[Coco] mess newbie

[Nick Marentes]

On 13/02/2015 7:15 AM, David Ladd wrote:
> The thing I have found with MESS is if you use any ROM image that has been
> modified in any way that doesn't match the original ROM that has been
> dumped out of the CoCo 1, 2, or 3.  MESS will complain about the ROM's not
> matching its internal hash for them.
>
> MESS looks by default for a zip file called by the name of the machine you
> are trying to start.
>
> Example if you are trying to start a CoCo2B you will need a zip file in the
> ROM's folder that is called coco2b.zip which contains the ROM files.
>
> I know there are a few sites that have the zip files on them so you could
> download and put in the ROM's folder, but sadly you will have to google for
> them as I myself don't have the links handy right now.
>
> Basically though you should be able to do a google search for coco2.zip
> coco2b.zip and coco3.zip  then just put those zip files in the ROM's folder
> for MESS and it should be able to start.
>
> I hope that helps you at this given time.
>

Thanks. Got it running.

Now to get rid of that god-awful DOS front end!

Next challenge is the Windows GUI. I didn't like the screenshots I saw 
but it was better than using that DOS front end.

Nick