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Use this to open the image and just drag and drop files into it. Can't be easier.

easiest way for me is to use XM6 emulator - load the hdd image (or images) and transfer files that way.

Now i can run this, from the doc file you need to create "mac floppys" to actual floppys from the image ?.
Or you can use a floppy or hd image.

recently gotten my first x68000 (Pro 2), I had to repair it as it missed a PSU and build one from a PicoPSU and modeled a 3D bracket for it. Also replaced the battery and recapped the machine for good measure. Outside of only having 1MB everything seemed to work perfectly but missing a keyboard.

So. I build a GKA-AT68 keyboard converter except it doesn't work but I'm not sure if it's the converter or the X68000 seeing as at this point I've build the converter multiple times with the same result. I've used this schematic.



To help troubleshoot I've added a red LED and 1.5k resistor on the 5V line. Use a 10Mhz Crystal, PIC16F84A, 27pf instead of 30 and BC547's rather than 2SC1815's. Which are all simply more common. All of which you'd expect to work properly in the circuit seeing as other circuits based on this one sometimes replace parts with these.

However I can't get the keyboard to do anything. On boot the power LED lights for about a second and the PIC LED shortly after but then they both power off and and then doesn't seem to do anything in the software I tried (Tetris, Salamander, Gradius and ChoRenCha).
Same thing happens on a reset. LED's shine for a second and then nothing.

Maybe the X68000 tries to look for a signal to see if a keyboard is attached and then turns off power to the keyboard port if it doesn't find anything? At least that's what I think is happening seeing as this even happens with no keyboard attached and only power going to the troubleshoot LED. Or I'm missing some jumper in the X68000?

At any rate I'm at a bit of a loss what might be the issue and would love some suggestions.

Edit: the issue was reversed pins on the connector. Apparently there are 2 different standards for 8 pin mini din numbering...

Wrong:


Correct:

What is the "easy" way to copy files into a hard disc image ?.

https://archive.org/details/last-force-the-virtual-battle-in-1930s

As far as I can tell, this game wasn't dumped previously. It's another doujin shmup and thanks to a friend who really wants to preserve as much as he can, this one is dumped and uploaded now.

But I gotta bump it at least once.

After I built a Midiori 1.1, a 2.2 and a variant of the Midiori 2.2 with onboard synth I decided to make a card with through-hole components that looks more like the original CZ-6BM1 because I think it looks cool.
I used the schematics from the NFGGAMES file archive, photos of the CZ-6BM1 and board edge cuts from the Midiori project.
Slot cover is still in the works.

I'll upload the KiCAD project to Github after some more testing (although I don't have the equipment to test the tape sync part).
Not sure if it would make sense for anyone else to build one of those because the YM3802 is hard to find. And also for the other ICs I had to shop at different places.

For those looking for a MIDI and 8 MB RAM all-in-one board, these just went up for pre-order.

https://www.arananet.net/pedidos/product/etarikashikoshi-x68000-8mb-ram-midi-board-preorder

Interesting if it does work with the VSC500... I  have a VSC700 that I may need to try this with