[Blindapple] Hello

[Bobbi Jones]

On 12/29/2013 7:49 AM, Blake Roberts wrote:
> You entered the command line correctly. Although I do not use a laptop
> keyboard, I don't think that should cause the problem that you are having.
> Other list members may have other ideas.
> Blake
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blindapple-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
> [mailto:blindapple-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Bobbi Jones
> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 11:00 PM
> To: Blind Apple Discussions
> Subject: Re: [Blindapple] Hello
>
> On 12/28/2013 9:34 PM, Blake Roberts wrote:
>> Bobbi,
>> Welcome to the BlindApple list. Are you running the emulator from the
>> command prompt rather than the Windows run dialog? If not, that might be
> why
>> the emulator is not running as expected.
>> Blake
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blindapple-bounces at bluegrasspals.com
>> [mailto:blindapple-bounces at bluegrasspals.com] On Behalf Of Bobbi Jones
>> Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2013 6:33 PM
>> To: blindapple at bluegrasspals.com
>> Subject: [Blindapple] Hello
>>
>> Hello. I'm an apple enthusiast myself. I haven't played with an apple
>> for a very long time, however, I sure miss the games. I downloaded the
>> emulator package for windows and read the readme file the best I could.
>> I can't seem to get it working. I didn't know if I wase to open the exe
>> file or not. I could use some help please? Thank you. Oh, I typed in
>> what the file said and it said I was running the emulator incorrectly
>> and it needed a specified floppy disk.
>>
> The command prompt was the first thing I tried. I typed it as follows:
> mess apple2ee -flop1 disks\egames.dsk. I'm using a lapttop keyboard.
> Would that make a difference? I won't give up til I get it to work.
> Thank you.
>
Hello. I'm still trying to get the emulator running. When I type the 
line in the command prompt, I get a message saying, "MESS in not a 
ricognizable internal or external program o and something about an 
operable batch file. Thanks

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Bobbi Jones

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