[Coco] MESS mouse and keyboard question

[Robert Gault]

It is not just NitrOS-9. All the recent SourceForge versions are blended and
can't really be considered pure. As a result of a concerted effort to have a
single source file for both 6309 and 6809 versions of each module, bugs will
migrate and should not be thought exclusive to 6809 or 6309 versions.

If you have a verions that works, make a note of the OS-9 release number so that
if you try a more recent release which misbehaves, you can back track. Do the
same for any emulator in use as there are compatibility issues. The directory
corruption problem with MESS.74 does not exist on real Coco hardware. It may not
exist with older versions of MESS.

James Goff wrote:
> 
> Robert Gault wrote:
> 
> >There are some bugs in NitrOS-9 (recent versions) which prevent the joystick
> >functions from working correctly. I can't tell you which NitrOS-9 versions work
> >but for them to work, MESS must be configured correctly by selecting the mouse
> >function in the gui.
> >
> >To use your PC mouse as the Coco joystick you must turn off the MESS gui menu
> >bar (toggles with ScrollLock key). Switching between the keyboard mouse and
> >joystick is done with the CTRL+HOME keys. This assumes you have a version of
> >NitrOS-9 that functions correctly.
> >
> >As for switching screens with a "natural" key selection, this may be a MESS bug.
> >I can't find any key that works. Emulated keyboard switches with the HOME key.
> >
> >
> >
>  I've switched to OS9 L2 until they get the bugs out of Nitros9 / MESS.
> I followed your steps to enable the mouse and it worked great!
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> James
> 
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