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06215 Misc. Minor Always May 18, 2016, 16:58 Jun 11, 2016, 09:55
Tester demotester View Status Public Platform MESS (Unofficial Binary)
Assigned To Robbbert Resolution Fixed OS Windows XP
Status [?] Resolved Driver
Version 0.173 Fixed in Version 0.175 Build Normal
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Summary MESS-specific 06215: sorcererd: Refuse to load some cpm programs!
Description Have been testing / comparing the disk emulation of JSorcerer Stand alone emu and MAME/MESS sorcererd driver.
JSorcerer Stand alone emulator - http://www.liaquay.co.uk/sorcerer/instructions.html

Both emus boot CPM disk fine with >GO BC00 from Monitor!
But there is a problem; MESS refuse to load programs: EXBASIC, MBASIC, OBASIC, that loads / works fine in JSorcerer emu!

As there exist a source code of JSorcerer Stand alone emu, hope it might be of help to improve the sorcererd driver disk emulation.
http://www.liaquay.co.uk/sorcerer/sorcerer-1.30.zip (or http://www.liaquay.co.uk/sorcerer/ - see on page bottom)
It would be nice to see the MESS sorcererd driver disk emu to behave the same as JSorcerer disk emu! (if possible)
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There are some .COM files on CPM disk that need Standard Basic cartridge to be enabled / attached!
For example files like: BASIC, BASIC1, BASIC2, CALENDAR, DISKBAS, LIBINDEX and TOUCH.

So, run the CPM in MESS sorcered driver with Standard Basic cartridge attached, then in basic type BYE,
in Monitor type >GO BC00 to load CP/M, in CP/M type (for example) BASIC1, then in basic type RUN.

This works fine in MESS. (nice)
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No.12705
demotester
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May 24, 2016, 17:40
Thanks Robbert for accepting the job! (no need to hurry, take your time as needed)
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No.12752
Robbbert
Senior Tester
Jun 10, 2016, 05:24
Any file larger than 16k will not load from disk. The first 16k loads ok, then it hangs.

Reason not known.
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No.12753
demotester
Tester
Jun 10, 2016, 08:48
Regardless, thanks for the effort ! :)
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No.12754
Robbbert
Senior Tester
Jun 11, 2016, 09:08
Fixed. EXBASIC, MBASIC, OBASIC all run fine.
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No.12755
demotester
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Jun 11, 2016, 09:55
Great, thank you very much !