[Coco] Emulator help

[Stephen H. Fischer]

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?
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> I'm FINALLY getting around to trying it, and coming up with some STUPID
> results.
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>     1-my DOS screen pops up as a purple background with grey letters
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>     2-when I go into 'full screen' mode, it becomes a green screen with
> nothing but ',' in it.
>