[Coco] I need copies of unmodified OS-9 disk images

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

Yes Windows XP can be a pain to run MSDOS programs. That's why I have a 
FAT32 partition my old laptop. I plan to boot from a floppy created by WIN 
98 or ME, I forget which.

But there are alternatives which have been suggested on this list.

"DOSBOX" is one I remember, but now I am unsure with the post by John W. 
Linville that says Linux.

Perhaps someone can help using a hard disk image from Jeff's emulator on 
MESS.

There are several programs for running MSDOS programs on Windows XP.

There even is a CoCo emulator for windows.

VCC - CoCo 3 Emulator for Windows

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Campbell" <asa.rand at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] I need copies of unmodified OS-9 disk images



>I cannot run the emulators because I am using XP Professional, which is 

>based on NT/2000. There are many programs that will not run under 

>Professional, but will run under 95/98/ME/XP Home Edition. I prefer 

>Professional because it is more stable and provides a better environment 

>(imo) than the 95-based versions.

>

> MESS is not nearly as much a problem for me because I finally have it 

> configured more correctly. There are some issues, but they are minor and 

> have no impact on me running NOS-9 or OS-9. Setting up a bootable HD is 

> still a problem, but I am working around it with a boot floppy and using 

> the HD just for data. VCC, and the other CoCo emulators just won't execute 

> on my system, otherwise I'd be happy to give them a go and see what they 

> can do.

>

> Wayne

>

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Stephen H. Fischer" <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>

> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>

> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 8:13 AM

> Subject: Re: [Coco] I need copies of unmodified OS-9 disk images

>

>

>> Hi,

>>

>> That was just an impression from reading many persons having problems. 

>> And

>> my idea of what the basic structure of MESS is.

>>

>> As I have stopped reading all posts I will try and refrain.

>>

>> It was more an attempt to say that I thought that Jeff's and John's 

>> emulator

>> were faster to set up and run. I may be wrong on that point. And there

>> cannot be any messages about the developers not responding as there are

>> none.

>>

>> SHF

>>

>> ----- Original Message ----- 

>>

>> From: "John W. Linville" <linville at tuxdriver.com>

>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>

>> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 6:17 AM

>> Subject: Re: [Coco] I need copies of unmodified OS-9 disk images

>>

>>

>>> On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 04:36:50PM -0800, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:

>>>

>>>> Perhaps some of the current activities using MESS really do not need 

>>>> the

>>>> mess of running them and the high learning curve.

>>>>

>>>> MESS is a quite different animal.

>>>

>>> I really don't understand why MESS continues to receive so much

>>> criticism here.  "mess coco3", then ScrollLock to switch back and forth

>>> between keyboard modes and Tab to bring-up the menu (if you are in the

>>> right keyboard mode).  The menus seem fairly self-explanatory to me.

>>> Why is this so terrible?  Seriously, I don't get it...?

>>>

>>> John

>>

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