Re: How to get back in the CoCo saddle?

Barry Nelson via Coco <[email protected]> Wed, 29 Apr 2026 13:27:27 -0400
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I see toolshed was mentioned, I use that on my Mac. I also use imgtool 
from MAME.
A compiled MAME binary for Mac is available from www.macmess.org
On first run, if your /usr/local/bin folder is writable, it will install 
a command line copy of the following commands:
/usr/local/bin/mame /usr/local/bin/imgtool /usr/local/bin/castool 
/usr/local/bin/chdman /usr/local/bin/floptool /usr/local/bin/romcmp

imgtool can read and write to many different types of floppy images...

imgtool - Generic image manipulation tool for use with MAME

Usage: imgtool create <format> <imagename> [--(createoption)=value]
        imgtool dir <format> <imagename> [path]
        imgtool get <format> <imagename> <filename> [newname] 
[--filter=filter] [--fork=fork]
        imgtool put <format> <imagename> <filename>... <destname> 
[--(fileoption)==value] [--filter=filter] [--fork=fork]
        imgtool getall <format> <imagename> [path] [--filter=filter]
        imgtool del <format> <imagename> <filename>...
        imgtool mkdir <format> <imagename> <dirname>
        imgtool rmdir <format> <imagename> <dirname>...
        imgtool readsector <format> <imagename> <track> <head> <sector> 
<filename>
        imgtool writesector <format> <imagename> <track> <head> <sector> 
<filename>
        imgtool identify <imagename>
        imgtool listformats
        imgtool listfilters
        imgtool listdriveroptions <format>

<format> is the image format, e.g. coco_jvc_rsdos
<imagename> is the image filename; can specify a ZIP file for image name

Example usage:
	imgtool dir coco_jvc_rsdos myimageinazip.zip
	imgtool get coco_jvc_rsdos myimage.dsk myfile.bin mynewfile.txt
	imgtool getall coco_jvc_rsdos myimage.dsk

On 2026-04-29 12:00, [email protected] wrote:
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> Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:16:57 -0400
> From: Rich Carreiro <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Coco] How to get back in the CoCo saddle?
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> I've been out of the emulation world for over 10 years and now with the 
> purchase of an ESP32 CoCo (so kinda halfway between emulation and 
> hardware) I'm looking to get back in.
> 
> Some questions:
> * Is there any software for stuff like creating disk images, etc. 
> available for Apple Silicon Macs?  Or do you pretty much have to stick 
> with Windows?
> 
> * Are there any IDEs for CoCo development?  Ideally it would be 
> something where you could develop in BASIC or in assembler and could 
> hit a button and run it (optionally under a debugger) in emulation 
> within the IDE or an auxiliary emulator that the IDE could autolaunch?  
> I assume that if such a thing exists it probably only runs on Windows?
> 
> * Related to both those questions, for times when I want to run stuff 
> on my laptop rather than real or emulated hardware, what are the 
> recommended emulators these days?  And again, anything decent available 
> on Macs or gotta stick with Windows?
> 
> If it helps, while I might be interested in NitrOS-9 some day, 
> initially I'd be wanting to do BASIC and assembler, be able to load 
> .CAS/.WAV files, and be able to read and write to .DSK files. Being 
> able to run cartridge images would be nice too.
> 
> Thanks!
> --
> Rich Carreiro
> 
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