[Coco] XRoar Windows 8 64-Bit

[Louis Ciotti]

OK the new driver fixed the black screen problem, now to get it to load a
rom image.

I am using the following command:

c:\xroar\>xroar - machine cocous -bas bas10.rom



On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> It works with the -vo sdl command line option, so I am guessing it the the
> OPEN GL driver... hmmm   the computer had one of those ATI processors with
> the video processor built into the processor.  I am downloading the latest
> driver know.  hopefully that fixes it.
>
> Next question, I have the rom image in the VROAR directory, but it showed
> the checker board screen.  The rom image is called BAS11.ROM.  Am I missing
> something else?
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Ciaran Anscomb <cocomalt at 6809.org.uk>wrote:
>
>> Bill Pierce wrote:
>> > Ciaran told me he only cross-assembled the Windows binaries and relied
>> on
>> > others for reports as he doesn't have a Windows machine. He runs a Mac.
>>
>> Hey now that's just insulting!  But, sadly, true...  Circumstances have
>> made it that what I use most is a mac, with its awful space-wasting UI.
>> ;)
>>
>> > The black screen sounds odd because if all else fails and XRoar starts
>> in
>> > "no rom" mode, it will display a "checker board" (green/red) screen much
>> > like you use to see after crashing  a Coco 2 ML game.
>>
>> True, which says to me the video isn't working at all - the default is
>> to use OpenGL - maybe that's the problem?  You could try running it with
>> "-vo sdl" - if you get a small unscalable (but working) output there,
>> it might well be that (in which case, check your OpenGL drivers?).
>>
>> ..ciaran
>>
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