Tesla PMD-85 computer in RetroPie?

[Folly]

@ladba1975

Goto the cli and do the next command :
(here we check if the file is present and what sha1 checksum it has to confirm it's the correct file)

sha1sum RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/add-mamedev-systems.sh

It should output this :
e2a33576c0a548692b10d3f636f9c85594841f04 RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/supplementary/add-mamedev-systems.sh

[ladba1975]

@folly Thanks. I have checked it - and there is no such a file on my PI. I am attaching the list of all files in that folder...

[Folly]

@ladba1975

Be sure your have an internet connection try to do the curl command again.
Then check again if the file exists.

You can also download the whole package here https://github.com/FollyMaddy/RetroPie-Share
(click on code and you can download it)
Then just extract it and search the file and copy it to the correct path, like you would when copying roms to your PI.

[ladba1975]

@folly Thank you! It is working! Thank you very much for all your help!

[Folly]

@ladba1975

Nice to hear it working !
Hope many more games will work.
Let us know.

[Folly]

double message removed

[ladba1975]

@folly There is very useful information about games/programs for PMD-85 at https://pmd85.borik.net/wiki/Download . For example, I want to play "ZABY" game (Frogger) - the game information is in "Other" section on the web page. I am attaching image. I tried to load it with MGLD 01, but it appeared as "09 ZABY", so I tried itagain with MGLD 09, because "09" is the number which was used for storing this game on the tape. After loading, nothing happens - this game is not "autorun". I had to write command JUMP 1500 to run it, because this address "1500" is specified in column "spustenie" which means "to run" in English...

[Folly]

@ladba1975

Good info ;-)

I will have a look.

The hash file says :
<software name="zaby" supported="partial"><!-- loads but does nothing -->

Are you able to play ?
I can get the same screen as you do but I can't play.

BTW. I now see that the JUMP commands are also in the hash file.

[Folly]

@ladba1975

I have a working boulderdash from "pmd85emu_games_vbg".

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@Folly OLD THREAD REVIVE!

I'm trying to get this system running, but I'm getting nowhere.

I installed it with your script as usual and the games show up in EmulationStation.

I've got PMD851.ZIP in the BIOS folder, containing PMD85-1.BAS and PMD85-1.BIN.

I've got the gamelist game files in the ROMS folder and I'm trying to run one that works according to this thread - Manic Miner.

But I keep getting dumped straight back to EmulationStation with this log:

Parameters: 
Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg.add'|'/dev/shm/retroarch.cfg -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so 'pmd851  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/manicmin.zip"' --verbose
[INFO] RetroArch 1.8.8 (Git 9552f87)
[INFO] Redirecting save file to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/manicmin.srm".
[INFO] Redirecting save state to "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/manicmin.state".
[INFO] === Build =======================================
[INFO] Capabilities:  NEON VFPv3 VFPv4
[INFO] Built: Nov  2 2020
[INFO] Version: 1.8.8
[INFO] Git: 9552f87
[INFO] =================================================
[INFO] Loading dynamic libretro core from: "/opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so"
[INFO] [Overrides] core-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME/MAME.cfg.
[INFO] [Overrides] no content-dir-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME/pmd851.cfg.
[INFO] [Overrides] no game-specific overrides found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME/manicmin.cfg.
[INFO] Config: appending config "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME/MAME.cfg"
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_VARIABLES.
[INFO] Per-Game Options: game-specific core options found at /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config/MAME/manicmin.opt
[INFO] [Remaps]: remap directory: /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851
[INFO] [Environ]: GET_LOG_INTERFACE.
[INFO] [Environ]: SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS".
[libretro INFO] SYSTEM_DIRECTORY: /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS
[INFO] [Environ]: CORE_ASSETS_DIRECTORY: "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/downloads".
[libretro INFO] CONTENT_DIRECTORY: /home/pi/.config/retroarch/downloads
[libretro INFO] SAVE_DIRECTORY: pmd851  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_PIXEL_FORMAT: XRGB8888.
[INFO] Content loading skipped. Implementation will load it on its own.
[libretro INFO] Joystick map: disabled
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:
[INFO] Skipping SRAM load..
[INFO] Version of libretro API: 1
[INFO] Compiled against API: 1
[libretro INFO] Joystick map: disabled
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: width=640 height=480
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: max_width=640 max_height=480
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: aspect_ratio = 1.333333
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: fps = 60.000000 sample_rate = 48000.000000
[INFO] [Cheats]: Load game-specific cheatfile: /home/pi/.config/retroarch/cheats/MAME/manicmin.cht
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [Video]: Video @ 1920x1080
[INFO] [Video]: Starting threaded video driver ...
[INFO] [DRM]: Found 1 connectors.
[INFO] [DRM]: Connector 0 connected: yes
[INFO] [DRM]: Connector 0 has 30 modes.
[INFO] [DRM]: Connector 0 assigned to monitor index: #1.
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 0: (1920x1080) 1920 x 1080, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 1: (1920x1080) 1920 x 1080, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 2: (1920x1080) 1920 x 1080, 50 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 3: (1680x1050) 1680 x 1050, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 4: (1600x900) 1600 x 900, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 5: (1280x1024) 1280 x 1024, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 6: (1280x1024) 1280 x 1024, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 7: (1440x900) 1440 x 900, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 8: (1280x800) 1280 x 800, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 9: (1152x864) 1152 x 864, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 10: (1280x720) 1280 x 720, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 11: (1280x720) 1280 x 720, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 12: (1280x720) 1280 x 720, 50 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 13: (1024x768) 1024 x 768, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 14: (1024x768) 1024 x 768, 70 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 15: (1024x768) 1024 x 768, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 16: (832x624) 832 x 624, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 17: (800x600) 800 x 600, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 18: (800x600) 800 x 600, 72 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 19: (800x600) 800 x 600, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 20: (800x600) 800 x 600, 56 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 21: (720x576) 720 x 576, 50 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 22: (720x480) 720 x 480, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 23: (720x480) 720 x 480, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 24: (640x480) 640 x 480, 75 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 25: (640x480) 640 x 480, 73 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 26: (640x480) 640 x 480, 67 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 27: (640x480) 640 x 480, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 28: (640x480) 640 x 480, 60 Hz
[INFO] [DRM]: Mode 29: (720x400) 720 x 400, 70 Hz
[INFO] [GL]: Found GL context: kms
[INFO] [GL]: Detecting screen resolution 1920x1080.
[INFO] [EGL] Found EGL client version >= 1.5, trying eglGetPlatformDisplay
[INFO] [EGL]: EGL version: 1.4
[INFO] [EGL]: Current context: 0xa3539bf0.
[INFO] [KMS]: New FB: 1920x1080 (stride: 7680).
[INFO] [GL]: Vendor: Broadcom, Renderer: V3D 4.2.
[INFO] [GL]: Version: OpenGL ES 3.1 Mesa 19.3.2.
[INFO] [GL]: Using resolution 1920x1080
[INFO] [GL]: Default shader backend found: glsl.
[INFO] [Shaders]: preset directory: /home/pi/.config/retroarch/config
[INFO] [Shaders]: preset directory: /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/
[INFO] [Shaders]: preset directory: /home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/presets
[INFO] [Shader driver]: Using GLSL shader backend.
[WARN] [GL]: Stock GLSL shaders will be used.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL vertex shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Found GLSL fragment shader.
[INFO] [GLSL]: Linking GLSL program.
[INFO] [GL]: Using 4 textures.
[INFO] [GL]: Loaded 1 program(s).
[INFO] [udev]: Keyboard #0 (/dev/input/event0).
[INFO] [udev]: Keyboard #1 (/dev/input/event3).
[INFO] [udev]: Mouse #0 (/dev/input/event7).
[INFO] [udev]: Mouse #1 (/dev/input/mouse0).
[INFO] [udev]: Plugged pad: USB Gamepad  (121:17) on port #0.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #0 (/dev/input/event8) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [udev]: Plugged pad: USB Gamepad  (121:17) on port #1.
[INFO] [udev]: Pad #1 (/dev/input/event9) supports 0 force feedback effects.
[INFO] [Joypad]: Found joypad driver: "udev".
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Video]: Found display server: null
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/2xsal-level2-crt.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/2xsal.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/2xScaleHQ.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/barrel-distortion.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/barrel-distortion_lanczos4.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/barrel-distortion_phosphor.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/barrel-distortion_snes.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/Brighter-with_Contrast.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/bsnes_gamma_ramp.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/crt-pi-curvature-vertical.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/crt-pi-curvature.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/crt-pi-vertical.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/crt-pi.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/gameboy-screen-grid.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/gameboy.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/gameboy2.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/gba-color.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2x&lcd3x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2x2.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2x_lcd3x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2x_phosphor.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2xwaterpaint.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq2xwaterpaintscanline.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq4x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/hq4x_lcd3x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/kawase_glow.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/nds-color.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/nds.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/nedi.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/palm-color.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/phosphor.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/psp-color.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/retroarch.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/sharp-bilinear-2x-prescale.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/sharp-bilinear-scanlines.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/sharp-bilinear-simple.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes2.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_hq2x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_hq2xwaterpaint.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_hq2xwaterpainthicontrast.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_hq2xwaterpaintscanline.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_lcd3x.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_phosphor.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_scanline.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/snes_waterpaint.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/stock.glsl"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/super-2xsai.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/super-eagle.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/vba-color.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/xbr-lv1-noblend.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/zfast_crt_curve.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/zfast_crt_curve_vertical.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/zfast_crt_standard.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/zfast_crt_standard_vertical.glslp"
[INFO] Found shader "/home/pi/.config/retroarch/shaders/zfast_lcd_standard.glslp"
[INFO] [ALSA]: Using signed 16-bit format.
[INFO] [ALSA]: Period size: 768 frames
[INFO] [ALSA]: Buffer size: 3072 frames
[INFO] [ALSA]: Can pause: no.
[INFO] [Menu]: Found menu display driver: "gl".
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Menu]: Found menu display driver: "gl".
[INFO] [LED]: LED driver = 'null' 0x4b477c
[INFO] [MIDI]: Initializing ...
[INFO] [MIDI]: Input disabled.
[INFO] [MIDI]: Output disabled.
[INFO] [MIDI]: Initialized "alsa" driver.
[INFO] Loading history file: [/opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/content_history.lpl].
[INFO] Loading history file: [/opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/content_music_history.lpl].
[INFO] Loading history file: [/opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/content_video_history.lpl].
[INFO] Loading history file: [/opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/content_image_history.lpl].
[INFO] Loading favorites file: [/opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/content_favorites.lpl].
[libretro INFO] Starting game:pmd851  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/manicmin.zip"
[libretro WARN] Driver manicmin not found -1
[libretro ERROR] Driver not found manicmin
[libretro INFO] Game name: pmd851, Game description: PMD-85.1
[libretro ERROR] System not found: pmd851
[libretro INFO] Game name: pmd851, Game description: PMD-85.1
[libretro INFO] Creating frontend for game: manicmin
[libretro INFO] Softlists: 0
Unknown system 'manicmin'
 
"manicmin" approximately matches the following
supported machines (best match first):
 
maniac            Maniac                        (Ideal Toy Corporation, 1979)
macii             Macintosh II                  (Apple Computer, 1987)
machiman          Machine Man                   (Bandai, 1984)
maciix            Macintosh IIx                 (Apple Computer, 1988)
mapacman          Pac-Man (Micro Arcade)        (Super Impulse, 2017)
mathmagi          Mathemagician                 (APF Electronics Inc., 1980)
maciihmu          Macintosh II (w/o 68851 MMU)  (Apple Computer, 1987)
magic6            Magic 6                       (<unknown>, 1993)
magnum            Magnum                        (Dulmont, 1983)
majgnc            Golden Nugget Casino          (Majesco / JungleTac, 200?)
famitwin          Famicom Twin                  (Sharp, 1986)
maciici           Macintosh IIci                (Apple Computer, 1989)
maciicx           Macintosh IIcx                (Apple Computer, 1989)
maciifx           Macintosh IIfx                (Apple Computer, 1990)
maciisi           Macintosh IIsi                (Apple Computer, 1990)
maciivi           Macintosh IIvi                (Apple Computer, 1993)
[libretro INFO] RES:5
[libretro INFO] MAIN FIRST
[libretro INFO] Joystick map: disabled
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_INPUT_DESCRIPTORS:
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: width=640 height=480
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: max_width=640 max_height=480
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: aspect_ratio = 1.333333
[libretro INFO] AV_INFO: fps = 60.000000 sample_rate = 48000.000000
[INFO] [Environ]: SET_SYSTEM_AV_INFO.
[INFO] [Audio]: Set audio input rate to: 48000.00 Hz.
[INFO] [ALSA]: Using signed 16-bit format.
[INFO] [ALSA]: Period size: 768 frames
[INFO] [ALSA]: Buffer size: 3072 frames
[INFO] [ALSA]: Can pause: no.
[INFO] [Menu]: Found menu display driver: "gl".
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [Font]: Using font rendering backend: stb-unicode.
[INFO] [LED]: LED driver = 'null' 0x4b477c
[INFO] [MIDI]: Initializing ...
[INFO] [MIDI]: Input disabled.
[INFO] [MIDI]: Output disabled.
[INFO] [MIDI]: Initialized "alsa" driver.
[INFO] Game focus is: : off.
[WARN] [udev]: Mouse grab/ungrab feature unavailable.
[libretro INFO] ChangeAV: w:640 h:480 ra:1.333333.
/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh: line 1319: 17147 Segmentation fault      /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg.add'|'/dev/shm/retroarch.cfg -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so 'pmd851  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/manicmin.zip"' --verbose
 

Any guesses?

[Folly]

@JimmyFromTheBay

Works here with mame and lr-mess, no problem at least for the regular basename and -cass runcommands I used.

Something doesn't add up.
You have mess_libretro.so whereas mine uses mamemess_libretro.so
Do you use a very old lr-mess binary and or script ?

The runcommand lr-mess-pmd851-cass you used is the same as I used except that yours has mess_libretro.so in it.

Does standalone mame work ?

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@Folly I haven't updated MESS (or lr-mame) since it became "mamemess", because I can't face editing literally about 100 different EMULATORS.CFG files. I would very much like to throw whoever made that change down a well :(

So after I installed the PMD85 via your (old) script, I had to change all the mentions of "mamemess" back to "mess" or it crashed much worse. At least now it TRIES to run, and I don't see why it's failing. All the other systems I installed with your script (all using "mess" rather than "mamemess") still work fine.

[Folly]

@JimmyFromTheBay said in Tesla PMD-85 computer in RetroPie?:

@Folly I haven't updated MESS (or lr-mame) since it became "mamemess", because I can't face editing literally about 100 different EMULATORS.CFG files.

It shouldn't be that hard to change as I once made a command that will do that in seconds.
However be prepared that somehow your OS will soon be out of date too for the very latest mame and probably lr-mess.
Perhaps the time will come soon to make a whole new image.

So after I installed the PMD85 via your (old) script, I had to change all the mentions of "mamemess" back to "mess" or it crashed much worse.

Indeed it will crash as it can't find the emulator core under that name.

At least now it TRIES to run, and I don't see why it's failing. All the other systems I installed with your script (all using "mess" rather than "mamemess") still work fine.

Here is the deal :
Always try with standalone mame first.
If that works you know your roms are correct and you can move to lr-mess.
So first let me know if standalone mame works or not.

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@Folly said in Tesla PMD-85 computer in RetroPie?:

Indeed it will crash as it can't find the emulator core under that name.

But why wouldn't it, as it's still there from before, running all the other emulators I installed from your script in the same way?

[Folly]

@JimmyFromTheBay said in Tesla PMD-85 computer in RetroPie?:

@Folly said in Tesla PMD-85 computer in RetroPie?:

Indeed it will crash as it can't find the emulator core under that name.

But why wouldn't it, as it's still there from before, running all the other emulators I installed from your script in the same way?

You told me that it crashed worse when the name mamemess_libretro.so is in the runcommand.
So my reaction was :
Indeed it will crash as it can't find the emulator core under that name as yours is mess_libretro.so.

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@Folly But I edited the EMULATORS.CFG to tell it to look for mess_libretro.so (which is there, running the other systems) rather than mamemess_libretro.so (which isn't there, because I've never installed it).

This is what my EMULATORS.CFG for the PMD85-1 looks like:

lr-mess-cmd = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg.add -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so %ROM%"
lr-mess-pmd851-basename-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg.basename -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so 'mame pmd851 -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess -c -ui_active -autoframeskip -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/ '%BASENAME%''"
lr-mess-pmd851-basename-frameskip_10 = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg.basename -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so 'mame pmd851 -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess -c -ui_active -frameskip 10 -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/ '%BASENAME%''"
lr-mess-pmd851-basename = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg.basename -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so 'mame pmd851 -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess -c -ui_active -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/ '%BASENAME%''"
lr-mess-pmd851-cass-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg.add -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so 'pmd851  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess -c -ui_active -autoframeskip -cass %ROM%'"
lr-mess-pmd851-cass = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg.add -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so 'pmd851  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess -c -ui_active -cass %ROM%'"
lr-mess-pmd851-game-specific-cass-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg.add -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so 'pmd851  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess/%BASENAME% -c -ui_active -autoframeskip -cass %ROM%'"
lr-mess-pmd851-game-specific-cass = "/opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch --config /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg --appendconfig /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg.add -S /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -s /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -L /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so 'pmd851  -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851/ -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess/%BASENAME% -c -ui_active -cass %ROM%'"
lr-run_mess-pmd851-cass-autoframeskip = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg \pmd851 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame\;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851  -autoframeskip -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess -ui_active  -cass %ROM%"
lr-run_mess-pmd851-game-specific-cass-autoframeskip = "/home/pi/RetroPie-Setup/scriptmodules/run_mess.sh /opt/retropie/emulators/retroarch/bin/retroarch /opt/retropie/libretrocores/lr-mess/mess_libretro.so /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/retroarch.cfg \pmd851 /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame\;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851  -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/lr-mess/%BASENAME% -autoframeskip -ui_active  -cass %ROM%"
mame-pmd851-basename-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame\;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -c -ui_active -statename pmd851/%BASENAME% -autoframeskip pmd851  %BASENAME%"
mame-pmd851-basename-frameskip_10 = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame\;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -c -ui_active -statename pmd851/%BASENAME% -frameskip 10 pmd851  %BASENAME%"
mame-pmd851-basename = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame\;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -c -ui_active -statename pmd851/%BASENAME% pmd851  %BASENAME%"
mame-pmd851-cass-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame\;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -c -autoframeskip -ui_active -statename pmd851/%BASENAME% pmd851  -cass %ROM%"
mame-pmd851-cass = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame\;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -v -c -ui_active -statename pmd851/%BASENAME% pmd851  -cass %ROM%"
mame-pmd851-game-specific-cass-autoframeskip = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame\;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/mame/%BASENAME% -v -c -autoframeskip -ui_active -statename pmd851/%BASENAME% pmd851  -cass %ROM%"
mame-pmd851-game-specific-cass = "/opt/retropie/emulators/mame/mame -rompath /home/pi/RetroPie/BIOS/mame\;/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pmd851 -cfg_directory /opt/retropie/configs/pmd851/mame/%BASENAME% -v -c -ui_active -statename pmd851/%BASENAME% pmd851  -cass %ROM%"
default = "lr-mess-pmd851-cass"

[Folly]

@JimmyFromTheBay

I understand.

And, did standalone mame run ?
What version lr-mess do you use ?

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@Folly The PMD85 booted up in MAME, but the game didn't run when I typed MGLD 00.

[Folly]

@JimmyFromTheBay said in Tesla PMD-85 computer in RetroPie?:

@Folly The PMD85 booted up in MAME, but the game didn't run when I typed MGLD 00.

First you have to do the MGLD 00 and then you have to go into the mame menu with the tab key and go to "tape control" and press "play" in order to load the cassette.
Let me know if it works.

In the mame menu you can also find the version number.
Go to "About MAME".
Please provide them for both standalone mame and lr-mess.
For lr-mess you can use a system that works in order to get it.

I have a simple idea to let you run almost the latest lr-mess without interfering with your install.
Will test my idea first on my computer and let you know if it can work.
However I need to know what the underlying OS of your RetroPie image is.
Can you provide the output of this command ? :

lsb_release -s -i -d -r -c

[JimmyFromTheBay]

@Folly It's Raspbian 10 Buster.

And the game runs in MAME now, many thanks :)