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- | ==== Chapter 3: Floppy Drive vs Hard Drive ==== | + | ==== Chapter 3: Writing !Start.bat files ==== |
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+ | Upon booting, the X68000 executes files from config.sys and usually they are with X or SYS extension. | ||
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+ | * *.X files, which are required for the game to run, in almost all cases can be executed from *.BAT files or command line. | ||
+ | * *.SYS files and some rare *.X files need ADDDRV (Example #4). ADDDRV is very picky and most of the times incompatible. | ||
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+ | **Combining lines from Config.sys and Autoexec.bat** | ||
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+ | Now that we know that most files from config.sys with extension X can be executed as standalone, its time to write them in the beginning of autoexec.bat | ||
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+ | " | ||
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+ | Config.sys | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | FILES = 15 | ||
+ | BUFFERS = 20 1024 | ||
+ | LASTDRIVE = Z | ||
+ | BREAK = KILL | ||
+ | VERIFY = ON | ||
+ | TITLE = \CONFIG\TITLE.SYS | ||
+ | KEY = \KEY.SYS | ||
+ | USKCG = \USKCG.SYS | ||
+ | BELL = \CONFIG\BEEP.SYS | ||
+ | DEVICE = \SYS\OPMDRV3.X | ||
+ | DEVICE = \SYS\FLOAT2.X | ||
+ | DEVICE = \SYS\IOCS.X | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | Here we can see drivers being loaded and environmental variables being set up. | ||
+ | *The mandatory variables and drivers like USKCG.SYS and FLOAT2.X are being set up each time when booting from HDD so most of these lines can be safely ignored. | ||
+ | *Drivers are usually loaded from " | ||
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+ | In this example OPMDRV3.X and IOCS.X are the ones which interest us. First we must check if they can be executed after the system has fully booted. If yes, then there is a good chance that the game can be installed to HDD. | ||
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+ | autoexec.bat | ||
+ | < | ||
+ | echo off | ||
+ | PATH A: | ||
+ | tone3.x | ||
+ | chdir ct | ||
+ | ctmain | ||
+ | </ | ||
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+ | Here we can see another environmental variable called " | ||
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+ | < | ||
+ | echo off | ||
+ | PATH SHELL; | ||
+ | OPMDRV3.X | ||
+ | IOCS.X | ||
+ | tone3.x | ||
+ | chdir ct | ||
+ | ctmain | ||
+ | </ | ||
- | We all know that Hard drive is the ultimate thing to have on X68000 so to cut a long story short, we want games on hard drive, and we want them now ;) | ||
==== Example #1 - Installing Fantasy Zone and running it from Hard Drive ==== | ==== Example #1 - Installing Fantasy Zone and running it from Hard Drive ==== | ||
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==== Example #5 - Installing Pipe Dream and running it from Hard Drive ==== | ==== Example #5 - Installing Pipe Dream and running it from Hard Drive ==== | ||
- | This method uses 2HDSIM.X to mount XDF floppy image files and DRIVE.X to assign drive letters A and B for them. It was discovered by Caius and is the next preferred method | + | This method uses 2HDSIM.X to mount XDF floppy image files and DRIVE.X to assign drive letters A and B for them. It was discovered by Caius and is the next preferred method |
Download 2HDSIM.X and DRIVE.X from here: | Download 2HDSIM.X and DRIVE.X from here: | ||
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|Image files must be 1261568 bytes long. Sometimes while copying them with DiskExplorer their original size changes to 1263616.| | |Image files must be 1261568 bytes long. Sometimes while copying them with DiskExplorer their original size changes to 1263616.| | ||
- | |Use [[http:// | + | |Use [[http:// |
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