Greetings!
I thought to chime in here with results of my nostalgia "trip", building a OSI 600D & 610 over last few months....
The build thread is here: https://osiweb.org/osiforum/viewtopic.php?t=885
Frustrating and satisfying, but ultimately rewarading![:D]( "Very Happy")
The "system" is now functioning flawlessly, including ancient MPI 51 "full height" 5.25inch floppy drive, a Teac FD55 "half height" 5.25inch floppy drive, a 3.5inch stiffy drive, and of course, a Gotek floppy emulator (with FlashFloppy firmware)
I've scoured the interwebs for software for it: cassette tape and disk images.
There is an amazing piece of software called OSIHFE, that can make compatible (OS65D) disk operating system images from digital archives!
And, there are numerous "emulators" available, FOR FREE, that accurately emulate the real hardware.
The most excellent WinOSI emulator uses original ROM image files! and can create / convert disk images to/from various image types, that can be written to "real" disks (bootable), using a piece of hardware called a GREASEWEASLE, attached via USB to a PC. Marvelous.
I still need to make a "period correct" case for it, to imitate the original enclusure, but with some much needed improvements.
Regards
Howard
I thought to chime in here with results of my nostalgia "trip", building a OSI 600D & 610 over last few months....
The build thread is here: https://osiweb.org/osiforum/viewtopic.php?t=885
Frustrating and satisfying, but ultimately rewarading
The "system" is now functioning flawlessly, including ancient MPI 51 "full height" 5.25inch floppy drive, a Teac FD55 "half height" 5.25inch floppy drive, a 3.5inch stiffy drive, and of course, a Gotek floppy emulator (with FlashFloppy firmware)
I've scoured the interwebs for software for it: cassette tape and disk images.
There is an amazing piece of software called OSIHFE, that can make compatible (OS65D) disk operating system images from digital archives!
And, there are numerous "emulators" available, FOR FREE, that accurately emulate the real hardware.
The most excellent WinOSI emulator uses original ROM image files! and can create / convert disk images to/from various image types, that can be written to "real" disks (bootable), using a piece of hardware called a GREASEWEASLE, attached via USB to a PC. Marvelous.
I still need to make a "period correct" case for it, to imitate the original enclusure, but with some much needed improvements.
Regards
Howard
Statistics: Posted by howardhb — Fri Dec 06, 2024 10:16 am