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Gotek drive a

Por Hypersoft

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20-05-2023, 20:15

Hello

I just bought an MSX NMX 8280 with a Gotek Drive, that drive is set as A:
But how can i switch to drive B:
Its a long time ago i had an MSX, i could not find it

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Por sdsnatcher73

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20-05-2023, 20:46

Change the jumper to DS1 but also change the jumper on the B: drive to DS0 (otherwise you have 2 drives acting as B: )

Por Hypersoft

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20-05-2023, 22:40

Well... I can format s floppy disk on drive b, but who I select drive b when I'm in drive a

Por jepmsx

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21-05-2023, 07:19

Maybe I haven't understood the question. But if your gotek drive appears as B: in MSX-DOS, you only need to type B: and press enter to be in drive B in MSX-DOS. Or you can refer to any file in B as B:\directory\filename and run it

Por Hypersoft

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21-05-2023, 08:06

My gotek is drive A:
The floppy is drive B:

I just copied a something with the command copy "a:" to "b:" and that works

But how do i access drive B:

Por Briqunullus

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21-05-2023, 08:42

You can use commands like:

FILES "B:"
LOAD"B:PROGRAM.BAS"

Setting the default drive only became implemented in Disk Basic version 2. However, there's a POKE command that can help you out.

POKE &HF247,1

Set it to 0 for drive A, or 1 for drive B. (credits)
Of course, in MSX-DOS things get a little more easy.

Por sdsnatcher73

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21-05-2023, 11:13

Please note that the poke does not persist on reset so you can’t boot a game from B: drive if that is what you want.

Por Hypersoft

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21-05-2023, 13:10

Thank you all !!!!