[Coco] MAME 0.169 Not booting NitrOS-9 images

[Barry Nelson]

Ok, I checked that disk, it is the proper size, 368640 bytes. I ran a free and a dcheck on the system system and found no issues with the disk image. I was able to boot the disk after renaming it to a .os9 extension using Mess version:
M.E.S.S. v0.150 (Sep 18 2013)
It looks like someone broke something since then. I will try to look into this when I have time. I currently have this version compiled for Windows and Mac, and I have the source code.

The windows version is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8RnV5G0TZFZYlNzak1rb2cwMUk/view?usp=sharing
A working Mac version can be downloaded from http://www.macmess.org/
The source code with Mac binaries from version 150b is here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8RnV5G0TZFZNkpGdExhMlQ5ZXc/view?usp=sharing
The source code should build fine on Linux, but make sure you type "make clean" first. Then "make TARGET=mess" (I think, it's been a while).

Or you can use VCC running under Wine.

On Jan 21, 2016, at 4:08 AM, BootLoop2Dope Doll Neden Hunter <bootloop at juggadollslinux.org> wrote:

> This one: nos96809l2v030300coco3_40d_1.dsk (renamed nos96809l2v030300coco3_40d_1.os9)
> 
> I unzipped the entire zip file to /home/bootloop2dope/Games/Color\ Computer/NitrOS9-6809 and mounted the first disk, stated above.
> 
> (I call the folder "Games" because it's just a simple name for me to remember)
> 
> I unzip anything containing disk images, etc. before using them. MAME/MESS */_always_/* chokes on them if you don't in other computer emulators I use (Apple II, TI 99/4A, etc.). Some other emulators won't even recognize zip files (because libzip isn't installed, whatever)... ;)
> 
> On 01/21/2016 02:00 AM, Barry Nelson wrote:
>>  Well, ok, that's a little better. There are only 12 different disk
>> images contained with the first zip file, nos96809l2v030300coco3.zip.
>> Can you specify exactly which image inside the zip you are trying to
>> mount please?
>> 
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_40d_1.dsk
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_40d_1_50hz.dsk
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_40d_2.dsk
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_80d.dsk
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_80d_50hz.dsk
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_arduino.dsk
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_arduino_headless.dsk
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_becker.dsk
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_becker_headless.dsk
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_cocosdc.dsk
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_dw.dsk
>> nos96809l2v030300coco3_dw_headless.dsk
>> 
>> PS: You */_DID_/* unzip the file and just tried to mount one image and
>> not the whole zip file, right? You */_DIDN'T_/* try to mount the entire
>> zip file without unzipping it */_DID_/* you?
>> Sorry, but the tongue in cheek comments are bundled with the help. It's
>> a package deal. :)
>> It's all in good fun. Hopefully I'll be able to resolve your issue and
>> get you up and running.
>> 
>>> *BootLoop2Dope Doll Neden Hunter*bootloop at juggadollslinux.org
>>> <mailto:coco%40maltedmedia.com?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BCoco%5D%20MAME%200.169%20Not%20booting%20NitrOS-9%20images&In-Reply-To=%3C56A07B2D.7090409%40juggadollslinux.org%3E>
>>> /Thu Jan 21 01:31:09 EST 2016/
>>> 
>>> Sorry... was half-asleep when I posted that... ;)
>>> These are the two versions I tried::
>>> 
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/nitros9/files/releases/v3.3.0/nos96809l2v030300coco3.zip/download
>>> 
>>> and
>>> 
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/nitros9/files/releases/v3.2.8/nos96309l2v030208coco3.zip/download
>>> 
>>> I apologize for not providing any further information.
>>> 
>>> VCC (Under WINE) boots them fine. It's just MAME/MESS that throws a fit
>>> about them.
>>> 
>>> I have had *some* success using DriveWire4 to boot them... but it's
>>> sometimes like this:
>>> 
>>> DOS
>>> OK
>>> (Go back to reload the image...)
>>> DOS
>>> (MESS crashes and in bash, because I use the command "mame coco3dw1 &",
>>> I see "[1] Broken Pipe  mame coco3dw1")
>>>> On Wed, 20 Jan 2016 13:40:33 -0500, Barry Nelson wrote:
>>>> /Sorry, but "I downloaded them from Sourceforge" isn't much help to me
>>>> in locating the exact image that you are having issues with. Can you
>>>> please send a link? I will examine the image for issues and test it
>>>> with other versions of MESS and VCC./
>>