How to set up MESS and Drivewire 4?

[ceratophyllum]

I'm using MESS 0.160 on amd64 linux.

 

So I started Drivewire 4, threw a couple of DSK image files at it and then ran

 

MESS from the command line and it says:

mess coco2
Connecting to Drivewire server on 127.0.0.1:65504... Connected!

I then selected hdbcc2.wav from here in the File Manager GUI and attached it as a cassette and then did

CLOADM:EXEC

HDB-DOS appeared to load without any problems.

 

But all I get is:

DIR
?IO ERROR

Edited April 3, 2016 by ceratophyllum

[ceratophyllum]

Figured out the problem: HDB-DOS version hell. version 1.1D and some 1.4 rom I found in a windows port of xroar did nothing at all or gave errors when I attempted to use them with Drivewire 4.

 

Only hdbdw3bck.rom from Toolshed would work. The ones from Cloud9 did not work.

md5sum of the above rom: ef750d93d24d7bc87a8ecd6e5a15a845

To get Drivewire 4 working in MESS, make sure the Becker port is enabled. (It was by default on my MESS, but check the GUI settings.)