5 1/4" 1.2MB Freesco HOWTO

Yes, it's still possible to use freesco if you have only 5 1/4” 1.2 MB floppy drive.

You have to make a specially prepared floppy disk.

• Download MSDOS special floppy drivers fdform18.zip
• Unpack archive, you need only 2 files: fdformat.exe and fdread.exe
• Make sure you fdd a: set in bios as 1.2 MB floppy type
• Boot msdos
• Load fdread.exe
• Insert blank floppy and type: fdformat a: t80 n18 h2

you may need to format few floppies before you find one which will be formated w/o errors using rawrite make a freesco disk as usual

• Reset your computer and now set in bios 1.44 MB type for floppy A:
• Save changes and reboot
• Have fun with freesco

The fdread18 ZIP archive can also be downloaded here