[Coco] I need copies of unmodified OS-9 disk images

[Stephen H. Fischer]

Hi,

Yes Windows XP can be a pain to run MSDOS programs. That's why I have a 
FAT32 partition my old laptop. I plan to boot from a floppy created by WIN 
98 or ME, I forget which.

But there are alternatives which have been suggested on this list.

"DOSBOX" is one I remember, but now I am unsure with the post by John W. 
Linville that says Linux.

Perhaps someone can help using a hard disk image from Jeff's emulator on 
MESS.

There are several programs for running MSDOS programs on Windows XP.

There even is a CoCo emulator for windows.

VCC - CoCo 3 Emulator for Windows

SHF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Campbell" <asa.rand at gmail.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] I need copies of unmodified OS-9 disk images


>I cannot run the emulators because I am using XP Professional, which is 
>based on NT/2000. There are many programs that will not run under 
>Professional, but will run under 95/98/ME/XP Home Edition. I prefer 
>Professional because it is more stable and provides a better environment 
>(imo) than the 95-based versions.
>
> MESS is not nearly as much a problem for me because I finally have it 
> configured more correctly. There are some issues, but they are minor and 
> have no impact on me running NOS-9 or OS-9. Setting up a bootable HD is 
> still a problem, but I am working around it with a boot floppy and using 
> the HD just for data. VCC, and the other CoCo emulators just won't execute 
> on my system, otherwise I'd be happy to give them a go and see what they 
> can do.
>
> Wayne
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen H. Fischer" <SFischer1 at Mindspring.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 8:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] I need copies of unmodified OS-9 disk images
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> That was just an impression from reading many persons having problems. 
>> And
>> my idea of what the basic structure of MESS is.
>>
>> As I have stopped reading all posts I will try and refrain.
>>
>> It was more an attempt to say that I thought that Jeff's and John's 
>> emulator
>> were faster to set up and run. I may be wrong on that point. And there
>> cannot be any messages about the developers not responding as there are
>> none.
>>
>> SHF
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>
>> From: "John W. Linville" <linville at tuxdriver.com>
>> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
>> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 6:17 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Coco] I need copies of unmodified OS-9 disk images
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 04, 2010 at 04:36:50PM -0800, Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Perhaps some of the current activities using MESS really do not need 
>>>> the
>>>> mess of running them and the high learning curve.
>>>>
>>>> MESS is a quite different animal.
>>>
>>> I really don't understand why MESS continues to receive so much
>>> criticism here.  "mess coco3", then ScrollLock to switch back and forth
>>> between keyboard modes and Tab to bring-up the menu (if you are in the
>>> right keyboard mode).  The menus seem fairly self-explanatory to me.
>>> Why is this so terrible?  Seriously, I don't get it...?
>>>
>>> John
>>
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