[Coco] XRoar 1.0 released

[Christopher R. Hawks]

On Sat, 27 Nov 2021 01:13:09 -0600
RETRO Innovations <go4retro at go4retro.com> wrote:

> On 11/26/2021 12:26 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> > On 11/26/21 12:05 PM, Allen Huffman wrote:
> >> Go here for the older ROMs:
> >>
> >> https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/ROMs/XRoar/CoCo/BASIC_OS/ 
> >> <https://colorcomputerarchive.com/repo/ROMs/XRoar/CoCo/BASIC_OS/>
> >
> > That's where I got the ones I  have from.
> >
> >>
> >> Also at the World of Dragon archive site.
> >>
> >> I had to get the coco3.rom from a different directory there as
> >> well as t he mc10 rom, but I expect now that Xroar supports those
> >> machines they will get added to the archive.
> >>
> >> Easiest way is to just copy them to the same folder as the xroar 
> >> executable but each OS has a place you can store them so when you 
> >> upgrade with a new zip file you don’t have to copy ROMs in to the 
> >> folder again.
> >>
> >
> > I put them in the directories the documentation said to use and
> > the messages I get seem to imply it is finding them.
> >
> > Has to be some other problem.
> >
> > bill
> >
> I tried this as well, and I am getting similar results for Windows.
> 
> I created ~/AppData/Local/XRoar/roms
> 
> I put in the various ROMs Allen referenced, as well as the coco3.rom
> and coco3p.com into that directory.
> 
> When I start xroar, mine boots with CC1 and 2, but if I switch to
> CC3, just a black screen.
> 
> I also tried to start via command line:
> 
> xroar -m coco3
> 
> 
> No dice.
> 
> 

xroar -v 1 -m coco3

    Will show what ROMS are being loaded and from where. (and some other
info.)

Christopher R. Hawks
HAWKSoft
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