Completely finished with the old MO5 dats. Listed below are the moved, temporarily removed and some changes I'm not too certain about. If anyone is interested, there's a text file attached with all significant changes. Note that this is still very much WIP. I suspect many of the temporarily removed and ['b] flagged images will turn out to be compatible with one of the other MOx variants.
Thomson MO5 - Various - BIN split to
Applications - BIN (4 files)
Games - BIN (2 files)
Thomson MO5 - Various - K7 split to
Applications - K7 (53 items)
Compilations - Applications (1 item)
Compilations - Educational (2 items)
Compilations - Games (5 items)
Compilations - Various (1 item)
Covertapes (2 items)
Educational (175 items)
Games - K7 (364 items)
Moved -- note that these may be moved back if dats are split by family as suggested above
ZZZ-UNK-animamo6 -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-aquanaut -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-bactron -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-bivouac -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-bobchev1 -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-bobjung1 -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-bobsf1 -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-bugmarch -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-businit -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-entropi -- moved to PC128
ZZZ-UNK-fbimo6 -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-flippard -- moved to PC128
ZZZ-UNK-gbereten -- moved to PC128
ZZZ-UNK-kya -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-mach3 -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-marche -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-passager -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-silentse -- moved to MO6
ZZZ-UNK-spacerac -- moved to MO6
Temporarily removed
Cannot identify these using MESS and have not yet found any other identifying info. These will be checked with every MO5 emulator I can find, then gone through with a hex editor, then checked against emulators for other Thomson systems. I would argue for the removal of anything left after that.
Felonies (1986)(Ere Informatique) and [a] -- both cut to a black screen a few seconds after loading, the MESS tape-loading dialog disappears (which I've not seen happen on any other image, even bad ones). MESS gives warning "the k5 has an unknown structure and may not work" but it does that for almost every image I've tested. Filenames on the tape image also look kinda weird - "?`?@?P? . ?". Not sure this even belongs in MO5.
Frontier (198x)(CDDP) - can get to title screen and no further. Can find no information about it at this time. Probably educational.
Game Over (1987)(FIL) - works fine, the title screen after loading gives the game title then "Converted by James Higgins". Not sure if this needs to be added to tags or not
Mcass (198x)(-) and Mdsk (198x)(-) - neither work, MESS gives error on loading "WARNING: this does not look like a MO or TO cassette."
T2 (198x)(-)(PD) changed to T2 (198x)(-)(FR)(PD)[b] -- contains T2.BAS and T2.BIN. Using LOAD results in an error. Using LOADM"",,R once gives an error, but using it again loads T2.BIN successfully. However, there are no visible results when running the program, and no confirmation that it actually does anything.
ZZZ-UNK-androit -- Loading with LOAD gives error 51. Loading with LOADM"",,R appears to load but continues to run beyond the length of the tape. No other identifying info at this point.
ZZZ-UNK-bobo -- as above.
ZZZ-UNK-chasseur -- Loads and runs but no title screen or other identifying information. Could change to Chasseur (19xx)(-), which is no more informative but at least avoids using ZZZ-UNK
ZZZ-UNK-crepusc -- fails to load
ZZZ-UNK-desas4 -- fails to load. "WARNING: this does not look like a MO or TO cassette". Probably part of Desassembleur - Dump et Patch v4.0 (1986)(DCsoft)
ZZZ-UNK-dieuxgli -- fails to load, loading runs longer than tape
ZZZ-UNK-dieuxmer -- as above
ZZZ-UNK-dinosaur -- as above
ZZZ-UNK-eredita -- as above
ZZZ-UNK-felonies -- see Felonies (1986)(Ere Informatique) above
ZZZ-UNK-football -- see above. Probably Football (1987)(Infogrames)[b]
ZZZ-UNK-heritag2 -- see above
ZZZ-UNK-Martiens -- runs with LOADM"",,R, but crashes out and corrupts the screen after ~2mins of loading. Probably belongs to one of the other systems.
ZZZ-UNK-menace -- loads, error on running. may be "Menace sur l'Arctique" from CHIP.
ZZZ-UNK-minediam -- fails to load, etc.
ZZZ-UNK-music3v -- loads, error on running. Most likely "Music 3V" from Loriciels
ZZZ-UNK-prohibfr -- see ZZZ-UNK-crepusc, etc.
ZZZ-UNK-prohibit -- as above
ZZZ-UNK-saphir -- as above
ZZZ-UNK-scarfi -- as above
ZZZ-UNK-snaky -- gives error while loading. Probably "Snaky" from 1990 (publisher unknown)
ZZZ-UNK-sorcery -- fails to load, etc.
ZZZ-UNK-sortileg -- as above
ZZZ-UNK-stade2 -- as above
ZZZ-UNK-tbzzz -- error while loading
ZZZ-UNK-tetris -- as above. could be any one of four known Tetris titles.
ZZZ-UNK-vampire -- see ZZZ-UNK-sorcery, etc. Probably "Vampire" from Infogrames
Uncertain changes
Histogra (1985)(FIL) changed to Histogrammes (1985)(FIL)(FR) -- While "Histogra" is the title given on the loading screen, along with the FIL copyright notice, when the programme fully loads the title screen gives the title as "Histogrammes". A lot of the CNDP images share this issue
Espagnol (19xx)(-) changed to Espagnol (198x)(Nathan)(FR)[m single tape] -- looks like a modified version of the existing three-tape set. Placed in Educational for now, not sure if it belongs in Compilations - Educational
Ghostbuster (1989)(Christophe Lesur) changed to Ghostbusters (1989)(Lesur, Christophe)(FR)[b load twice] -- not sure how to phrase the [b] info on this. After loading into MESS and typing "LOAD", it finds "PGHOST.BAS" first. If you attempt to run at this point, it gives an error. If you type "LOAD" again, however, it loads the rest of the tape and finds "GHOST5.BAS". At this point, typing "RUN" will make the game work.
Multiplication (1985)(Cedic-Nathan)(FR) changed to Mathematiques Calculs - Multiplication (1985)(Cedic-Nathan)(FR)[m title screen]I -- looks to be the same program as this (http://dcmoto.free.fr/programmes/maths-calculs-multiplication/index.html) minus the title screen and with a different copyright notice. Suspect this may be a TO7 release modified for MO5, but cannot back that up with evidence yet.
Navire (1985)(USTL) to Navire (1985-09-13)(USTL - IREM)(FR) -- this should maybe be Collection USTL-IREM Serie I - Navire (1985-09-13)(USTL - IREM)(FR)
Pacman 2 (1985)(Remi Coulom)(PD) changed to Pac-man v2 (1998-06-06)(Coulom, Remi)(FR)(PD) -- the dcmoto site suggests this is Pacman 2 (1985)(DCsoft), but I can see no evidence for that in the image itself and considering how badly they got the date wrong (despite showing a screenshot of the loading screen with version and date) I'm not willing to trust any of the other info on this.
Pourcentages (198x)(-)(PD) changed to Pourcentages (198x)(-)(FR)(PD)[b] -- crashes when you select "Intrus" from the menu. Not sure if this is a bad dump or simply a buggy program.
Renegade (1988)(Ocean)(Tape 1 of 2) changed to Renegade (1988)(Wise Owl Software)(Tape 1 of 2) -- Ocean made the original, Wise Owl did the conversion for MO5. dcmoto site suggests FIL released this, but offers no evidence for it.
Reverse (198x)(Sylvain Huet-Daniel Coulom)(PD) changed to Reverse (198x)(Gasoline Software)(FR)(PD)[h Coulom, Daniel] -- title screen reads "REVERSE par Sylvain HUET & GASOLINE SOFTWARE. Adapte pour MO5 par Daniel Coulom"
Roger & Paulo (1985)(Infogrames)[b] changed to Roger et Paulo (1984)(Infogrames)(FR)[MLOAD"",,R] -- some few cassettes have BIN files rather than BAS files on them and need to be loaded with MLOAD"",,R not LOAD (the cause of the [b] tag, I would guess).
Satel (1985)(CNDP) changed to Simulation de l'Evolution d'Un Objet dans un Champ de Gravitation (1985)(CNDP)(FR) -- not sure if I've got the capitalisation right on all the words.
Sich Vorstellen (1985)(FIL) changed to Sich Vorstellen (1985)(FIL)(FR)(fr-de) -- not sure of the language tags on this one. It's a piece of educational software for teaching German, with a brief bit of French followed entirely by German.
ZZZ-UNK-assimil1 changed to Nouvel Espagnol Sans Peine, Le (1985)(Assimil)(FR)(Part 1-2 of 8) -- not sure on the Media Type tags here. This consists of four images, containing two lessons each. As far as I can tell, per this image (http://dcmoto.free.fr/programmes/assimil-espagnol/c2.png), this originally came on 8 cassettes (or possibly 4 double-sided cassettes, my French isn't very good). Not sure if these should be, eg. (Tape 1-2 of 8), (Tape 1 of 4)(Side A & Side B). Used (Part 1-2 of 8) just now.
ZZZ-UNK-basicsp changed to Auto-initiation au Basic MO5 (1984)(To Tek)(Tape 1 of X)(FR) -- title screen lists this as "Cassette 1 - du chapitre 1 au chapitre 6". Don't know how many other tapes are in the series and do not have any images for them.
ZZZ-UNK-pcuser9 changed to PC User #9 Cassette (1987)(PC User)(IT)[b] -- may belong to PC128. MESS only reports seeing two files: "MENU.BAS" and "AGENDA.BAS", where the menu seems to offer four games (Agenda, Blackjack,Mortaio,PCSimon). Possibly a [u] dump?
ZZZ-UNK-pilote changed to Pilot (1984)(Infogrames)(FR) -- not 100% on this one. Cover scan (http://dcmoto.free.fr/programmes/pilot/c1.jpg) says "Pilot", title screen (http://dcmoto.free.fr/programmes/pilot/01.png) says "Pilote"
ZZZ-UNK-rangerdesnombres-carremagique changed to Mathematiques Calculs - Ranger des Nombres & Carre Magique (1985)(Nathan Ecoles)(FR) -- not sure if this should be Mathematiques Calculs - Ranger des Nombres & Mathematiques Calculs - Carre Magique (1985)(Vifi-Nathan)(FR)
ZZZ-UNK-reverse changed to Reverse (198x)(Gasoline Software)(FR)(PD)[a][h Coulom, Daniel] -- see above for further details