[Coco] XRoar Windows 8 64-Bit

[Louis Ciotti]

I renamed the files, and for some Color Basic 1.0 rom and any of the
extended color basic roms do not work.  I get the checkerboard screen.

On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 6:25 PM, Bill Pierce <ooogalapasooo at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Luis,
> Look in the PDF manual and find the proper names expected for the roms and
> rename them. I had to do this. Then just use "-machine cocous"  It will
> find the roms. Then if you want to use drivewire and the becker port,
> follow the above with "-cart-becker -becker-ip xxx.xxx.x.x -becker-port
> xxxxx". You'll need the hdbdw3bck.rom which is the Coco 2 HDBDOS rom for
> Becker port.
> Then run Drivewire and set the sam ports. This will give you a Coco 2 64k
> with HDBDOS and Drivewire.
> The Mac and Linux versions have a GUI (menu bar) at the top of the screen.
> If you want the GUI so you have a menu bar for all the options in Windows,
> email me and I'l explain how to do it and where to get the files. You'll
> have to run the 32 bit version but I haven't seen any problems with on a 64
> bit machine.
>
> Bill P
>
> Music from the Tandy/Radio Shack Color Computer 2 & 3
> https://sites.google.com/site/dabarnstudio/
> Bill Pierce
> ooogalapasooo at aol.com
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com>
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sat, Mar 9, 2013 5:13 pm
> Subject: Re: [Coco] XRoar Windows 8 64-Bit
>
>
> OK the new driver fixed the black screen problem, now to get it to load a
> rom image.
>
> I am using the following command:
>
> c:\xroar\>xroar - machine cocous -bas bas10.rom
>
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Louis Ciotti <lciotti1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > It works with the -vo sdl command line option, so I am guessing it the
> the
> > OPEN GL driver... hmmm   the computer had one of those ATI processors
> with
> > the video processor built into the processor.  I am downloading the
> latest
> > driver know.  hopefully that fixes it.
> >
> > Next question, I have the rom image in the VROAR directory, but it showed
> > the checker board screen.  The rom image is called BAS11.ROM.  Am I
> missing
> > something else?
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 9, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Ciaran Anscomb <cocomalt at 6809.org.uk
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Bill Pierce wrote:
> >> > Ciaran told me he only cross-assembled the Windows binaries and relied
> >> on
> >> > others for reports as he doesn't have a Windows machine. He runs a
> Mac.
> >>
> >> Hey now that's just insulting!  But, sadly, true...  Circumstances have
> >> made it that what I use most is a mac, with its awful space-wasting UI.
> >> ;)
> >>
> >> > The black screen sounds odd because if all else fails and XRoar starts
> >> in
> >> > "no rom" mode, it will display a "checker board" (green/red) screen
> much
> >> > like you use to see after crashing  a Coco 2 ML game.
> >>
> >> True, which says to me the video isn't working at all - the default is
> >> to use OpenGL - maybe that's the problem?  You could try running it with
> >> "-vo sdl" - if you get a small unscalable (but working) output there,
> >> it might well be that (in which case, check your OpenGL drivers?).
> >>
> >> ..ciaran
> >>
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