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How do I open a real floppy using this application?

Applies to: RIDE 1.7 and later

  1. Be sure to have the necessary driver for one of supported controllers installed.
  2. Click on Disk → Open to show the classical Open file dialog.
  3. Don't click on the floppy drive icons! Instead, click on the Access real devices on this computer shown at the bottom of the dialog.

  4. The application tries to find any of supported devices connected locally to the computer (which may take a while), and lists them in the Real devices dialog, with the most recently used device pre-selected. Confirm the selection by the OK button.

  5. This step depends on the device you selected in the Real devices dialog:
  6. If there are no problems, the drive starts working with the floppy as the application attempts to recognize the filesystem. If the application fails to recognize the filesystem, a message is shown (see figure below), after whose dismisal only container-related tabs appear (e.g. only the Track Map tab). In contrast, if the application has recognized the filesystem, it mediates access to the files stored on the floppy using DOS-related tabs (e.g. the File Manager tab).

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