[Coco] Help with MacMAME

[Tony Schountz]

Just getting to this after quite a long time (Mac mini M4, Apple Silicon).
I downloaded the coco3h.zip file from the CoCo archive and placed it
(coco3.rom and disk11.rom) into the "rom" folder in my (Mac) home folder
(~/roms). MAME sees the ROM file, "Color Computer 3 (NTSC)". However, when
I select it I get an error message:

"Required ROM/disk images for the selected system are missing or incorrect.
Please select the correct image or select a different system." I have also
tried all of the other coco3 roms on the archive with the same problem:

coco3.zip
coco3dw1.zip
coco3h.zipcoco3p.zip
coco3_hdb1.zip

Of course, they are all unzipped before putting them in the roms folder.
Any suggestions for how to get MAME running a CoCo3 emulator?

Thanks,

Tony

On Sat, Sep 14, 2024 at 7:49 AM Victoria Havens W9JYD via Coco <
coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:

> I’m an avid MAME user and I emulate a lot of systems including the CoCo,
> and sometimes the Apple Lisa and a few other old arcade cabinets and I have
> a Mac (M1 2020 MacBook Air). So I’ll be glad to answer this one.
>
> I have in `/Users/w9jyd` an `Emulation` folder sorted by system/console or
> emulator and I have a `mame` (I renamed it because yknow, Terminal.app)
> folder and below that, a “roms” folder. If I remember correctly, MAME will
> search the current directory (folder) to see if a `../roms` folder exists
> and will parse the files to make available in the “Available” tab in
> MAMEUI. If not, go to “Global Settings” and then arrow to “Directories” and
> then you can set the ROM directory.
>
> Or you can edit `mame.cfg` in TextEdit to set the folder.
>
> Hope this helps, if you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to ask!
>
> 73 de W9JYD, Muncie, IN, USA (EN70he)
> Victoria Havens (she/they)
> (Formerly Kevin)
>
>
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> > From: Tony Schountz <schountz at gmail.com>
> > To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts <coco at maltedmedia.com>
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> > Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 16:37:46 -0600
> > Subject: [Coco] Help with MacMAME
> > Well, I FINALLY figured out how to run MAME on my Mac and I have the
> Coco3
> > rom installed and MAME recognizes it. But I'm stuck on how to get it to
> run
> > OS9 Level II. I have a disk image but not sure where it needs to go. The
> > MAME folder is mame0261-x86 but I don't see a conspicuous location to put
> > the .dsk image files. Does anyone know how I can get around this problem?
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