> | Did you know there is a group that sells perfectly good 4mb mappers at
all
> | the big fairs? and they aren't too expensive...
>
> I was at Tilburg this year, but to be quite honest.. I didn't find them
> there.. and I don't need 4mb.. Just something about 512kb will be fine for
> me...
You can make one yourself quite easily... Scheme is was in some edition of
MSX Info Blad (don't forget the correction in the most recent one).
> | >On my emulator, I have access to a MSX with 4 mb... I can
> | >easily play MSX 2+ games, what I can't do on my real MSX2.
> |
> | there are still people around who do the upgrades...
>
> Of course.. But why spend money if you don't need to :-)
Well if I want to play a turboR game, THEN I use an MSX tR emulator because
I can't run it on my own machine. Btw, Illusion City is not a good example
here...
> | >- I have over 1600 MSX games on my PC. I never have to search ythrough
> piles
> | >of disks. They are all in my start-menu.
> |
> | ever heard of devices like scsi and ide interfaces? why not put some
more
> work in
> | drivers and software for those so all software will work from harddrive
on
> msx, instead of
> | writing stuff on pc to emulate a msx with harddrive
>
> Yep.. But then again: Who is going to do that, converting all those files.
I
> don't know how to do that, so someone else muist do that. And by the time
he
> has finished all those programms, who says his real MSX is still working.
> And again: Buying a SCSI interface for your MSX and a SCSI HD that will
fit
> all these programs is again quite a bit expensive...
IDE is very cheap. Interface only 100 Dutch bucks and a good harddisk (240
MB will do very fine (I have 80 MB which is still sufficient)) can easily be
taken from an old, deserted PC. Lots of them around. Or else you can buy
harddisks at a dumpshop for 25 bucks.
> | >- I can play on a very good 17" monitor
> |
> | wel eens een msx op een breedbeeld tv aangesloten??
>
> Sure... But some people in this house like to watch tv while I am using my
> MSX :-)
1. My monitor is large enough to see every single pixel, and
2. On a 17" monitor the pixels probably have a diameter of 2 centimeter or
so... PC monitors are terrible concerning low resolutions (way too sharp).
Okay I know BrMSX looks quite nice with its interlacing but fMSX for
instance doesn't support that, nor RuMSX.
> | >- debugging is really very easy using an emulator
>
> | ok, u r rite there
Well, not really. If you have a good debugger which emulates an MSX on an
MSX (although sounding strange very useful and quite easy to make, though
not made yet).
But then again you've got an emulator. But I think such an emulator can be
seen rather as a 'debugging machine' than as emulator.
Hey, Jon! Can't you add VDP and memorymapper emulation to the Debugger??? Or
is that too difficult? Anyways, breakpoints suck.
> | >- You can let your emulator run on an incredible speed
> |
> | yes,but only if you got a very fast computer
>
> Is that so ? I have a P200MMX and if I put BrMSX at full speed, it runs
> about 7 or 8 times the speed of a real MSX...
Whow, is that fast (not really for an emulator which runs at full speed on a
386-33 and uses MMX enhancements etc.).
> | >- BrMSX displays MSX games with over 30000 colurs.
> |
> | how bout making more software 4 gfx9000 instead of making
> | msx games look better on non-msx computers
>
> Then I would have to buy an GFX9000. Adter buying that 4 meg's of mem, a
> SCSI interface, a SCSI HD, upgrading to MSX2+... I think it's a lot
cheaper
> to buy a PC!!!
No, I think not. But anyways, a Gfx9000 is expensive indeed.
How can BrMSX generate MORE colors than the machine it emulates can
handle??? It's not possible. It may work on a 30000-colors screenmode, but
that doesn't mean it really does display them...
> | >- Deskspace... Not everyone has room for 2 computers...
> |
> | just stack 'em on top of eachother... works 4 me
>
> You have you wide-screen tv on top of your PC-Monitor ??? Cool ! hehehe...
Space can easily be generated, just be inventive.
> | >But, on the other hand:
> | >
> | >-On my real MSX, I can use my Arcade Turbo Joystick
> | >-THere are still lotsa programs that don't work on an emulator
> | >-FM-PAC sounds better on my MSX then in any emulator
> | >-Our own FDD#2 doesn't work on ANY emulator !
> | >
> | now yer talkin' :)
>
> Just as I sayd. I am very happy with my emulator, but couldn't miss my
real
> MSX. Both have their advantages and dis-advantages. but I also hope you
> understand I am not going to spend over Dfl 1000,- to upgrade my MSX, when
> there is no real need for it!
Well 4MB memory isn't expensive at all and I don't think you need a Gfx9000
which is poorly supported (unfortunately). And you still can emulate the few
MSX2+ and turboR games left...
~Grauw
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