Eject button, and load disk for floppies

NuSynth commented 2 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

I think a disk control would be cool, to switch discs, without having to mount multiple floppy disc images. This way the drive does not have to be unmounted, then mounted for a new disc I might want to run. I ran into a problem that confused me on Windows 3.1 due to not having a disk eject, and disk load option for floppies. Unmounting the drive A:\, then mounting the drive A:\, casued issues with the drive being seen by Windows software. This caused me to have to use the config file instead of the GUI to load floppy software.

What you want

I want a floppy disk "eject" and "load" button, for floppy disk images.

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Additional information

It would make using floppy disk software easier to manage, and closer to using a real floppy drive.

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maron2000 commented 2 years ago

You may want to take a look on the wiki before asking for enhancements. https://github.com/joncampbell123/dosbox-x/wiki/Guide%3AManaging-image-files-in-DOSBox%E2%80%90X#mounting-diskette-images

Wengier commented 2 years ago

Or you may want to use the “Change current floppy image…" in the “DOS” menu for disc switching.

Banjo-Oz commented 2 years ago

@Dartomic I've always wanted an optional GUI overlay with floppy/cd drive insert/eject buttons and activity lights that could be shown at the bottom of the screen, independent/regardless of the top menu bar being active, but it is very much a cosmetic enhancement (like drive sounds) since ejecting and loading can currently be done through the existing menu and even the commandline.

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