[Coco] Mess Question

[Manny]

tim lindner wrote:

> Manny <cocolist at invigorated.org> wrote:

> 

>> Just a quick question, how do I go about finding what command line 

>> options are for a particular ROM? I remember in earlier versions (I 

>> think =< 0.103) that they changed a lot of the options to be specified

>> in the ROM image (or it's description). Is that still the case, or have

>> they gone back to more of a 'standardizing' (for lack of a better word)

>> approach?

> 

> Is this what your looking for?

> 

> $ ./messg4 -listdevices coco3


Why haven't I seen this before? Ugh... I must be lazy, blind, or both. 
Sorry. :(


>  SYSTEM      DEVICE NAME (brief)   IMAGE FILE EXTENSIONS SUPPORTED    

> ----------  --------------------  ------------------------------------

> coco3        printer     (prin)     .prn  

>              cassette    (cass)     .wav  .cas  

>              floppydisk0 (flop0)    .dsk  .os9  .vdk  .dmk  

>              floppydisk1 (flop1)    

>              floppydisk2 (flop2)    

>              floppydisk3 (flop3)    

>              cartridge   (cart)     .ccc  .rom  

>              snapshot    (dump)     .pak  

>              harddisk    (hard)     .vhd  

> 

> 

> 

> Add a hyphen to the brief device name to specify it on the command line.

> Like this:

> 

> $./messg4 coco3 -flop0 disk.dsk


This makes me wonder if the Python module that helps MESSyFront isn't 
working correctly, though... How long have these options been in the 
CoCo3 ROM for MESS?

-M.