vj on OS X

[duMaurier]

I'm trying to get VJ to run on Mac OS 10.2, the app launches but I'll I get is a green screen and nothing else.

I have forgotten something or is my 3 year old Mac choking on the emulator?

On side note, you guys rock for putting this effort into my favorite defunct console.

[Adam Green]

Your rom is probably gzipped or you don't have the bios file (use the -nobios command switch). Read the readme for more details about the bios, and gzip support will be in the next release.

[duMaurier]

I unzipped the games and I do have the bios which I put in the bios folder. I'll try again with your nobios suggestion.

Thanks for the speedy response.

[duMaurier]

Okay, I've tried numerous copies of jagboot.rom and my game roms are uncompressed and in the same folder as the VJ, but when I try the command line I get this: ./vj: No Match
Odd.

I've also tried dragging the emulator and game rom directly onto a terminal window and this manages to start it but again I get the green screen.

I know you're all working hard on the next release but any help would be appreciated.

[nwagenaar]

I think there was a bug in the Q&D GUI code. It's possible you need to do the following :

./vj ./

Make sure you put the uncompressed BIOS in the ./bios folder. Try running ./vj romfilename.jag and see if it works.

There are a handfull of rom images which don't work at all.

Regards,

Niels Wagenaar

[duMaurier]

Now when I use the command ./vj romname.jag I get a message saying 'command not found.' The only way I can get partial launch is by dragging the vj file and the rom directly onto a Terminal window. The console log says it failed to load the boot rom.

When you say to put to bios in the ./bios folder I'm assuming you mean the folder that had the README saying "put jagboot.rom here (128k)" or something to that effect.

Do I just have a bad boot room or am I missing something else? Should I be using X11 instead of Terminal.app? Do I need to be logged in as root?

Again, thanks for the help.

[Adam Green]

You need to change your directory to the directory that virtual jaguar is in, for example: "cd ~/virtualjaguar/" (without the quotes) if the folder is called virtualjaguar in your home directory.

[duMaurier]

I have little to no experience with the Terminal. It works now. Thanks.

[duMaurier]

Just an update. Every game I've tried works well if a little slow. But what do you expect from a 3 years old Mac with a G3 450 in it?

What is the Memmdump.bin file that is created in VJ folder? It seems to break the boot rom until it's deleted and the I change the directory again. Or is this just the same voodoo nonsense as deleting prefs to fix problems?

Anyway, fantastic work guys. I can't believe how well this works.