[Coco] On using XRoar - Best "saving" practices?

[William Carlin]

It's been a while since using XRoar to save to a floppy image.  However, I
remember something about disk images being marked as read only when mounted
and then you have to check or uncheck a box to make them "writeable".  This
took a while to figure out.


William Carlin

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 12:08 PM, John Lochey via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
wrote:

> Hi Ciaran,
> Okay, I'll try my hand at saving to disk.
> I know I have done it before, but I am kind of struggling with it at the
> moment.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Johnny
>
>
>       From: Ciaran Anscomb <cocomalt at 6809.org.uk>
>  To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>  Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 12:06 PM
>  Subject: Re: [Coco] On using XRoar - Best "saving" practices?
>
> John Lochey via Coco wrote:
> > Hi all, I'm mostly using XRoar and finding it quite enjoyable.
> > Question:  How do most of you that use this emulator "save" your work
> > within the XRoar program?
> >
> > Snapshots?Cassette?Tape?
> >
> > What is the safest way I wonder?  Up till now I've just been using
> > snapshots because they are so super easy.
>
> I tend to do all my work on the host OS and use cross-assembler etc.
>
> Not very "purist", I know, but I suppose you're already using an emulator
> rather than the real thing :)
>
> Snapshots may not stay completely forward-compatible: new features in
> later releases could possibly break the format.  That said, I've tried my
> best to keep it backwards-compatible.  I'd hope to give lots of warning
> if old stuff wasn't going to work any more.  They're certainly very
> convenient though.
>
> The "safest" would almost certainly be to a tape or disk image - something
> not XRoar-specific.
>
> ..ciaran
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