Super Floppy Disk 1.44 component is used for reading/writing files in an IBM PC format, using Mac floppy disk drive. The component also emulates operations with floppy disk images. Floppy disk image is a copy of a diskette represented in a form of file residing on your volume. Having connected such image to your Super Floppy Disk 1.44 component you will be able to work with the image like with a real diskette.
Super Floppy Disk 1.44 is similar to your Standard Floppy Disk.
To enable Super Floppy Disk 1.44 component:
Run Blue Label Setup
Open group Storage Devices.
Check Super Floppy Disk 1.44 check box on.
Double-click component's title.
You may select floppy disk image in the appeared window that will be used as floppy drive in emulation mode. Use pull-down menu to select virtual floppy or to create a new one.
This component supports two floppy disk images. You may assign your hardware floppy disk drive for drive A as well as floppy disk image. For drive B you may assign floppy disk image only.
Having selected the disks, press OK button and save Preferences.
At emulator runtime Super Floppy Disk 1.44 component recognizes the following key combinations:
1. Command-4 - select (unselect) floppy disk image for drive A (if a real floppy disk drive is assigned to the drive the disk will be ejected). "Use none" button will automatically assign real floppy disk for drive A if it presents in your Mac.
2. Command-5 - select (unselect) floppy disk image for drive B.
Super Floppy Disk 1.44 component is shipped with DOSBOOT.IMG file. You can use the file if your Mac doesn't have floppy disk drive or if your OS CD is not bootable. DOS boot image file contains DOS you may use for booting up your emulated PC and for installation of the PC OS you are willing to run.
To launch the emulator with DOS boot image:
1. Enable Super Floppy Disk 1.44 component in Blue Label Setup.
2. Open Super Floppy Disk 1.44 component setup by double-clicking on it's title.
3. Click pull-down menu for drive A and select "Select floppy image…" menu item. Standard file dialog window appears.
4. Select DOSBOOT.IMG file.
5. Click OK button and save Preferences.
6. Mainboard LSS-1000 ISA component setup.
7. Set the following boot sequence A, C, CD-ROM.
8. Click OK button and save Preferences.
9. Exit the Blue Label Setup.
10. Launch Blue Label Loader application.
After emulator's launch you will see menu containing 3 items:
1. Start PTS-DOS.
2. Make drive C: bootable.
3. Run SETUP.EXE from CD-ROM.
Press 1, 2 or 3 to select the appropriate item.
Item 1 will run PTS-DOS and file manager Dos Navigator.
Item 2 will make your drive (C:) bootable having copied system files, utilities and drivers to it. If you select the item make sure that drive C: is connected and available.
Item 3 will try to run SETUP.EXE from your CD-ROM disk if the file exists. Windows CDs as a rule have the file.
NOTE: If you are willing to install an OS from CD-ROM disk, please insert the disk prior emulator's launch.
