Re: Frigging XP

their is always the possiblility of finding virtual pc and running DOS6.22
on it, then you could format 720K d/d np.
Alot easier than doing it on Amiga.
Also, you may consider installing a lower windows than xp on virtual pc.
I mention virtual because i recently bought it, so am now running euphoric
in a window on my desktop, which is dead cool and so much more usable!!

Twilighte

"Peter (TheSpider)" <OricMapsSpider@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hiya y'all,
> Yep, XP has me mad!!!
>
> I was playing around with my Enterprise emulator this morning (EP32), and
> while searching some sites I found some downloadable Enterprise demos and
> games.
> To be able to use them on the emulator, you have to first place them on a
> 720k floppy, and then if you wish later, copy them onto an emulated .IMA
> floppy.
>
> Well, I went to format a 720k floppy on my PC, which runs WinXP pro.
> Turns out that Win XP will *NOT* do this - 1.44 only!!!
>
> So, I booted up my Amiga 1200 to format the floppy for me, using PC0:
> Of course the Amiga did this for me with no problem.
>
> Took the formatted 720k floppy, put into my PC's drive and copied across
> the files - that step went just fine.
>
> However, when I went to read the disk from EP32, it could not read it!!!
> I am guessing here now, but I think that it must be XP not letting the
> program read direct from the floppy drive, as I tested other floppies I
> had made for EP32 when I was running Win98 and they could not be read from
> EP32 either.
>
> Recently my old Win98 PC gave up the ghost, but I think that the 30G HD in
> it is still ok, and so I plan later today to place the drive into my new
> PC and set it up on the Grub boot menu that Kubuntu installed. Cross your
> fingers for me please.
> Will be interesting to see how fast Win98 runs on an AMD 3200.
> --
> Peter 'TheSpider' Paterson
> A Scotsman in Kentucky
> Believer in the Lord Jesus Christ
> Homepage: http://thespider.ath.cx
> Please visit: http://www.annexcafe.com
>


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