[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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