[Blindapple] talking dos box and apple 2 ee emulator

[Mark Peveto]

Hmm, how do I enable hat?


Mark Peveto
Registered Linux user number 600552
Everything happens after coffee!

On Tue, 11 Jul 2017, Zachary Kline wrote:

> Dosemu should be in the non-free repository for Debian-based distros.
>       On Jul 11, 2017, at 8:58 AM, Mark Peveto <southernprince73 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've been trying to find dosEmu, but debian doesn't seem to have it in their repos.  Someone recommended something called qemu, but I haven't had the
> energy the last couple days to really fiddle with it.
>
> On Jul 11, 2017, at 10:11 AM, tony at baechler.net wrote:
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> All I know is what I read. Maybe they don't allow new groups. I read they were closing groups or already did. I think the existing groups will be
> archived. The talking-dosbox group has been dead for months now. I thought about moving it, but I didn't create it in the first place and there seems
> to be almost no interest as usual. Most of my projects seem to be of no interest.
>
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> To give a more helpful answer and keep this somewhat on topic, I've been playing with MAME and doing some thinking. The .ini shipped with the Apple
> MESS package doesn't use full paths, so it should work as-is in Linux or with slight modifications. The version of MESS in the Apple package is 0.149
> which is very old. MESS doesn't exist anymore. It merged with MAME. The current version of MAME is 0.187. The problem is it uses different ROMs, so
> the MESS package won't work, even on Windows. What you'd have to do is first get MAME 0.187 for Linux working. I think they provide precompiled
> binaries, but I have no idea about libraries and dependencies. I personally wouldn't install from Debian just because new releases come out so often.
> When you get it working, all you should need are the talking disks and ROM images.
>
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> I'm thinking about putting together a new release, but since Jayson did the work on the README and the initial package, I don't want to go against his
> wishes. He says he is going to put together a new package, but I don't mind helping. The current MESS package doesn't allow for upgrades. Copying the
> files over from MESS (.ini files and ROMs) to MAME won't work. There are 32-bit and 64-bit versions of MAME but no easy way to install what you want.
> My suggestion would be to redesign the package from scratch, but we'll see what Jayson wants to do. Also, finding the ROMs is very difficult.
>
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> Regarding DOSBox, I can't help you, but dosemu is almost certainly a better option on Linux. It definitely works with serial synths. You would need a
> DOS screen reader regardless.
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> On 2017-07-11 07:23, Mark Peveto wrote:
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>       Google killed groups?  The vinux group is on google, and it still seems like it's working.  What the heck made 'em decide to kill groups?
>
>       On Jul 9, 2017, at 10:54 AM, Tony Baechler <tony at baechler.net> wrote:
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>       The short answer to both is no. There was a group for Talking DOSbox but Google killed groups. You should be able to run both in Linux,
>       but no one seems to know how. I know MAME won't work without X and I would guess dosbox is the same. You're better with dosemu in Linux
>       anyway. MAME and MESS merged. The MESS Windows package won't work on MAME. Honestly, I don't care about running either on Linux so I
>       haven't tried. Kyle, are you still here? He might have got MESS to work, but he runs Arch.
>
>             On 7/8/2017 11:08 AM, Mark Peveto wrote:
>             I've seen discussion about talking dosbox on this list before, which is the only reason I've sent this message here.
>             Has anyone had any success getting talking dosbox or the apple 2 ee imulater working in linux, specifically debian?
>             Thanks.
>             Mark Peveto
>             Registered Linux user number 600552
>             Everything happens after coffee!
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