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2. List of self-booting IBM PC compatible games - Wikipedia

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   The phrase "IBM PC compatible self-booting disk" is sometimes shortened to "PC booter". Self-booting disks were common for other computers as well. These games were distributed on 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 " or, later, 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 ", floppy disks that booted directly, meaning once they were inserted in the drive and the computer was turned on, a minimal ...

3. Self-booting disk - Wikipedia

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   On other systems, like the Apple II and Atari 8-bit computers, almost all software is self-booting. On the IBM PC, the distinction is between a self-booting program and one which is started by the user via an operating system such as MS-DOS or IBM PC DOS. The term "PC booter" was not contemporaneous with when self-booting games were being released.

4. ISO 9660 - Wikipedia

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   A 32-bit PC BIOS will search for boot code on an ISO 9660 CD-ROM. The standard allows for booting in two different modes. Either in hard disk emulation when the boot information can be accessed directly from the CD media, or in floppy emulation mode where the boot information is stored in an image file of a floppy disk , which is loaded from ...

5. FreeDOS - Wikipedia

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   FreeDOS 1.1, released on 2 January 2012, [12] is available for download as a CD-ROM image: a limited install disc that only contains the kernel and basic applications, and a full disc that contains many more applications (games, networking, development, etc.), not available as of November 2011 but with a newer, fuller 1.2. [13]

6. MSX-DOS - Wikipedia

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   Once MSX-DOS has been loaded, the system searches the MSX-DOS disk for the COMMAND.COM file and loads it into memory. [2] In that case, the BDOS bypassed the BASIC ROMs, so that the whole 64 KB of address space of the Z80 microprocessor inside the MSX computer could be used for the DOS or for other boot-able disks, for example disk based games.

7. Boot disk - Wikipedia

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   A modern PC is configured to attempt to boot from various devices in a certain order. If a computer is not booting from the device desired, such as the floppy drive, the user may have to enter the BIOS Setup function by pressing a special key when the computer is first turned on (such as Delete, F1, F2, F10 or F12), and then changing the boot order. [6]

8. IMG (file format) - Wikipedia

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   ImDisk and Virtual Floppy Drive can mount a raw image of a floppy disk to emulate a floppy drive under Microsoft Windows. Nero Burning ROM supports reading IMG files for creating bootable CDs. mtools allows manipulation of MS-DOS floppy disk images in Unix systems. Programs such as dsktrans from the LibDsk [2] suite of command-line tools ...

9. Commodore 1581 - Wikipedia

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   d81.de: Permanent home of 1581-Copy, A MS-Windows based Tool uses any standard x86-PC 3.5" drive to WRITE & READ 1581 disk images (d81). optusnet.com.au: 1581 Games, Commodore 1581 Games, D81, CMD FD2000 & FD4000 Games, Tools & Games specifically for the 1581 disk drive. optusnet.com.au: SEGA SF-7000 with PC 3.5" Floppy Drive, Copy disk to PC ...