At 06:07 PM 6/29/99 -0400, you wrote:
>1. When I try to hide the cursor (for use with BIOS routine chget ($9f)) I
>locate the cursor at 1,25
>(x,y) -> That's out of the screen as I use 24 lines on screen.. It works,
>but my question is if it
>works on every MSX.. Sow.. Does it work on every MSX??
I don't know, I don't use the BIOS that often.
But it would be logical if there is a way to turn off the cursor instead of
hiding it outside the screen. After all, the BASIC "LOCATE" command has a
third parameter that can be used to turn off the cursor.
>2. I haven't done research for it, but is there a way to use the BIOS for
>formatting a diskette, but
>then to skip the part in which the MSX asks for which drive and what size?
Yes there is, it's in the DiskROM.
One routine is used to get a list of format parameters (like single
sided/double sided). Another routine starts the format using one of those
parameters.
So you can use your own routine to layout the format options and let the
user chooce one.
>Or do I just have to write my own format routine?
You shouldn't do that, formatting is low-level stuff, different for every FDC.
Bye,
Maarten
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