[Coco] Windows 7 CoCo emulator blues the colors never appear correctly under Windows 7 in full screen

[Rob Rosenbrock]

Have you tried it under XP mode?

On Jan 28, 2012, at 3:39 PM, Roy J Lores wrote:


> If you mean the author of VCC, he does not even have a webpage anymore so

> locating him might be right next to impossible now I've seen patches using

> BAT files for games that also have messed up palettes , it somehow corrects

> the problem by disabling the start bar and just about everything and then

> re-starting it when the game finishes but since VCC always start in Windowed

> mode using it is most likely not recommended.

> 

> Guess we will have to wait until either the author ever updates VCC or some

> new CoCo emulator that is Windows 7 compatible comes along it is too bad,

> because Windows XP has only 2 more years at best before all support is

> abandoned for it by Microsoft.

> 

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

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

> Behalf Of Robert Gault

> Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 3:42 PM

> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts

> Subject: Re: [Coco] Windows 7 CoCo emulator blues the colors never appear

> correctly under Windows 7 in full screen

> 

> Roy J Lores wrote:

>> Let me try to explain this as it has nothing and I repeat nothing to 

>> do with the RGB and Composite modes CoCo Emulators naturally have as 

>> those modes work fine under Windows 7as long as you operate the 

>> emulator in Window mode as opposed to Fullscreen mode.

>> 

>> 

>> 

>> It is in Fullscreen mode that one gets into serious trouble running 

>> under Windows 7 with both color palettes messed up.

>> 

>> 

>> 

>> Now does anyone and I mean anyone runs VCC or MESS under Windows 7, 

>> especially VCC and if so how have they managed to solve this problem?

>> 

>> 

> 

> Well to start, your problem has nothing to do with palette colors. What you

> are describing is a lack of video compatibility of a program written for

> DirectX 8 or 9 running on Windows 7 with uses a more recent DirectX version

> that is not completely backwards compatible.

> 

> Steve Bjork has confirmed your Windows 7 VCC problem. I can report that it

> does not occur under WinXP with DirectX 9.0c when VCC F11 is used. If you

> can locate Joseph Forgione, you might be able to talk him into an update for

> Windows 7. 

> Short of that, there's not likely anything you can do.

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