MESS v0.37b9

posted in Emulator Release by dhalamar on Dec 5th, 2000

The DOS port of MESS has been updated to v0.37b9. Here's what's new:

  • New System Drivers Supported (in no particular order):
  • CoCo 2B (CoCo with a M6847T1 VDG chip) [Nate Woods]
  • EURO PC, IBMXT [PeT]
  • System Driver Changes:
  • [NC100,NC100A,NC200] Implemented serial hardware: Programs can be loaded into emulation using the NC's built in terminal program. Some characters are dropped, could be synchronization problems. XModem transfer not supported at this time. Implemented printer emulation: Documents can be printed now. [Kev Thacker]
  • [COCO 3] Basics of mid-frame video mode changing made. Crystal City runs a bit better, but some timing is still probably off. Hi-res text will now display the underline in the proper place when the lines per row is not 8. Lo-res font now skewed one scanline, as was the original machine. Fixed Composite Monitor colors. [Nate Woods]
  • [COCO & COCO 3] Fixed the border colors when POKE 65314, [64-79;88-95] is invoked. [Nate Woods]
  • [ORIC] fixed a bug in microdisc memory paging. Some discs start to boot now. Added a dipswitch to enable/disable microdisc interface [Kev Thacker]
  • [PC & compatibles] repartitioned, several problems fixed, major rewrite of graphic subsytems (dirtybuffering disabled temporary), Tandy 1000HX now uses EURO PC'S fontrom for acceptable displayment of its 8x9 characters, EURO PC supports CGA and MDA/Hercules (adjust it in its emulated setup) [PeT]
  • Other Changes:
  • The core is based on MAME 0.37b9. This incorporates all features of the update to this core. [MAME team]
  • The M6847 interfaces were given a facelift, and now more correctly mimic the signals on the chip. [Nate Woods]

You can download it from, apporopriately enough, the MESS section.