How to Run Logo Blocks .lisp Files

Programs/things needed installed:

• MAME (Multi Arcade Machine Emulator): see the website for installers:
  • https://www.mamedev.org/
  • IMPORTANT: Make sure you have downloaded and installed MAME before downloading the following files. For the rest of this tutorial, I will assume you installed MAME into a directory called /mame/.
• MacOS 7.6.1 .chd file: extract this .zip and place mac761.chd into the /mame/ directory:
  • mac761.zip
• Various ROM and firmware images: download the following two files and simply place the .zips themselves in the /mame/roms/ directory:
  • nb_image.zip
  • maciici.zip
• Logo Blocks Disk Files (courtesy of CST1229): download and extract this .zip's contents into /mame/:
  • LB_Disk_Files.zip

Steps:

1. Check, double-check, and triple-check that you have downloaded, extracted, and placed everything above in the correct directories.
2. Open your /mame/ folder in Windows Explorer. Click on the Explorer address bar (at the top), type cmd, and press Enter.
3. In the command prompt, copy and paste the following command (assuming you have all files placed correctly): mame maciici -hard1 mac761.chd -ramsize 32M -nbc image -disk MCL2.dsk -nbd image -disk2 LogoBlocks.dsk (Letter case matters!) Press Enter.
4. (Optional) If a pop-up says "Press any key to continue", repeatedly press any key until the screen turns black and you hear a beep.
5. Wait for MacOS to boot up. From my experience, this can take up to 5 minutes.
6. (Optional) Press Alt and Enter at the same time to toggle windowed mode.
7. Click and hold on the display icon on the bottom-left with a vertical white bar in it.
8. Drag your mouse to "256 Colors" and let go of left-click.
9. Boom! Now you have COLOR!
10. Locate and double-click the "LogoBlocks" disk on the desktop.
11. Locate and double-click the file you want to run. Then wait a few seconds.
12. Click and hold on the "Eval" menubar option at the top-left of the screen.
13. Drag your mouse to "Eval Buffer" and let go of left-click.
14. Locate the main window; it should say Eval Buffer... on its bottom bar.
15. This process takes about a minute. Pay attention to the "Listener" window and wait until a second question mark appears.
16. (Optional) In the case of running tiles421.lisp, you'll need to click and hold on the "File" menu at the top-left of the screen.
17. (Optional, cont'd.) Drag your mouse to "New Logo Window" and let go of left-click.