Difference between revisions of "MAME"

Latest revision as of 20:22, 24 February 2023

MESS (Multiple Emulator Super System) is a multi-system emulator which emulates more than 400 computer systems, many of them from the good old days of the Home Computers. Among them are also a number of TI platforms:

TI-99/2 (24K and 32K ROM version)
TI-99/4, 50 Hz and 60 Hz
TI-99/4A, 50 Hz and 60 Hz
TI-99/4QI, 50 Hz and 60 Hz
TI-99/8
Geneve 9640

A number of peripherals are also emulated, ranging from various disk controllers (up to HFDC), to serial interfaces, USB interface, IDE interface, HSGPL, and also SGCPU.

The emulator is freely downloadable from mamedev.org as a pre-built binary for Windows systems, and as a source zip archive for all platforms.

You can download and work on the MAME source codes, since all MAME components have been relicenced under an open-source licence (BSD or GPL). If you want to contribute, you should get in contact with the maintainers, though. A good location for that is the MESS message board.

I would be happy to see more people from the TI community helping to improve the TI emulation in MESS.

Installing and setup

Using

Features of the TI and Geneve emulation in MAME
Working with the TI/Geneve emulation
Cartridges
Media handling
Built-in debugger
TIImageTool - a GUI-based image manager

Questions and Troubleshooting

Some help for MESS Troubleshooting.
Frequently Asked Questions related to the TI/Geneve emulation in MESS.
Change MESS menu mode key from Scroll Lock to another key
Hassle with the MESS keyboard modes

Details

Basics: Emulation and Simulation
Get a look under the hood of MESS
The cartridge system of MESS
Programmer's Guide to MESS
MAME version history with features, fixes, and regressions list
RS232 emulation
MAME Internals
Floppy sound emulation

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 * [https://www.mizapf.de/en/ti99/mame/buildmame Building MAME] from source
 * [https://www.mizapf.de/ti99/mame/winstmame Installing on Windows systems]
-* [[Installing MAME on Linux|Installing on Linux systems]]
 * [https://www.mizapf.de/en/ti99/mame/ Getting the ROMs]
 * [[Setting up the HSGPL for MAME]]
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 ==Using==
-* [http://mess.redump.net/mess:howto The Official MESS User's Manual]
+* [https://www.ninermame.org/info/scope Features of the TI and Geneve emulation in MAME]
-* [[General MESS features]]
-* [[Features of the TI and Geneve emulation in MESS]]
 * [[MAME TI emulation usage|Working with the TI/Geneve emulation]]
-* [[Tools for MESS|Tools]]
 * [[MESS and TI cartridges|Cartridges]]
 * [[MESS media handling|Media handling]]
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 * Some help for [[MESS Troubleshooting]].
 * [[MESSFAQ | Frequently Asked Questions]] related to the TI/Geneve emulation in MESS.
-* [https://www.mizapf.de/en/ti99/mame Change MESS menu mode key] from Scroll Lock to another key
+* [https://www.ninermame.org/using/keyboard/uimodekey Change MESS menu mode key] from Scroll Lock to another key
 * Hassle with the [[MESS keyboard modes]]
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 * Basics: [[Emulation and Simulation]]
-* [[Guided tour through MESS|Get a look under the hood of MESS]] <span style="font-weight:bold; color:red">NEW</span>
+* [[Guided tour through MESS|Get a look under the hood of MESS]]
 * The [[MESS cartridge handling|cartridge system]] of MESS
 * Programmer's Guide to MESS
 * [https://www.mizapf.de/ti99/mame/changes MAME version history] with features, fixes, and regressions list
-* [[MESS issues and non-issues | MESS issues]]
 * [https://www.ninermame.org/details/serialconn RS232 emulation]
-* [[MESS Work in progress]]
 * [[MAME Internals]]
 * [[MAME Floppy sound emulation | Floppy sound emulation]]