Running GemQuest Using trs80gp under Windows

This shows how using Windows, you can launch the trs80gp emulator, and then run GEMQUEST/CMD directly.

Running GemQuest Using trs80gp on a Mac or Linux

The trs80gp emulator appears to work well under WINE, which is an environment for running Windows apps on Mac or Linux. I spent a couple of hours playing GemQuest on my Mac using the friendly WINE wrapper called PlayOnMac.

Mac Instructions

Here are step-by-step instructions that worked for me:

1. Download PlayOnMac, a friendly wrapper for running WINE on MacOS
2. In PlayOnMac, click Configure
3. In the PlayOnMac configuration window, click New to make a new virtual drive.
4. Go through the Wizard, choosing "32 bits windows installation", and the SYSTEM version of WINE.
5. Name the virtual drive "trs80" or whatever you like.
6. Back in the PlayOnMac configuration window, click on your newly-made virtual drive, then click the Miscellaneous tab and click Open virtual drive's directory.
7. Double-click on the drive_c folder, and copy both trs80gp.exe and GEMQUEST.CMD there.
8. Back in the PlayOnMac configuration window, click the General tab, and click Make a new shortcut from this virtual drive.
9. When you are asked to choose a file for PlayOnMac to make a shortcut, select trs80gp.exe and click Next.
10. Name the shortcut GemQuest, and click Next.
11. Then click I don't want to make another shortcut and click Next.
12. Click on the GemQuest shortcut in the left-hand pane.
13. In the Arguments field, type C:\GEMQUEST.CMD
14. Now PlayOnMac should have created a shortcut called GemQuest.app that runs GemQuest inside trs80gp

Linux Instructions

If you use Linux, you're not looking for step-by-step instructions, right? it should be good enough to know that trs80gp works well under WINE :-)