DOS ain't dead - Datalight ROM-DOS floppy image creation

Datalight ROM-DOS floppy image creation (Emulation)

posted by rr , Berlin, Germany, 02.02.2020, 16:44

Hi!

Some days ago I remembered Datalight ROM-DOS.
Looks like since I last used ROM-DOS you now have to pay (US$55) even for the single-user version (SUV). Digging in my archive revealed a file named suv1594.zip.

Included Readme.txt says to use SYS A: to create a bootable floppy and then do XCOPY *.* A:. Okay, fine.
But what about people, who want to play with ROM-DOS in a virtual machine, don't have access to a physical floppy disk drive and can't use something like Virtual Floppy Drive?

For those people, I created the following two batch files.
Batch files rely on my X and IMGINIT/IMGCPY (part of MTOOLS.ZIP or fat-2006-12-03.zip).

Usage:
1) Get and extract suv1594.zip.
2) Put X.EXE, IMGINIT.EXE, IMGCPY.EXE, MKVFD622.BAT, and MKVFD71.BAT to the same directory.
3) Run MKVFD622.BAT and MKVFD71.BAT.

Then you get DLDOS622.VFD and DLDOS71.VFD for use in virtual machines.

`MKVFD622.BAT' for ROM-DOS 6.22:

@ECHO OFF REM *************************************************************************** REM Get parts. X.EXE .\622\SYS.COM BOOTSECT.512 $2E67 512 X.EXE .\622\SYS.COM IBMBIO.512 $3067 512 REM *************************************************************************** REM Prepare floppy image. COPY /B IBMBIO.512+.\622\ROM-DOS.SYS IBMBIO.COM ECHO ROM-DOS v6.22 (Revision 4.20.1594SU)> IBMDOS.COM ECHO Copyright (c) 1989-2008 Datalight, Inc.>> IBMDOS.COM REM FIXME: File attributes are ignored by IMGCPY. REM ATTRIB +R +A +S +H IBMBIO.COM REM ATTRIB +R +A +S +H IBMDOS.COM REM *************************************************************************** REM Create floppy image. DEL DLDOS622.VFD IMGINIT.EXE -fat12 DLDOS622.VFD BOOTSECT.512 IMGCPY.EXE IBMBIO.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\IBMBIO.COM IMGCPY.EXE IBMDOS.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\IBMDOS.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\COMMAND.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\COMMAND.COM REM *************************************************************************** REM Some cleanup. DEL BOOTSECT.512 DEL IBMBIO.512 REM FIXME: File attributes are ignored by IMGCPY. REM ATTRIB -R -A -S -H IBMBIO.COM REM ATTRIB -R -A -S -H IBMDOS.COM DEL IBMBIO.COM DEL IBMDOS.COM REM *************************************************************************** REM Put the rest of the bunch. IMGCPY.EXE .\622\ANSI.SYS DLDOS622.VFD=A:\ANSI.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\622\ATA.SYS DLDOS622.VFD=A:\ATA.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\622\ATTRIB.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\ATTRIB.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\BACKUP.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\BACKUP.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\CHKDSK.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\CHKDSK.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\CHOICE.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\CHOICE.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\COMM.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\COMM.EXE REM Skip next, because it's already there. REM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\COMMAND.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\COMMAND.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\COMMAND.HLP DLDOS622.VFD=A:\COMMAND.HLP IMGCPY.EXE .\622\COUNTRY.SYS DLDOS622.VFD=A:\COUNTRY.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\622\DELTREE.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\DELTREE.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\DISK2IMG.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\DISK2IMG.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\DISKCOMP.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\DISKCOMP.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\DISKCOPY.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\DISKCOPY.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\DISPLAY.SYS DLDOS622.VFD=A:\DISPLAY.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\622\DUMP.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\DUMP.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\EGA.CPI DLDOS622.VFD=A:\EGA.CPI IMGCPY.EXE .\622\EGA3.CPI DLDOS622.VFD=A:\EGA3.CPI IMGCPY.EXE .\622\EMM386.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\EMM386.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\EXE2BIN.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\EXE2BIN.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\FDISK.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\FDISK.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\FIND.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\FIND.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\FORMAT.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\FORMAT.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\HIMEM.SYS DLDOS622.VFD=A:\HIMEM.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\622\KEYB.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\KEYB.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\KEYBOARD.SYS DLDOS622.VFD=A:\KEYBOARD.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\622\KEYBRD2.SYS DLDOS622.VFD=A:\KEYBRD2.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\622\LABEL.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\LABEL.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\MEM.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\MEM.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\MODE.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\MODE.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\MORE.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\MORE.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\MOVE.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\MOVE.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\MSCDEX.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\MSCDEX.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\NED.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\NED.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\NEDREMOT.CFG DLDOS622.VFD=A:\NEDREMOT.CFG IMGCPY.EXE .\622\NEDREMOT.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\NEDREMOT.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\POWER.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\POWER.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\PRINT.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\PRINT.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\RESTORE.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\RESTORE.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\ROM-DOS.SYS DLDOS622.VFD=A:\ROM-DOS.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\622\RSZ.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\RSZ.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\SERLINK.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\SERLINK.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\SERSERV.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\SERSERV.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\SHARE.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\SHARE.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\SMARTDRV.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\SMARTDRV.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\SORT.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\SORT.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\STACKDEV.SYS DLDOS622.VFD=A:\STACKDEV.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\622\SUBST.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\SUBST.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\SYS.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\SYS.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\SYSXP.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\SYSXP.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\TRANSFER.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\TRANSFER.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\TREE.COM DLDOS622.VFD=A:\TREE.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\622\UMBLINK.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\UMBLINK.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\622\VDISK.SYS DLDOS622.VFD=A:\VDISK.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\622\VERSION.SYS DLDOS622.VFD=A:\VERSION.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\622\XCOPY.EXE DLDOS622.VFD=A:\XCOPY.EXE

`MKVFD71.BAT' for ROM-DOS 7.10:

@ECHO OFF REM *************************************************************************** REM Get parts. X.EXE .\71\SYS.COM BOOTSECT.512 $2E67 512 X.EXE .\71\SYS.COM IBMBIO.512 $3067 512 REM *************************************************************************** REM Prepare floppy image. COPY /B IBMBIO.512+.\71\ROM-DOS.SYS IBMBIO.COM ECHO ROM-DOS v7.10 (Revision 4.20.1594SU)> IBMDOS.COM ECHO Copyright (c) 1989-2008 Datalight, Inc.>> IBMDOS.COM REM FIXME: File attributes are ignored by IMGCPY. REM ATTRIB +R +A +S +H IBMBIO.COM REM ATTRIB +R +A +S +H IBMDOS.COM REM *************************************************************************** REM Create floppy image. DEL DLDOS71.VFD IMGINIT.EXE -fat12 DLDOS71.VFD BOOTSECT.512 IMGCPY.EXE IBMBIO.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\IBMBIO.COM IMGCPY.EXE IBMDOS.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\IBMDOS.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\COMMAND.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\COMMAND.COM REM *************************************************************************** REM Some cleanup. DEL BOOTSECT.512 DEL IBMBIO.512 REM FIXME: File attributes are ignored by IMGCPY. REM ATTRIB -R -A -S -H IBMBIO.COM REM ATTRIB -R -A -S -H IBMDOS.COM DEL IBMBIO.COM DEL IBMDOS.COM REM *************************************************************************** REM Put the rest of the bunch. IMGCPY.EXE .\71\ANSI.SYS DLDOS71.VFD=A:\ANSI.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\71\ATA.SYS DLDOS71.VFD=A:\ATA.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\71\ATTRIB.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\ATTRIB.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\BACKUP.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\BACKUP.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\CHKDSK.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\CHKDSK.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\CHOICE.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\CHOICE.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\COMM.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\COMM.EXE REM Skip next, because it's already there. REM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\COMMAND.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\COMMAND.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\COMMAND.HLP DLDOS71.VFD=A:\COMMAND.HLP IMGCPY.EXE .\71\COUNTRY.SYS DLDOS71.VFD=A:\COUNTRY.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\71\DELTREE.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\DELTREE.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\DISK2IMG.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\DISK2IMG.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\DISKCOMP.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\DISKCOMP.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\DISKCOPY.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\DISKCOPY.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\DISPLAY.SYS DLDOS71.VFD=A:\DISPLAY.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\71\DUMP.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\DUMP.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\EGA.CPI DLDOS71.VFD=A:\EGA.CPI IMGCPY.EXE .\71\EGA3.CPI DLDOS71.VFD=A:\EGA3.CPI IMGCPY.EXE .\71\EMM386.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\EMM386.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\EXE2BIN.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\EXE2BIN.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\FDISK.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\FDISK.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\FIND.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\FIND.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\FORMAT.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\FORMAT.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\HIMEM.SYS DLDOS71.VFD=A:\HIMEM.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\71\KEYB.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\KEYB.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\KEYBOARD.SYS DLDOS71.VFD=A:\KEYBOARD.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\71\KEYBRD2.SYS DLDOS71.VFD=A:\KEYBRD2.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\71\LABEL.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\LABEL.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\MEM.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\MEM.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\MODE.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\MODE.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\MORE.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\MORE.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\MOVE.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\MOVE.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\MSCDEX.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\MSCDEX.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\NED.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\NED.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\NEDREMOT.CFG DLDOS71.VFD=A:\NEDREMOT.CFG IMGCPY.EXE .\71\NEDREMOT.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\NEDREMOT.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\POWER.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\POWER.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\PRINT.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\PRINT.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\RESTORE.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\RESTORE.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\ROM-DOS.SYS DLDOS71.VFD=A:\ROM-DOS.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\71\RSZ.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\RSZ.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\SERLINK.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\SERLINK.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\SERSERV.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\SERSERV.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\SHARE.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\SHARE.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\SMARTDRV.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\SMARTDRV.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\SORT.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\SORT.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\STACKDEV.SYS DLDOS71.VFD=A:\STACKDEV.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\71\SUBST.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\SUBST.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\SYS.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\SYS.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\SYSXP.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\SYSXP.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\TRANSFER.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\TRANSFER.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\TREE.COM DLDOS71.VFD=A:\TREE.COM IMGCPY.EXE .\71\UMBLINK.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\UMBLINK.EXE IMGCPY.EXE .\71\VDISK.SYS DLDOS71.VFD=A:\VDISK.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\71\VERSION.SYS DLDOS71.VFD=A:\VERSION.SYS IMGCPY.EXE .\71\XCOPY.EXE DLDOS71.VFD=A:\XCOPY.EXE

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