doccabet Posted November 3, 2013 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?
djvj Posted November 3, 2013 Posted November 3, 2013 If you want the changes made in the module to be official, you should submit them for review. "Computer games don't affect kids; I mean if Pac-Man affected us as kids, we'd all be running around in darkened rooms, munching magic pills and listening to repetitive electronic music."RocketLauncher's Official Home If you appreciate my work:My Apps:Window LoggerIdle Volume AdjusterExplorerRestorerRom Folder CleanerModule UpdaterMy Guides:How To Mod Guncons with Aimtrak
doccabet Posted November 3, 2013 Author 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.
doccabet Posted November 6, 2013 Author 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.
doccabet Posted November 6, 2013 Author 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
doccabet Posted November 6, 2013 Author 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
spotUP Posted December 20, 2014 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?
spotUP Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 hmm or not.... but atleast -floppydisk is rejected, does anyone know how to run coleco adam games in mess?
spotUP Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 ok i changed -floppydisk to -flop1 in the mess module and got a bit further!
spotUP Posted December 20, 2014 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?..
spotUP Posted December 22, 2014 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?
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