[Coco] Mess is a mess.... again....

[Christopher R. Hawks]

On Wed, 24 Feb 2016 13:32:09 -0500
Bill Pierce via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:

> Christopher, where did you download your version 170?
>  I downloaded mine from the mame github site and the gui version from
> "The Mess Place". Both have the quad density drives setup. Also, I'm
> using the "CC3HDB1" ext (for becker port), and the drive only gives
> the "Qd" option.
> 
> Another thing I've noticed in almost every version I've downloaded
> for the past two years is that in the "Natural" keyboard the arrow
> keys are locked out. This seems to have something to do with them
> being setup for joystick emulation or something, but I can't find any
> setting to unlock them (tried the input mapping). They seem to work
> in "Emulated" but I hate that keyboard (maybe I need to remap this
> one). I even use an AT keyboard on my real Coco so I'm in no way
> familiar with the old Coco layout anymore. In OS9 C, I need to get to
> "[ ] { } \ |" and I can never remember the odd key combinations for
> them.
> 
> They seemed to have finally straightened out the timing in 1.70. Back
> in the 15x releases, there was a delay on the key reads and the video
> was jerky (scrolling). I couldn't set anything that would get rid of
> it. That seems to be gone. The Becker port seems to be working better
> now as well, but I haven't tested it extensively (seems a little
> slow).
> 
> I actually like the way this version runs if I can get rid of those
> "5.25 Quad Density Floppy Drives" and fix the arrow keys in the
> "Natural" keyboard setting.
> 
>  
> 
> 
> Bill Pierce
> "Charlie stole the handle, and the train it won't stop going, no way
> to slow down!" - Ian Anderson - Jethro Tull

    I had a chance to do a little testing and there is a BIG problem.
Mess only works with 35 track single sided disks.

    DECB works just fine, but, none of my os9 disks will work. The file
coco_dsk.c in the (v0.153 that I use) formats directory has disappeared.
That was the file that supported jvc and os9 files. The jvc files have
the jvc_dsk.cpp file to support them (but is does not work if there is
ANY VALID header). Our dsk files are also supported by jvc_dsk.cpp. Good
thing because dsk_dsk.cpp requires a header for their disks.

    Since OS9 files are apparently no longer supported by mess,
rm -r mame0.170 !!


Christopher R. Hawks
HAWKSoft
-- 
There is no mechanical problem so difficult that it cannot be solved by
brute strength and ignorance.                          -- William's Law 
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