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

[Aaron Wolfe]

On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 8:19 PM, Wayne Campbell <asa.rand at gmail.com> wrote:
> The only vcc software I had was vcc.exe. It does the same thing that the old
> version of MESS.exe (non-gui) did. The app would open a window, the window
> would close, and the program end. Not even a error message.
>

If you want to give VCC a try, make sure you have the latest version.

http://vcc6809.bravehost.com/downloads.html

There is a note that 24 bit color is not supported.  Might want to
make sure you are not using a 24bpp video mode.

> MESSui.exe ran, but it had problems. Installing the newest version of MESS
> made the difference in both programs. Now, MESS.exe and MESSui.exe both run,
> and function correctly. I've had problems with running most PC software that
> was written for older versions of Windows.
>
> Aaron: When I went to DeVry, the courses I took were windows based. The
> lineage of Windows was part of the course. According to what I was taught,
> and this came from Microsoft, is that Windows 95 became 98 became ME became
> XP Home edition, and Windows NT became 2000 became XP Professional. XP Home
> still allows you to run software that the professional series did not allow,
> because Pro-series security was more strict.
>
> The merger of the lineages into one was Microsoft's way of bringing them
> together into one package. Since then, Windows has become Vista Pro/Home,
> and now Windows 7, which I don't know if there's a Home vs Pro edition.
>
> Wayne
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Wolfe" <aawolfe at gmail.com>
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 4:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Coco] I need copies of unmodified OS-9 disk images
>
>
> 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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