[Coco] CoCo Emulators

[Bill Pierce]

After looking at your sequence of events a little better...First, you never mounted a tape before saving.
You must first mount a tape with the "Browse" button. You do not need an existing tape file as VCC will create a new one from the name you type in or load an existing one, in the directory you have "browsed" to.
Basically, you recorded to thin air, then created a blank tape and tried to read it.
Tapes and the files you save on them are two different entities. in fact, one tape file can have an unlimited number of program files (or until the tape counter runs out). Just like real tapes. Emulation... ya gotta love it.

Bill P.



-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 10:53 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Emulators

Bill, the tape counter read 0.  Does VCC remember the location where the tape was last used, but still show the counter at 0 when it’s mounted?

--- Steve ---


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From: Bill Pierce via Coco
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2021 9:16 PM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Cc: Bill Pierce
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Emulators

You have to rewind the tape.

Btw, we should have VCC 2.1.0d out by April
This one will have a keymap editor for custom keymaps, plus some bug fixes.

Bill P.


-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Ostrom <smostrom7 at comcast.net>
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Fri, Mar 19, 2021 9:23 pm
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Emulators

So far I’m very impressed with VCC  2.1.0c.  The program installed (Windows objected but I said it was OK !!)  and I was able to start up ok.  I typed in a simple program, ran the program to make sure it worked ok, then saved the program to tape.  But I can’t seem to load this back in again.  Here are my steps.  Please tell me if I’m doing something wrong.

Shows normal CoCo startup screen
NEW
ENTER
Then typed in program
RUN
ENTER
It ran perfectly
Clicked Configuration tab
Clicked Config
Clicked Tape
Clicked Record
Clicked OK
CSAVE”TEST3”
ENTER
Screen pauses, then the OK prompt appears
NEW
ENTER
Clicked configuration tab
Clicked config
Clicked tape
Clicked browse tab
Typed TEST3 into the Widows search box and it finds the program
Clicked open
The tape config box now shows TEST3.cas with counter at 0
Clicked play
Clicked OK
CLOAD
ENTER
The “S” appears in the upper left, flashes, and then ends with IO ERROR

Obviously I’m doing something wrong, or am not understanding how the emulator uses the cassette drive.  Windows file manager shows the file with 1 KB size.

I’d like to figure out the problem before I try to load and use the floppy drive cartridges.

Thanks much !!

--- Steve ---


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From: Bill Pierce via Coco
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:41 AM
To: coco at maltedmedia.com
Cc: Bill Pierce
Subject: Re: [Coco] CoCo Emulators

Being an avid VCC user (and developer), I would normally suggest VCC. But being that you are dealing with PMODEs and artifact colors, I would suggest XRoar. XRoar has about the best emulation of a Coco 2 and the artifact colors are better.




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