>For instance, something that only supports DOS2, can
>not, or very difficult be used with emulators, and when you're
>writing something for MSX these days, I think you should do it so,
>that it will also work on emulators, or at least don't go to great
>lengths to PREVENT it from doing so. 8-(
I think that it is emulators what must be adapted for MSX programs, and not
contrarywise!! So it is a problem of the emulator if it don't emulates DOS 2.
>In these days, I think there will also be many people who might
>only occasionally use their MSX, and for that purpose have only a
>'standard' MSX (probably MSX2), often without DOS2 built-in.
>If something needs DOS2, that would require having this built in,
>extra plugging in a cartridge or HDD interface with DOS2, etc., which
>is just more trouble.
Who uses occasionally MSX, will use a utility or a game?
Besides a DOS2 cartridge (or better, an IDE interface) is very cheap
nowadays...
>In general, I think you should support all things that are not TOO
>difficult to support, that are not too rare.
...you never tried to manage files using FCB, right? It is a nightmare! X-)
MSX is not like PC, having a new operating system every two years. I think
it is not too much the fact of "force" the user to have DOS2. It is a 11
years old DOS already!!
>Strict requirements for DOS2 are a memory mapper, and some
>kind of disk-drive to work with.
A memory mapper of 128K minimum!
>Maybe it will even work with only the built-in RAMdisk, without even
>any real drive attached. Does anyone know if this is true?
You mean to boot in BASIC mode, to create RAM disk, to copy MSXDOS2.SYS and
COMMAND2.COM on it and CALL SYSTEM? Hum... difficult I think... but anyway
I never tried it! ;-)
>Would DOS2 work on a MSX-1 as well? Think of it: as far as I know, it
>doesn't use any SPECIFIC MSX-2 features, only things that are
>commonly found on MSX-2's, like the memory mapper.
>But MSX-1's and memory mappers don't byte each other, nor do MSX-1's
>and harddisks or so.
In the first page of the programming manual of DOS2, you can read that it
is "an operating system for MSX2 computers".
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