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Virtual x86 - Javascript x86 emulator with FreeDOS/graphics (Announce)

posted by Arjay, 02.11.2013, 01:43
(edited by Arjay on 02.11.2013, 02:02)

A quick guide for anyone interested in doing a quick test with a modified image:

1) Boot V86 (V24) into the provided FreeDOS image, then click "Get modified floppy image" to download the 5.25" 720KB floppy image. The file will be floppy.img
2) Make a copy, e.g. floppy2.img
3) Install Ken Kato's Virtual Floppy Driver (see below)
4) Open the image in VFD as a file
5) Browse to the drive with explorer, e.g. A:\
6) Modify/delete/add as required
7) Click [Save] in VFD
8) Open the saved image in VFD by clicking returning to the main page then browsing to your image.

Installing VFD

Fairly straight forward
1) Download unzip where required
2) Browse to the unzipped folder
3) Right click onto VFD.EXE and select "RunAs Administrator", type "install" as below:
Virtual Floppy Drive for Windows 2.1.2008.0206
Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Ken Kato
http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/vfd.html/]http://vfd.sourceforge.net/#download

    ********** the VFD interactive console **********

you can use the following commands in addition to regular VFD commands:

    ATTRIB  CD      CHDIR   <drive>:
    DIR     EXIT    QUIT    BYE
    .(period) + Windows command

Type '? CONSOLE' or 'HELP CONSOLE' for more information

[VFD] install
Installed the Virtual Floppy driver.

[VFD]EXIT

If when you type install you get this instead...

Failed to start the VFD driver.
Access is denied.

... then your not running VFD.EXE as adminstrator ;)

4) Right click onto VFDWIN.EXE then select "RunAs Administrator"
5) On the driver tab ensure the VFD.SYS has been selected, if not browse to it and select it.
6) Click start
7) Change to the Drive 0 tab, browse to your image
8) Continue as above.


You can then download your re-download your "modified" images by clicking "Get modified floppy image" which obviously can then be opened in VFD. I have just used the above method to load to get V86's IVT under FreeDOS as a test.

Complete thread:

• Virtual x86 - Javascript x86 emulator with FreeDOS/graphics - Arjay, 02.11.2013, 01:07
  • Virtual x86 - Javascript x86 emulator with FreeDOS/graphics - Arjay, 02.11.2013, 01:43
  • Fake86js = Javascript port of Mike Chamber's Fake86+DOS - Arjay, 02.11.2013, 06:40
  • Virtual x86 - Javascript x86 emulator with FreeDOS+HXDOS - Arjay, 02.11.2013, 08:04
  • Virtual x86 - Javascript x86 emulator - source released! - Arjay, 07.11.2013, 00:06
    • Virtual x86 - Javascript x86 emulator - source released! - RayeR, 07.11.2013, 14:53
      • Virtual x86 - Javascript x86 emulator - source released! - Arjay, 07.11.2013, 17:19
        • Virtual x86 - Javascript x86 emu no-fd-bootchk now enabled - Arjay, 07.11.2013, 22:49
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