[Coco] Fwd: Xroar and the multipack

[Joel Rees]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM plt1914--- via Coco
<coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
>
> I can not find the cart mpi on the coco archives

I think MPI is built-in? At least, I have a vague memory now of that?

Which means you just add the line Ciaran gave you into the
configuration file and put any necessary .rom files in place for any
ROM paks.


> Phil Taylor
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> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Ciaran Anscomb via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Coco] Fwd: Xroar and the multipack
> > Date: April 22, 2025 at 3:22:06 AM EDT
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> > Cc: Ciaran Anscomb <cocomalt at 6809.org.uk>
> > Reply-To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> >
> > plt1914--- via Coco wrote:
> >> Hello and thank you for taking the time to help me. I loaded up xroar,
> >> clicked on Machine and selected Trs-80 Color Computer three, then I
> >> clicked on carriage then selected the Multi-Pack but the emulator is
> >> not allowing me to enable it. I was wondering if I need to download the
> >> Multi-Pack.mpl and where can I get a copy of the file from. The screen
> >> remain black after I select soft and hard reset.
> >
> > You're probably just butting up against the fact there is no GUI in
> > front of selecting what's in which slot in an MPI.
> >
> > You can put directives like this into xroar.conf:
> >
> > cart mpi
> >  mpi-load-cart 0=orch90
> >  mpi-load-cart 3=rsdos
> >  mpi-slot 3
> >
> > Which specifies which cart (by short name; use -cart help for a list)
> > is in which slot.  Here, Orchestra 90 sits in slot 0, RSDOS in slot 3.
> >
> > The mpi-slot directive is basically the switch on the MPI; here slot 3
> > will be selected by default on "power up".
> >
> > ..ciaran
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