[Coco] [Color Computer] Klendathu.bas

[Neil Morrison]

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You can download it (Klendathu) here: http://nitros9.lcurtisboyle.com/klendathu.html

Hope that helps!


You need to place the file KLENDATH.BAS on a .dsk disk image, mount the image in MESS, and then access the disk as normal.

 Now that presupposes you know how to create disk images and you probably don't. A tool comes with the MESS package for creating disk images. With the Windows versions of the tools, imgtool.exe and wimgtool.exe, wimgtool.exe is by far the easier to use. (Are you using Windows or another OS?)

 Start wimgtool.exe and select File/New. From the pop-up window select a name/location and the filetype CoCo JVC RS-DOS .dsk. That will create a disk image. Then select Image/Insert File  and find/select KLENDATH.BAS with Mode - tokenized Basic, File type - Basic, and Ascii flag - binary.

 Assuming you are running a version of Windows, messui.exe is by far the easiest way to use MESS. When you unzipped the package, you should have created the needed directory structure. That will include a roms directory. You can't run any Coco emulation without having the necessary Coco ROMs which are placed zipped in the ROM directory or unzipped in appropriately named sub-directories.
 You can find a collection of ROM images at
http://www.coco3.com/community/products/rainbow-ide/
under BIOS collection.

 Now you are ready to start MESS emulation. From messui.exe, open the Folder list using the far left icon. Select Source/coco.c and close the Folder list.
 I prefer to select the List format for displaying the emulation choices. Select, for example, Color Computer 2B. Now select Device View and mount the newly created .dsk image in the first Floppy Disk slot.
 You will want to customize the properties of each type of emulation but for now (with the desired emulation highlighted) hit ENTER to start the emulation.

 With emulation started and the OK prompt on the Coco screen, you just enter
RUN"KLENDATH"
and the program should start.