[Coco] CoCo 'Extended ADOS 3'--How do I get this working?

[Steven Wallis]

Yes ADOS 3 (the original and one with my customizations) works fine when
run directly from BASIC and also when renamed to DISK11.ROM in MESS/MAME.
I was careful when using the customizing program not to make any mistakes.

When I try Extended ADOS 3 with VCC 1.42 & VCC 2.0.1b
the startup message is fine and entering the Date, but then after a few
seconds things get screwy like the text going from true lowercase to black
on green, and it starts displaying @ symbols over and over.

If the startup message works in VCC it should work in MESS/MAME too.
Anyways I don't care about using VCC until it is more mature, I just want
to use MESS/MAME.


On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 11:10 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:

> I would first check if the (Un-Extended) ADOS-3 file works okay, which can
> be run from RAM.  You should be able to run that from the ADOS-3 disk with
> RUN"ADOS3".  (You might have to change the filename;  it's been a very long
> time...)
>
> I would also check the customizing programs to make sure that things are
> terminated properly, like the startup message.  If there's no final quote,
> or whatever it's supposed to end with, screwy things like that will happen.
>
> Art
>
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2017 at 10:26 PM, Steven Wallis <stevenw890 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone know how to get the Color Computer 3 "Extended ADOS 3"
> working?
> > Here are the steps I have done, but it isn't working properly yet.
> >
> > I'm using MESSUI64 1.87 from www.progettosnaps.net/messui/
> >
> >
> > 1. From the "ADOS 3" disk RUN"CUSTOMIZ.BAS", save your ADOS file as
> > MYFILE.BIN
> >
> > 2. Copy MYFILE.BIN file to the "Extended ADOS 3" disk.
> >
> > 3. Run "ECUST.BAS", use default settings and save it (it will use
> > EPROM.BIN).
> >
> > 4. Copy EPROM.BIN from the .DSK image to a hard drive folder.
> >
> > 5. Edit EPRON.BIN, remove the first 5 bytes and the last 5 bytes, save
> it.
> > So it is now 16,384 Bytes.
> >
> > 6. Copy EPROM.BIN into \MESS\Roms
> >
> > 7. I used HashMyFiles.zip to find the EPROM.BIN hashes.
> >     www.nirsoft.net/utils/hash_my_files.html
> >
> > 8. Edit \MESS\Hash\coco_cart.xml and add these lines near the end:
> >      <software name="extendedados3">
> >           <description>ADOS 3 Extended 1</description>
> >           <year>1989</year>
> >           <publisher>SpectroSystems</publisher>
> >           <info name="developer" value="SpectroSystems" />
> >           <info name="author" value="Arthur J. Flexser" />
> >           <info name="serial" value="26-9991" />
> >           <part name="cart" interface="coco_cart">
> >                <dataarea name="rom" size="16384">
> >                     <rom name="EPROM.BIN" size="16384" crc="7f0edf28"
> > sha1="6ca61e29c136ec8201492ca7f9eb050912f3582d" offset="0" />
> >                </dataarea>
> >           </part>
> >      </software>
> >
> > 9. Run MESSUI64, load EPROM.BIN into the Cartridge slot.
> >
> > 10. Start Color Computer 3 emulation.
> >
> >
> > It starts up but it is screwy. Instead of the startup message, I get 8
> > graphics characters; then the cursor shows up.
> > Only some of the Ctrl keys seem to work. Key repeat works. The new DOS
> > commands work.
> >
> > Thank you in advance!
> >
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