[Coco] XRoar and Color

[johnmarkmelanie at gmail.com]

Phil,

On a CoCo3 put floppy.dsk in drive 1 (should it be 0) and type the "DOS" command. Or is it "DOS 0", "DOS 1", "DOS 2", "DOS 3"?

If I use the Virtual Color Computer (VCC) emulator, then I can use a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) file and I would type something like "DOS 255".

If you are using drive wire or a Becker port then you may be able to use a VHD file with XRoar.

-John Mark Mobley

-----Original Message-----
From: Coco <coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com> On Behalf Of Allen Huffman via Coco
Sent: Tuesday, April 2, 2024 4:10 PM
To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Cc: Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com>
Subject: Re: [Coco] XRoar and Color

> On Apr 1, 2024, at 8:04 PM, phil pt via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
> 
> 1. How do you setup XRoar to run the NitroOs9 & Coco roms?

You can boot in to a CoCo with Disk BASIC, and then mount one of the 40 track double sided disk images for NitrOS-9 and “DOS” to boot. Actually, I think you could use the 80 track disk image as well.

> 2. Does XRoar have the original RS232 Pack Rom?

I do not think XRoar emulates the Deluxe RS232 Pak. It also does not really emulate the Serial I/O bitbanger port — only enough to make ROM calls like PRINT#-2 or LLIST output thru it to a text file, if you configure it as such.

> 3. Does the RS232 Pack support the original memory address to 
> Send/Receive Data, Check if data has been received in the buffer and 
> check if Carrier detect is true or false?

See above :(
Looks like Xroar does not emulate the hardware serial port of the Dragon computer, either.

		— A



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