Hello all. I started to play with freebee (the 3B1 emulator yesterday). Looking at the install doc sure shot me back in time!
Anyway, it's not 100% clear how to get a floppy image of the "enhanced" diagnostics disk. Has someone already done that who could outline
the steps? Or better yet, simply mail me the image I can use with
freebee?
I'd like to get a system installed and up and running. The nostalgia
is incredible; I had a 3B1 for 5-7 years and spent many (many!) happy
hours writing code and documentation (for gawk) on it. It was the first computer that I owned.
Many thanks,
Arnold
Anyway, it's not 100% clear how to get a floppy image of the "enhanced" diagnostics disk. Has someone already done that who could outlineIf you are just trying to get things up and running, you can use the directions on the github for creating the 64MB hd.img and use that with the standard diag disk 01 (01_Diagnosic_Disk_Ver_3.51.IMD). If you were trying to make a bigger HD image, then
the steps? Or better yet, simply mail me the image I can use with
freebee?
Anyway, it's not 100% clear how to get a floppy image of the "enhanced"
diagnostics disk. Has someone already done that who could outline
the steps? Or better yet, simply mail me the image I can use with
freebee?
If you are just trying to get things up and running, you can use the directions on the github for creating the 64MB hd.img and use that with
the standard diag disk 01 (01_Diagnosic_Disk_Ver_3.51.IMD). If you were trying to make a bigger HD image, then yeah it sounds like you might
need that Enhanced diag disk.
I assume that option 9, the miniscribe, is the right disk to use?
However, I'm having trouble just getting a regular system up. It gets through the install, but when it's done and should go to the login
prompt, it just hangs. It's doing something, usnig 20% - 30% of the
CPU, but I have no idea what it's doing.
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