[Coco] MESS needs a C++ programmer dedicated to the Coco

[Robert Gault]

As you users of MESS know, changes come so fast that our portion of the 
emulation gets lost in the dust. There apparently no longer is anyone on the 
MESS team that spends any significant time on Coco emulation unless there is a 
major crash. As a result, the most recent versions of MESS don't work as well as 
older ones. Unfortunately, older versions are missing some of the corrections 
found in more recent versions.

As Tveo's recent message demonstrates there are Coco enthusiasts who can handle 
the MESS source code. I, for one, can't so am unable to make some of the 
changes/corrections currently needed.
For example, if you mount a custom disk ROM in the cart slot, it prevents disk 
I/O or the smartwatch functions from working. The fdc index bit reporting for 
type I and IV commands no longer works. MESS no longer permits ignoring ROMs 
with crc's that don't match the standards built into the driver code. We need 
support for acceptance of new entries in the hash files .hsi or .xml so that 
custom disk ROMs or even game paks no on these lists can be used.

Any takers? There is a MESS BBS at
http://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=1