This means it should be possible to do the same from laddie or dlplus. You do still need ts-dos to be in rom, and so you do still need a rex of any flavor or an actual plain rom.
-- bkw On Sat, Jan 7, 2023, 10:24 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> wrote: > https://www.mail-archive.com/m100@lists.bitchin100.com/msg07337.html > > I had forgotten about this. TS_DOS provides a means to load and run .CO > directly. > > Kurt sent an earlier email about how to load the CHESS.CO and CHESSX.CO > binaries that are here: > > http://www.club100.org/memfiles/index.php?&direction=0&order=&directory=Steve%20Adolph/Romulus%20chess > > Here's the key part: > > With TS-DOS running in rom and DOS active, I go to BASIC and try to run it > from the > virtual TPDD device. > RUNM "0:CHESSX.CO" > > What I get is the following > Top: 42312 > End: 56000 > Exe: 42312 > ?OM Error > > The Error means that you have an out of memory problem. BASIC can't > run the program until you clear the space for it to run. So I do > the following > Clear 0, 42312 > RUNM "0:CHESS.CO" > > > > On Sat, Jan 7, 2023 at 10:06 AM Stephen Adolph <twospru...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello all you T200 REX# owners! >> >> Attached is a couple of RAM images that contain the ROMULUS Chess >> program! They are compatible with REX# running Release 2.1. I don't know >> if they will also work with REX. Perhaps someone can give it a try! >> >> Instructions on how to load the RAM images and run the game are included >> in the attachment. >> >> Does NOT work in VirtualT. >> >> Let me know if you find any problems. >> >> If anyone is interested, it is would be possible to make a binary RAM >> image that could be loaded with some new utility. >> I can supply clean raw images, if someone wants to write a loader that >> could read the binary data into the T200 over serial. >> >> A loader in the style of Wilson Van Alst would be good. Read from TPDD >> directly into RAM, and restart. >> >> cheers >> Steve >> >> >> >>
