I use the same two SD cards (HDSD Toshiba class 10). Moreover, DOSBox-X adds support for DOS/V and NEC PC-98 emulations so that you can play DOS/V and PC-98 games with it. On the screen I see that each floppy image has 40 tracks per side.Īnd than when it stops working, HxC tends to read 'over' (for example track 72 out of 40).

Now the difficult part : with the second drive (required for 80% of the games). 'Amiga' jumper settings are required (and not 'Conpatible PC' ones).ĭoing this I was able to load my first game on the PC-8801 Meaning that when using a standard floppy cable, as it is inverted on just one side it is required to cut the little plastic thing (which is a pain).Ĥ. The floppy cable on the mother board is inverted but not on the HxC !

No problem with using the power cable from the PC-88 (but it is required to make or buy an adaptor as the power cable is originaly for 5' and HDD drives).ģ. So if you have only one HxC board, do not disconnect the second floppy drive.Ģ. The second drive has to be connected for the first one to act properly (even using a single floppy game). Here is a few things I noticed (may be useful for people who try for the first time) :ġ. If you are an Apple product or the MAC PC fan but could not buy it because of the high. I first tried to emulate one drive (simple way). Both emulators use large Mac files as their virtual hard disks. However, the most popular PC98 emulator in Japan is Anex86. Some games won't work with these emulators, you may try Virtual98 instead (available below). nec pc98 Atari 8-bit Amiga Apple II Commodore 64. I am trying to run games on the PC-88 (PC-8801FH and PC-8801MC).Īs Japanese PCs mostly use two drives connected with two separate cables, I had no choice but buying two HxC (just received them today !!). Recommended emulators are M88 for PC-88 (Windows only) and Neko Project II for PC-98 (Windows / Mac, ported as Xnp2 on Linux). Emulator, Rom Folder, Extension, BIOS Files /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc98 NEC. I'd like to share my experience and ask for some help. First a big thank you for making such a great device, and also for adding the compatibility to Japanese PCs.

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