[Coco] Expanding 4K Coco Mem

[Dave G4UGM]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Coco [mailto:coco-bounces at maltedmedia.com] On Behalf Of Nick
> Marentes
> Sent: 02 January 2015 09:06
> To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [Coco] Expanding 4K Coco Mem
> 
> It didn't want to run under Windows 8.1 (32bit).

What error?

> 
> Some of us (me) are too dumb to understand all this Linux/Windows/Mac
> programming techno speak.
> 
> Can't we just dump the ROMS into a ROM folder in the XROAR directory?
> 

If ROAR is installed in the "Program Files" folder then by default Windows protects that, and its not easy to copy ROM images in there....


> Is there a more user friendly way to configure rather than creating and
> editing a config file? (Is there a plan for this?)
> 
> I'm not a PC computer programmer... just a dumb-ass user that just wants to
> run a program with simple pull down menu selections.
> 
> Nick
> 
> 
> On 2/01/2015 6:52 PM, Ciaran Anscomb wrote:
> > Nick Marentes wrote:
> >> So what's the best CLEAR xxxx,yyyy statement to use with the XROAR
> >> emulator to make  it act like a 4K Color Basic computer?
> >>
> >> I have Color Basic 1.0 running but it's set to 16K (?) and I'm having
> >> trouble setting it to run with less (so many menu's don't work!).
> > I think I've finally nailed the menu issue.  If you fancy a bit of
> > bleeding-edge-ness, try the latest snapshot here (don't worry that the
> > 32- & 64-bit version numbers differ, it's just down to when I built them):
> >
> > http://www.6809.org.uk/tmp/xroar/
> >
> > With the following in your "xroar.conf", you should get an extra
> > option in the "Machines" menu (and more to the point, be able to select
> it):
> >
> > machine coco4k
> >    machine-desc Tandy CoCo 4K
> >    machine-arch coco
> >    tv-type ntsc
> >    ram 4
> >    bas bas10
> >    noextbas
> >    nodos
> >
> >> I'm going to have a bash but 4K Color Basic seems a bit to "VIC 20 like"
> >> for my liking.
> > Good luck!
> >
> > BTW, in Windows, the following directories are searched for "xroar.conf":
> >
> > current working directory (e.g., dir you clicked xroar.exe)
> > %USERPROFILE%/Local Settings/Application Data/XRoar/
> > %USERPROFILE%/Application Data/XRoar/
> >
> > And if you wanted a common place to keep them, these are the
> > directories searched for ROM images:
> >
> > current working directory
> > %USERPROFILE%/Local Settings/Application Data/XRoar/roms/
> > %USERPROFILE%/Application Data/XRoar/roms/
> >
> > ..ciaran
> >
> 
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