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The only way to install it is to bootstrap using the utility disk that came with the drive.<br>
The only way to install it is to bootstrap using the utility disk that came with the drive.<br>


There are copies of the TPDD1 utility disk for sale here:<br>
There are a few ways you can get a copy of the TPDD1 Utility Disk:
https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/?page_id=11#!/TPDD1-disk-26-3808/p/141211027/category=28313042


You can also re-create a TPDD1 utility disk using pdd.sh which includes a disk image of the TPDD1 utility disk.<br>
* You can buy one from https://www.arcadeshopper.com/wp/?page_id=11#!/TPDD1-disk-26-3808/p/141211027/category=28313042
https://github.com/bkw777/pdd.sh
 
* You can create one using a TPDD1 drive and [https://github.com/bkw777/pdd.sh pdd.sh]


And here is the source for the labels used on the ArcadeShopper disks if you want to print more of those for your own backup disks:<br>
And here is the source for the labels used on the ArcadeShopper disks if you want to print more of those for your own backup disks:<br>

Latest revision as of 22:57, 16 September 2021

The Tandy Portable Disk Drive (cat no. 26-3808 aka "TPDD1") came with a dos called "FLOPPY".
The only way to install it is to bootstrap using the utility disk that came with the drive.

There are a few ways you can get a copy of the TPDD1 Utility Disk:

  • You can create one using a TPDD1 drive and pdd.sh

And here is the source for the labels used on the ArcadeShopper disks if you want to print more of those for your own backup disks:
https://github.com/bkw777/disk_labels

The glabel files include links to the exact matching label stock to print that label on.