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by figment
Sun 17 May, 2020 10:50 pm
Forum: Development
Topic: [PCem v16 Bug] Floppy format fails on 286-486 with AMI BIOS
Replies: 2
Views: 3486

Re: [PCem v16 Bug] Floppy format fails on 286-486 with AMI BIOS

Ah, thanks. Sorry, I'm new here, still finding my way around. Cheers!
by figment
Sun 17 May, 2020 7:02 am
Forum: General
Topic: Host machine survey
Replies: 186
Views: 265356

Re: Host machine survey

Core i7 1.73 GHz Quad-Core
8G DDR3/1333 RAM
nVidia GeForce GT 425M

Emulated machines:

All over the map, from 8088 up to P-233 MMX and everything in between, though more often on the lower-spec end, and mostly running DOS. It all works quite nicely.
by figment
Sun 17 May, 2020 6:42 am
Forum: Development
Topic: [PCem v16 Bug] Floppy format fails on 286-486 with AMI BIOS
Replies: 2
Views: 3486

[PCem v16 Bug] Floppy format fails on 286-486 with AMI BIOS

What I am seeing is that on any 286, 386SX, 386DX, or 486 machine with AMI BIOS in PCem v16, any attempt to format a floppy from MS-DOS fails with "Drive not ready" error. I've tried formatting with DOS 3.3 and 6.22, high- and low-density format, high- and low-density drive. Works perfectl...