Hello@
I decided to set up PC-Task because I bought 1260 and soon I will have CPU cycles to burn. I had never seen it or used it, so I decided to try it out. I figured I’d install my old Borland Turbo-c and Turbo Pascal environments. Anyway, it took me a few attempts to figure this out, but this is a fairly quick process if someone wants to tinker around with PC-TASK now that it is free. Also, I was quite surprised how quickly it actually runs on a 030/40mhz!
My most obvious problem was that the only machine I own that still has a floppy drive is the Amiga 1200. Also, all of the disk images I could find were all 1.44s. I did have a USB floppy drive, however someone borrowed it and never returned it.
You’ll need a few files to get started:
Obviously PC-TASK.
http://eab.abime.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=24991&d=1271397646This AREXX script will mount the dos bootdisk image to SPC0:
http://aminet.net/util/rexx/isomount124.lhaFinally. The dos 6.22 boot disk.
http://s93616405.onlinehome.us/bootdisk/622c.zip(from bootdisk.com under "Non-Windows Based Image Files W/ImageApp")
unzip 622c.zip
extract isomount124.lha
copy filedisk.device to sys:devs
copy isomount sys:c
type the command:
protect c:isomount +se
Make sure you have CrossDOSFileSystem in L:
isomount 622C.IMG
load PC-task and Create a hardisk file. I called mine DOS622C
Set the A: drive for SPC0:
Set the C: to DOS622C (or whatever you called the HD image)
Once you boot run fdisk and create a primary partition.
Type the following commands
Format C:/s
cd C:
mkdir DOS
cd DOS
copy a:.
copy a:autoexec.bat c:\
copy a:config.sys c:\
edit c:\config.sys
change driver=himem.sys to driver=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
“rem” out the line that says DEVICE=cd1.SYS (look at the others for example)
edit c:\autoexec.bat
add PATH=C:\DOS
you can also add DOSKEY if you’d like which gives you scroll-back command line.
You may want “rem” out that MSCDEX line too if you are not going to use a cd-rom.
