Guide on how to setup GEM in 1512?

[DSN]

Hi!

I'm going to try GEM 2.1 in a PC1512, but I don't know on how to install it.
Does anyone know? I will appreciate if someone can give me a tip.

[JohnElliott]

When I've wanted to get a PC1512 system up and running in PCEM, I've installed from the original Amstrad floppies (46001-46005). As supplied by Cliff Lawson, these were in two formats: 46001 and 46004 as .CFI disk images, and the other three as zipped backups. So...

1. Convert the .CFI files to something PCEM can use. LibDsk can do this:

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dsktrans -itype cfi -otype raw 46001.cfi 46001.img
dsktrans -itype cfi -otype raw 46004.cfi 46004.img

2. Create disk images containing the contents of 46002.zip, 46003.zip, 46004.zip. I made copies of a blank 360k disk image, and used mtools to inject the files, but I expect WinImage could do it too.

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cp blank360k.img 46002.img
mkdir 46002
cd 46002
unzip ../46002.zip
mcopy -s -i ../46002.img * ::

Once you've got the five disk images, create a PCEM configuration with a hard drive (30Mb is a good size). Use disk 1 (MSDOS) to partition and format the hard drive, then run CONFIG.BAT on disk 5 to do the installation.

[DSN]

Thank you. But I do have original disks, I only have floppy images of MS-DOS 3.20 (Amstrad) and GEM 2.1.

What HDD controller I should select in my configuration? I already had created my PC1512 config.

[JohnElliott]

I can't link you to copyrighted software on this forum (or can I, if it was released semi-officially?) but it's not hard to find with a search engine.

Mine is currently configured with the Xebec, but any hard drive interface should work.