesting, I'll try it.
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@AdamBeGood Did you have any luck with the suggestions I've made?
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@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@AdamBeGood Did you have any luck with the suggestions I've made?
Queue at barbers was brutal, looking now!
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@AdamBeGood said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@Zering said in Old Japanese Computer Appreciation Thread:
@AdamBeGood Did you have any luck with the suggestions I've made?
Queue at barbers was brutal, looking now!
Okay, results are the same if I mount using the emulator interface. With .hdi, I get the How Many Files? question. On some disk files I'm okay, but on Night Slave (Disk A) I get "no system files".
I still think it might be BIOS. @Folly can run Yume no Sei, and I am using the same ROM as him. I can't see that there would be much difference between our systems aside from BIOS.
I tried the HDD Mount option also. Shame that there are the rules around BIOS sharing, although I do understand why. Would be good to rule it out though.
Edit: and thank you both for your help on this so far.
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