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

[Aaron Wolfe]

What happens when you try to run VCC on your Windows XP system?
It works perfectly here under XP (professional).  Also runs fine in
Windows 7, 32 bit at least.
I prefer MESS, but VCC certainly works with modern Windows operating systems.

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 6:34 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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