V5.1 Download unavailable?

[Phil.c]

I tried my old v5.1 floppy's to re-install 5.1 and they no longer work for some reason, I boot up with the first disk in and the D8b boots as normal. I have tried the 5.1 download link and there's a blank page, can anyone help with this

Phil

[munkustrap]

try this:
http://www.sonido-7.com/d8b/index.html#Post6

[Phil.c]

Thanks!

[Phil.c]

Something strange going on here. I'm loading in a fresh v5.1, I'm booting up with disk 1 inserted, the d8b boots up as normal and a message in the bootup screen appears..something like "Remove disc to complete boot", it's a long time since I loaded v5.1 but as far as I remember the disk status appeared on the LED screen and prompted disk 2 & 3?

The OS is not loading from disk?

Phil

[Old School]

Hi Phil,
There is a guy on Ebay selling flash card conversion kits for the D8B with your choice of OS pre-installed.
I bought one cause my 5.1 floppies seem to be corrupt. Price was $59. It should come in by Friday. I will let you know how it works out. Just thought this might be an option for you.

Have a blessed day in Christ,
Mike W.

[Phil.c]

Thanks Mike, the v5.1 that I tried to load in was with new floppy's, they are not recognised for some reason?

How does the flash card work?

Phil

[Old School]

Hi Phil,
PRAISE JESUS! The flash card works great as advertised & the Hack does too! I've got FIVE POINT ONE running on my D8B! I hooked up the flash card to my computer via a USB flash card reader that was conveniently provided in the kit & replaced the ASC file with the hacked one(after making a copy of the original). Installation of the flash adapter was a snap once I realized that the ribbon cable wasn't too short (it was doubled up on itself in the retaining clip). Took literally 5 minutes! While I had the flash card hooked up to my computer I also dragged all my session files from my version 3 hard drive into the folder on the flash card marked "session 5" and they come up and work! Hallelujah, praise the LORD!!!!!!

Have a blessed day in Christ!,
Mike W.

[Phil.c]

I'm glad it works for you Mike

Phil

[Phil.c]

As mentioned in my previous posts, I am booting up with new 5.1 floppy's and the bootup loads as normal but gives a message to remove the floppy in the drive...would this be because v5.1 is already loaded or should the floppy over ride this and re-load it again from scratch?

[Old School]

Hi Phil,
One would think that it would ask you to insert disk 2, the floppy should override everything else.

Have a blessed day in Christ,
Mike W.