[Coco] MESS on Raspberry Pi

[Bill Nobel]

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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