----- Original Message -----
From: "Manuel Bilderbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2000 12:05 PM
Subject: Re: Yamaha SFG-05
> Hi,
>
> I'm now writing from Japan, here at my internship address....
Well, you are lucky too then ;-)
> I could not resist replying.
Thanks.
> > already there (a 32KB memory expansion)
> Interesting! Does it have a marking or typenumber?
It says: Yamaha 32K RAM/EXP. Slot unit. SRE-01. On one side you have the 60
pin connector, on the other side a Expansion Slot Unit (a normal 50 pin msx
cartridge slot)
>it's called the 'YRM-502 FM Voicing Program II' cartridge.
> >
> > Does someone has such a cartridge?
> Yes, I have it.
> > Do I really need one?
> I think so. It contains some nice software with which you can also control
> the MIDI ports.
Is it possible to dump the rom and and burn it in a eprom? I have a MT
cardbase cartridge. I've heard once that you can use this cartridge to
replace the eprom with msx-dos.
> > Has anyone got the keyboard that works with the module?
> Yes I have it, i.e. the small one. Tristan Zondag has the big one, e.g.
Well it seems to me that I need such a keyboard to get any sound out of it.
On the cartridge there are 2 audio connectors, I've plugged them in my
monitor but whatever I try in the build in program, I don't hear any sound.
How do I
get some sound without the keyboard? Are there some keystrokes I can try?
If I want to control the module through midi from my pc, I probably need the
cartridge program.
Maybe there is a way to dump the cartridge program and load it from the ss
diskdrive? Or does the 'YRM-502 FM Voicing Program II' cartridge also has
some special hardware inside?
Maybe I can use loadrom from trunks if I have the Voicing program romdump?
However, if I want to loadrom for a 32kb rom, I need more ram in the MSX1
than the standard 32KB. Are there any normal memory expansion modules for
MSX1 that I can buy?)
> I don't have the manual, but try a little. It is not that hard. The FM
> Voicing Program 2 is easier though!
>
Well, if you find one in the land of the rising sun, please mail me. I
really want to experiment and play with this module.
> > The box says: DISK compatible. However, in the menu I only see the
option
> > to write to tape. I have a Toshiba external ss drive>
> Ehm, strange. I even get the DISK option without any diskdrive connnected
to
> my CX5M.
I only see a CAS option in the [BALANCE] menu. Are there more menu's than
the one you see when you active the program?
>
>>The MSX FAQ needs to be changed
> > on this subject. Maybe anyone can acknowledge this.
>
> Ah, is the FAQ wrong??? I will correct it as soon as I have SSH access to
> the university. Which may never happen, so than I have to wait until I get
> back.
Or you can relocate your FAQ somewhere else and ask Sean to change the url
pointer ;-) If you want I can make a faq.msx.org or www.faq.msx.org pointer
to your page.
> > Lot's of questions, I hope someone can answer a few.
>
> I hope this helps a little.
>
Well, It seems to me that I need some extra stuff (Hardware/software) to
actually use this very nice piece of hardware. If you or anyone else could
supply me with this, I would be very gratefull.
Another question: the music keyboard looks like the same connector a Philips
Music Module keyboard uses (or that other opl2 -toshiba/panasonic?-
soundcartridge keyboard). Are those keyboards pin compatible? Probably not.
Well, up to the next flee market then ;-)
> > I've heard that pin 11 till 60 on the cartridge are pin compatible with
> the
> > 50 pins of a normal MSX cartridge and that you can make a cable to
connect
> > the module to any MSX you want.
>
> So, that is correct. I don't know the additional use of this Yamaha
expander
> slot.
>
Maybe someone in Holland is willing to produce such a cable for a nice
price?
Mail me!
Thanks Manuel!
Greetings,
Sander
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