> Dear MSX-wizards, > I have a few questions... > the proud owner of an MSX myself. It's a Spectravideo 728 (Z80a / > ay-3-8910a) and it is functioning, since some cartridges I have (NAMCOT) The AY-3-9810A is only the PSG, the sound chip... (which also handles the joysticks). > to be well connected, because when I insert the MICRO FDD INTERFACE with the > cable connected the right way to the diskdrive (PHILIPS VY 0010) the disk is > being scanned, but after a while I end up in BASIC. I do hear the beeb > before that. When I type the command: FILES, I get the message: Disk > offline. > I did check the contents of some disks with my PC and found some of the m > containing msxdos, so I made a disk image of some of them and ran them with > BrMSX on my PC. They worked, so that's not the problem! The funny thing is > that my brother did get the diskdrive functioning one time, while I was > gone, but no duplo was ever achieved. ( I do believe him :) Aha. Were those Double Sided or Single Sided disks? > My guess is that the Cartridge slot isn't functioning perfect, since so me > cartridges I had to insert several times before they functioned. Off course > this could have to do with some oxide on the metal. I've checked the slot, > but found nothing really wrong with it. And now the Cartridges work O.K. That is probably not the problem, since the drive scans the disk. > My questions are: > > 1) Is there an easy way of replacing the cartridge slot, if necessary at > all? Don't do that. It's probably not necessary. > 2) Are there still FDD INTERFACES for sale new/old ? (preferably in Holland) As Grauw said: yeah on fairs, and new ones can be bought for Ademir. > 3) Can I use just any diskdrive with my MSX? ( The one I now have might not > function well and can probably only handle single sided 360k disks ) That is probably the problem: your drive indeed only supports Single Sided disks, and the disk you used might have been Double Sided! Try to format a disk and then check if it works! (CALL FORMAT in BASIC) > 4) Are my questions really THAT stupid? No, but please also read The Ultimate MSX FAQ (http://www.faq.msxnet.org) before asking any more questions. > P.S. I really fell in love with this machine, but without a diskdrive I > can't write anything for it nor do anything productive with it. I understand that. Grtjs, Manuel PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/) PPS: Visit my homepage at http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/ **** MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/) ****
