[Coco] MESS on Raspberry Pi

[Christopher R. Hawks]

On Tue, 12 Aug 2014 07:59:23 +1000
Bob Devries <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, after a bit of research, I have been able to build MESS on my
> Raspberry Pi B+.  It's slow, but it does work. I also built lwtools,
> toolshed and nitros9. Next project: Build MESS on my Banana Pi (when
> it arrives). Regards, Bob Devries
> Dalby, QLD, Australia

	Whoo Hoo!!!

> On 31/07/2014 12:27 PM, Bill Nobel wrote:
> > Well the way I set it up on my Pi is the folder I extracted the
> > source files already had the cfg, artwork, etc folders as well as
> > mess.ini so I just created rom and Software folders inside that
> > folder and copied my Boot and VHD to the software/coco3h folder.
> > Altered the mess.ini to reflect the paths. My command line from
> > console is ‘./mess coco3h -flop0 ./software/coco3h/Nitros9_Boot.dsk
> > -hard ./software/coco3h/Nitros9.vhd -ram 2m’.  Yeah it is bit slow
> > but not bad.  Are you running a stripped down wheezy?  I also have
> > several other servers running on my Pi and have not tried running
> > raw wheezy alone. Curious if that might speed things up a bit.  The
> > fastest I get is directly on the Pi with KB/Mouse and Composite, I
> > can’t get HDMI working anymore (did work but stopped) on my Pi.
> > Don’t even bother trying  though Remote Desktop, it’s pathetic then.
> >
> > Bill Nobel
> >   >> On Jul 30, 2014, at 6:53 PM, Bob Devries
> >   >> <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Bill, and all.
> >>
> >> I compiled and installed sdlmess0125 mostly following the
> >> instructions from Christopher Hawks, with these alterations:
> >>
> >> The directories cart cass cfg and roms are in $HOME/mess NOT
> >> $HOME/.mess.
> >>
> >> When I try to load a VHD file in the file selector, I need to
> >> navigate to $HOME/VHD. that's the directory I chose. However, the
> >> File Selector changes this from /home/pi/VHD to /home/piVHD. I'd
> >> call this a bug. Has anyone else found this problem?
> >>
> >> As you said, Bill, it's a *tad* slow :(
> >>
> >> Regards, Bob Devries
> >> Dalby, QLD, Australia
> >>
> >> On 30/07/2014 11:20 PM, Bill Nobel wrote:
> >>> It is possible Bob as I have it running.  I used a copy of the
> >>> SDLMess .0125 source files from Christopher Hawks.  I runs a
> >>> little slower than a real Coco but is usable.  The compile took
> >>> just about an hour to complete, but seems quite stable.  I took
> >>> my entire VHD and boot disk dropped it on a 32gb card and voila a
> >>> Coco 3 on a Pi.
> >>>
> >>>    Now I probably could get it running faster if I didn’t have a
> >>> few Servers running on my Pi (web, ftp, mysql etc.) but haven’t
> >>> tried yet.
> >>>
> >>> Bill Nobel
> >>>
> >>>> On Jul 30, 2014, at 12:22 AM, Bob Devries
> >>>> <devries.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> hello all,
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm led to believe that it is possible to have a Colour Computer
> >>>> emulator running on the Raspberry Pi.
> >>>>
> >>>> I tried to use apt-get to install it (MESS), but it seems not to
> >>>> be available.
> >>>>
> >>>> Can somebody who has done this give me some pointers?
> >>>>
> >>>> Regards, Bob Devries
> >>>> Dalby, QLD, Australia
> >>>>
> >>>>
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Christopher R. Hawks
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