[Coco] VCC and Mac

[Steve Batson]

I don't use MESS, wondering if it needs Rosetta which would explain it not working with Lion, but then you'd get an error message telling you why it won't start

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On Jun 4, 2012, at 2:34 PM, Dean Leiber <adit at nationsdial.com> wrote:

> 
> On Jun 4, 2012, at 1:45 PM, Paulo Lindoso [gmail] wrote:
> 
>> Dean,
>> 
>> I am using Mess 0.132 (Jul 19 2009).  From what I read over the lists,  it seems the most "workable'  version.
>> 
> 
> Paulo,
> 
> I'll have to find a copy of that version and see if it'll run here. I tried the versions on macmess.org (as well as the front end) and I
> couldn't get anything to work. I'm running Lion so perhaps that is the problem. 
> 
>> Config was truly a mess…
> 
> No kidding. I had to force it to create mess.ini and then I had to force it to verify the ROMS before I could get anything to work. (after rummaging through all the docs) All in all,
> not user friendly, but its free. I'm playing with a frontend I found to see if that eases the pain somewhat.
>> 
>> I've downloaded SDLMESS, place it on my Applications folder and reconfigured my mess.ini to point to dirs in my home folder, where I placed ROMs and Software.
>> 
>> Problems I still have:
>> 
>> 1) My Macbook pad is not a viable option to replace Joysticks and I can't get to use keys as an option.  Given up trying at the moment... No Zaxxon for me... 
>> 
>> 2) Mapping special keys is still somewhat messy as well.  Standard TAB to access the menu mixes up with CoCo TAB, it doesn't like Fn+FunctionKeys…
> 
> Yes I'm having that problem big time as well. I got 'stuck' in the emulator <LOL> and had to reboot my mac to get out. Not good.
>> 
>> All in all, it is not a good experience, so I seldom use it, preferring to play with my original CoCo3, which at least reads DSK files with my SuperIDE, but still polishing out some glitches there as well... ;)
> 
> I don't have room to set the ol' gal up at the moment, so that's why all the playing with the emulators.
>> 
>> VCC installed very easily over WineBottler (no extra confs... standard Wine App).  Loading DSK files as floppies was OK as well.  I will soon try to play and write stuff to see how it goes.
>> 
>> So far, better experience with VCC than MESS…
>> 
> That has been my experience so far. VCC was easier to set up and get running via Crossover (yeah its not free, but I'm lazy sometimes) than playing with a native version of MESS. As someone pointed out.. an emulator in an emulator. It probably runs about true CoCo speed that way! :-D
> 
> Dean
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