[Coco] Fwd: Xroar and the multipack

[plt1914 at sky-chat.net]

I can not find the cart mpi on the coco archives

Phil Taylor



> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: Ciaran Anscomb via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Fwd: Xroar and the multipack
> Date: April 22, 2025 at 3:22:06 AM EDT
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Cc: Ciaran Anscomb <cocomalt at 6809.org.uk>
> Reply-To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> 
> plt1914--- via Coco wrote:
>> Hello and thank you for taking the time to help me. I loaded up xroar,
>> clicked on Machine and selected Trs-80 Color Computer three, then I
>> clicked on carriage then selected the Multi-Pack but the emulator is
>> not allowing me to enable it. I was wondering if I need to download the
>> Multi-Pack.mpl and where can I get a copy of the file from. The screen
>> remain black after I select soft and hard reset.
> 
> You're probably just butting up against the fact there is no GUI in
> front of selecting what's in which slot in an MPI.
> 
> You can put directives like this into xroar.conf:
> 
> cart mpi
>  mpi-load-cart 0=orch90
>  mpi-load-cart 3=rsdos
>  mpi-slot 3
> 
> Which specifies which cart (by short name; use -cart help for a list)
> is in which slot.  Here, Orchestra 90 sits in slot 0, RSDOS in slot 3.
> 
> The mpi-slot directive is basically the switch on the MPI; here slot 3
> will be selected by default on "power up".
> 
> ..ciaran
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