[Coco] Emulator Problems

[Barry Nelson]

You could try this build of MAME: https://github.com/abcbarryn/mame

There is a windows binary here:
https://github.com/abcbarryn/mame/releases/download/mame0252bn/MAME.zip

I test several emulations, including the CoCo1, CoCo2 and CoCo3.
There is a mac binary under leases for an older version, or you can 
build it from source on Mac or Linux.

> Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 22:05:01 -0500
> From: dlb <db388696 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Coco] Emulator Problems

> I rarely use the emulators - I've always used mame, but the worst thing
> about mame is that it seems like every time the publish an update, all
> my images are broken.  right now, my installed mame is 0.251.  when I
> start it as coco3h all I get is a blank green screen with no logo, but
> coco produces the logo.  Howevever, the mame flatpak loads coco3h well
> and appears to work well.
> 
> I'd like to begin using xroar but have never had any luck  Right now,
> when I boot, it goes through the boot process, showing the modules
> being processed, it gets to "i2xto" and then the screen fills with
> garbage.  Booting with mame (flatpak) it displays "i2xoC" - a little
> different than xroar. This with the same floppy and hard drive images.
> Are there any special modules that xroar needs?  I wonder about the
> difference in the i2x.. stuff? loading from the same files.
> 
> I'm running Debian (linux mint LMDE).  I tried the .deb from xroar, but
> it looks like it might be built for testing.  I built it myself using
> the command "./configure --enable coco3 --with-x"  Both of these give
> the same results.  I may have to rebuild my boot disk.  FWIW, my HD
> image was created with Boisy's toolshed programs, if that makes any
> difference.
> 
> It's been a long time since I've built a boot image, and I've forgotten
> a lot of what I did. I have some helper scripts, but I think I'll redo
> them.  I may go to 6809 also, as what I do does not really require a
> 6309.
> 
> Any help, or reference to any web page would be appreciated.