Convert a .IMG or .360 to files using dosbox?

[Sharkey1331]

Thanks for the awesome info everyone! I have confirmed, using the boot command and DOSbox, that these are in fact "booter" games/images... Now I just need to try to get my old 486 machine running enough to create floppies.

I think the 486's floppy drive must have a loose drive belt or something? Because it doesn't seem to always be able to spin the disc at the proper speed. I think that the disc media spin motor is a steper drive? Or is that only for the read/write head motor… My theory is, if it uses a stepper drive for the rotating of the desk, then it should always spin the proper speed – unless something is mechanically wrong.

[Brutman]

Stepper motors are used for moving the heads. They are never used for continuous spinning of the media.

Many later drives are direct drive and do not have a belt. Why do you think the drive is not spinning at the correct speed?

If you have a copy of COPYIIPC the /t option will spin the drive (with a diskette inserted) and tell you want the detected RPM rate is.

[Sharkey1331]

Don't have that sw yet.. I suspect the drive is slow because I can hear it spinning the disc in its envelope, sounds like it is slowing down to an almost stop