[Coco] M.E.S.S. woes

[Robert Gault]

Roger Taylor wrote:
> I'm a bit disappointed in the CoCo team working with the M.E.S.S. 
> project.  I thought software was supposed to improve with each 
> release?  Now don't get me wrong, I can't complain too much since it's free.
> 
> BUT... where is the Ctrl-Alt-Reset image in the CoCo 3 emulation?  I 
> was trying to show my boy the 3 mugateers picture and found out that 
> M.E.S.S. just restarts the emulation mode.  I'm using the emulated 
> keyboard and holding down Ctrl-Alt (left side of keyboard) like the 
> menu says.  Clicking on Soft or Hard reset just doesn't do it on my 
> computer like it always has.
> 
> ?? Any clues ??
> 
> 
> 

You will need to check off Properties\Controls\"Enable Steady Key" 
either in Defaults for all systems or a specific Coco version.

Just use the Soft Reset not Hard Reset. The latter with CTRL-ALT causes 
a MESS crash with version .112