[Coco] Emulator help

[Aaron Wolfe]

I know nothing about this particular emulator, so take this with a
large grain of salt, but I have had very good luck making "DOS stuff"
work by using DosBox:

http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1

might be worth a shot.  It's much more "dos-ish" than a Windows
command prompt is.



On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Bill <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> I'm using XP SP3. I didn't even know there was a test program. I have tried

> MESS, but cannot get ANYTHING to work.

>

> I'll try to see if I can get a flash drive working as a dual-boot (if I can

> figure out how.)

>

> Thanks

>

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

> From: coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On

> Behalf Of Stephen H. Fischer

> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 1:30 PM

> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts

> Subject: Re: [Coco] Emulator help

>

> Hi,

>

> What computer and OS are you using?

>

> The further you get away from MSDOS up the MS OS sequence the worse it gets.

>

> The OS I would recommend is Windows 98 SE as you can get into MSDOS mode

> nicely.

>

> Have you run the Test program in Jeff's CoCo 2 emulator to see if your

> system is up to running the CoCo 3 emulator?

>

> If you are running Vista or W7 I suggest you take a look at VCC which is

> much more usable on them as it is a Windows program. There are ways to run

> MSDOS programs on Vista and W7 but hey are not nice IMHO.

>

> Your results are not stupid, you are trying to run a old program designed

> for MSDOS on a much more modern OS perhaps that does not allow some things

> to be done.

>

> Perhaps someone can post the instructions on how to put Windows 98 SE onto a

>

> stick USB drive and use your computer in a dual boot mode if your computer

> would allow it.

>

> I would also like to get those instructions also.

>

> The bottom line, while VCC has it's limitations, I can do my simple tasks

> with it. Others can run their games.

>

> I am perhaps the last person to be interested in John's and Jeffs's

> emulators, perhaps because I ran then so long. I have tools that make it a

> viable option.

>

> Most people today wish to Mess around.

>

> SHF

>

>

>

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

> From: "Bill" <cwgordon at carolina.rr.com>

> To: "Coco Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>

> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 8:01 AM

> Subject: [Coco] Emulator help

>

>

>> Who is the resident guru on the TRS-80 COLOR COMPUTER 3 EMULATOR Ver. 1.6B

>> by Jeff Vavasour?

>>

>>

>>

>> I'm FINALLY getting around to trying it, and coming up with some STUPID

>> results.

>>

>>

>>

>>     1-my DOS screen pops up as a purple background with grey letters

>>

>>     2-when I go into 'full screen' mode, it becomes a green screen with

>> nothing but ',' in it.

>>

>

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