[Coco] Coco3 emulator

[Joe]

I've only seen that problem when a dos executable is corrupt, Can you try to 
redownload it? I know Jeff's EMU will work on XP under full screen.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Gault" <robert.gault at worldnet.att.net>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] Coco3 emulator


> Bill wrote:
>> I have been trying to use the Coco3 emulator for some time now, but every
>> time I do, I get an error that says:
>>  "The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal instruction. C5:17b4 IP:003a
>> OP:dd 0c e0 0c 09 Choose 'Close' to terminate the application"
>>
>> Does anyone know what that is all about and how to fix it?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>
> There are several versions of the Vavasour Coco3 emulator but that might 
> not be the issue. To run this under WinXP, you must provide the correct 
> environment. That requires you to edit the file CONFIG.NT (should be in 
> Windows\System32).
>
> dos=high, umb
> device=%SystemRoot%\system32\himem.sys
> files=100
>
>
> Create a shortcut file with the following memory settings.
> "Auto" for all memory entries and check the box "uses HMA".
>
> You will probably want to have an empty file named 2Megs in the same 
> directory as the program.
>
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