Original copyright (c)1988 Infocom Inc.MS Run-Time Library – Copyright (c) 1988, Microsoft Corp.Searching through zork.exe there is some interesting strings On boot there is a nice graphical logo, and animation as the door opens. I was able to cobble together a DIY disk image, and it doesn’t work fully on Neko Project II sadly. I though Microsoft was so against people redistributing MS-DOS, but then again aren’t most PC98’s floppy only? ![]() Looking at what I could dump, it does look like a bootable image:Īnd the xcopy did pick up MSDOS.SYS & IO.SYS. Maybe a hidden bad sector? Xcopy ran without issues, so who knows. I write a simple C program to read 512, 1024, 2048 blocks from \\.\A: (the physical drive), however it was cut short after 138kb. Disk Explorer is another option, which also specializes in the PC-98’s weird 1.2MB on a 1.44MB disk, however it couldn’t read the disk either. Although I can read the disk fine from Windows 10, winimage was unable to make a disk image. However this iMac looking Logitec LFD-31US did the trick!Īpparently you need what is known as a “3-mode USB floppy drive”. The IBM drive didn’t read the disk AT ALL. Now I bought an IBM & some weird iMac looking drive, I was hoping between the two drives, maybe one would work. I go to hardoff and pick up 2 USB floppy drives hoping to read the 3 1/2″ diskette. Now I have no pc98 gear in Japan, and I’m trying to not have a mountain of hardware here, the i7 desktop and 30″ cinema display are already feeling ‘too big’ for this place anyways. Nice to see that opening of the box gives me a catalogue, a manual, minimal map, registration card and a diskette! And I’m hoping I can read it using a USB drive. ![]() Â¥7,800 YEN! From 1991!Honestly I don’t even know what is up with the price of software in Japan! Clutching this thing in my hands for the Â¥2,800 makes it feel like a steal so of course I buy it! Contents of the box I went to Beep and the place next door I always forget it’s name, and I found this burried in the back for a mere Â¥2,860! Not exactly what I thought would be a bargain, but flipping it over however… Zork 1 for the PC-98! On my latest trip, I managed to find a copy of Zork 1 for the PC-98! And let me say, let the adventure begin!
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