Downloaded the Rom...so how do I play?

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Downloaded the Rom...so how do I play?

Postby katie1981 » Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:04 pm

Hi everyone,
I just joined this site because I suddenly got nostalgic for a Tandy game I used to play as a kid. I'm not tech savvy, so I need some help. I was able to find the "rom" for the game - The Interbank Incident - and I downloaded it. The download gave me a zip file with 3 .dsk extension files. After googling what I needed to open a .dsk file, I downloaded WinImage. However, WinImage keeps telling me it can't read the files, even though the little disk icon shows up next to the file name. Any help?

Thanks!
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Re: Downloaded the Rom...so how do I play?

Postby crustyasp46 » Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:11 pm

Took the liberty of moving your topic here, viewtopic.php?f=9&t=4573 and hopefully someone will jump in to help you. I am at a loss when it comes to roms and emulators.
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Re: Downloaded the Rom...so how do I play?

Postby Dragon Mech » Thu Sep 11, 2014 6:17 am

first, the .dsk files are ment to be used with an emulator. you can find TRS emulators here http://www.theoldcomputer.com/emulators ... el-I-III-4
i hope this helps :bowser:
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Re: Downloaded the Rom...so how do I play?

Postby katie1981 » Thu Sep 11, 2014 5:12 pm

Thanks for this! I'm absolutely new to all of this. I downloaded the only Tandy emulator for Windows on the site. I did happen to find somewhere on the internet that someone suggested playing this particular game on a MESS emulator. So I downloaded one of those, too. Now, I can't figure out how to play the Rom in either of these emulator. Any suggestions on where I go from here?
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Re: Downloaded the Rom...so how do I play?

Postby Dragon Mech » Fri Sep 12, 2014 5:13 pm

which emulator did you get? i found 4 TRS-80 emulators in the Windows sub-section of the Tandy-Raido-Shack emulators section.
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Re: Downloaded the Rom...so how do I play?

Postby katie1981 » Sat Sep 13, 2014 5:49 am

It is HT1080Z. I have no clue if that was the right choice...
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Re: Downloaded the Rom...so how do I play?

Postby Dragon Mech » Sat Sep 13, 2014 7:56 am

as much as it pains me to say this. it looks like you will have to try to use the MESS emulator to play "The Interbank Incident". i would like to help you out more, but i don't know anything about MESS. i am very sorry that i'm not able to help you further. :(
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Re: Downloaded the Rom...so how do I play?

Postby Dragon Mech » Fri Oct 17, 2014 4:41 pm

BOT!!!!!!!! someone start swinging that Ban-Hammer!!
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