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From: pochron@rt16.cs.wisc.edu (David Pochron)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: 030/020 IBM emulator - you asked for it, you got it!
Summary: Which version of MSDOS does it need?
Keywords: IBM emulator
Message-ID: <1991Mar2.184054.21196@daffy.cs.wisc.edu>
Date: 2 Mar 91 18:40:54 GMT
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I have tried using it and I can't get it to work...The only 3.5" MSDOS disk
I had lying around was one formatted on a Toshiba portable IBM clone, and
this emulator goes to sleep when it tries to boot the disk - just get a
black screen with a flashing cursor.  You are still able to exit the emulator
with the 3-fingered IBM salute (CTRL-ALT-DEL) and have the system return to
normal.  It just won't boot with that DOS.  (PS. It is version 3.20 Toshiba
MSDOS...does this emulator require 3.3 or later or something?)

The DOS boots just fine with Transformer, but not with this emulator.
The emulator does seem to know it is a system disk, as I tried inserting
IBM disks that were not system disks, and it gives the usual "not a system
disk" message.

Since I haven't gotten it to run yet, I can't give a full review.  One thing
that should be improved in it are its error messages - the important ones
aren't there.  If the slightest thing is missing in the DEVS: drawer or
something is not set up right the emulator just quits, sometimes with a
message stating that this is the demo version.  Took me a while to get the
thing going, and then it didn't like the MSDOS disk I gave it.

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