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Reged: 04/02/18
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Loc: Buffalo Grove, IL
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Re: DEC Rainbow 100
04/02/18 03:03 PM
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> > I am looking for help with emulation for the DEC Rainbow 100. > > > It appears to still be work in progress since there are needed roms still not yet > dumped and supported in MAME from some of the Rainbow computer systems. > > > comments within the rainbow.cpp source file do provide some informative > instructions. > > https://git.redump.net/mame/tree/src/mame/drivers/rainbow.cpp > > COMP(1982, rainbow100a, rainbow, 0, rainbow, rainbow100b_in, rainbow_state, 0, > "Digital Equipment Corporation", "Rainbow 100-A", MACHINE_IS_SKELETON) > COMP(1983, rainbow, 0, 0, rainbow, rainbow100b_in, rainbow_state, 0, "Digital > Equipment Corporation", "Rainbow 100-B", MACHINE_IMPERFECT_GRAPHICS | > MACHINE_IMPERFECT_COLORS) > COMP(1985, rainbow190, rainbow, 0, rainbow, rainbow100b_in, rainbow_state, 0, > "Digital Equipment Corporation", "Rainbow 190-B", MACHINE_NOT_WORKING | > MACHINE_IMPERFECT_COLORS) > > > > I have the ROMs and disk > > image files for MS-DOS and CP/M. Now I am trying to get other software to run on it > besides > > just booting an operating system. I can download software for the DEC Rainbow 100, > but they > > are copies of the files from the original disks. How do I convert them to a Teledisk > image > > file (.TD0), so I can use them in MAME? > > Some programs are already recognized and supported in MAME in the rainbow software > hash file. I don't know if anyone else is in process of adding more Rainbow software > entries in the Rainbow hash file at this time. > > > https://git.redump.net/mame/tree/hash/rainbow.xml > > > for other Rainbow stuff, the thread to really visit is on Bannister's site. > > > http://forums.bannister.org//ubbthreads.php?ubb=postlist&Board=1&page=1 > > > The specific Rainbow thread in order to post questions and possibly get answers > would be in this specific thread because there are a few Rainbow users that can > answer questions. Even though some of the posters are also here on MW, you should > have better luck there in that thread compared to here imo. If not registered there > yet, give it time in case you decide to register there to ask Rainbow questions. iirc > It might take a while for new registers to get added on Bannister's users list, but > that is where you might have Rainbow questions answered. > > > -- > Requirements? > http://forums.bannister.org//ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=75773#Post75773 > > by rfka01 > > > http://forums.bannister.org//ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=75773&page=45 > --
Thank you for all of this information. Some I already knew and some I will look through.
I registered on Bannister several days ago and my account has not been approved yet.
I think the only problem I have is taking the files that I can download and converting them to a Teledisk image. once they are in .TD0 format I should be able to mount them, but I have been having trouble converting them. I tried using DOS Box to trick Teledisk into thinking a folder on my hard drive that contians Zork, for example, was my A: drive, but it said it could not read the disk.
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