doccabet Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I have just gotten the Coleco ADAM working using MESS in Hyperspin - a real blast from my past. The new MESS (r25923) has support for both ADAM floppies and data packs. I have made a crude XML, and modified the mess.ahk to pick the right parameters. There is also a great collection of ADAM software out there. Now I just need some nice clipart, and I'm no artist. Does anyone have any spare Coleco banners/wheels/themes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djvj Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 If you want the changes made in the module to be official, you should submit them for review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doccabet Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Its my first attempt to modify an ahk, and I'm pretty sure I just put a crutch in there. I put adam on the systems list, then added 2 lines asking if the rom file was a .ddp or a .dsk, then changing param1 accordingly. ddp files are loaded as mame64.exe adam -cass1 romname.ddp dsk files are loaded as mame64.exe adam -net4 fdc,bios=160ta -floppydisk romname.dsk If ident = adam ; Coleco ADAM If romExtension = .ddp param2 = "-cass1" ; Digital Data Pack (ddp) games Else param2 = "-net4 fdc,bios=160ta -floppydisk" ; Disk games If there's a better way to do it, I'm all for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doccabet Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 I don't know whats going on with MESS development. The ADAM floppy driver worked fine in release r25923 of MESS 0.150, but when it updated to MESS 0.151 (which should include that fix), it didn't work anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doccabet Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 My mistake, the syntax changed. you no longer need to specify the 160K disk drive bios. Now disk games are loaded with: mame64.exe adam -floppydisk romname.dsk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerojay Posted November 6, 2013 Share Posted November 6, 2013 Now get to work on an ADAM theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doccabet Posted November 6, 2013 Author Share Posted November 6, 2013 Here's the Theme I've been using. Its not very good, but I like it better than empty space Coleco ADAM.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotUP Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 mess seems to have changed again, -floppydisk is not accepted, it seems the system name should be adam_flop now instead. anyone knows how to fix the mess module? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotUP Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 hmm or not.... but atleast -floppydisk is rejected, does anyone know how to run coleco adam games in mess? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotUP Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 ok i changed -floppydisk to -flop1 in the mess module and got a bit further! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotUP Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 What is going on here? I have the required adam bios files in roms/ where i keep all my other bioses and they seem to have the correct names.. "adam adam" looks strange to me?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotUP Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 somehow... starting mess.exe with adam as argument from the commandline fixed this. i've now got mess running adam games. anyone got a nice db? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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