> > Try contacting HPN, MCWF Hardware, CIEL, and other hardware developers.
They
> > don't read this list but are certainly interested (I think there will be
> > quite some animo for modifying MSX 2 to MSX 2+ with little cost).
>
> Contacting CIEL is a good idea, I can't tell exactly how many, but
> Ademir
> will for sure want at least 10 v9958, but that can reach up to 30
> easily,
> because
> he's developing new hardware using v9958 and he doesn't have it anymore.
>
> > By the way, is it an easy thing to do? Is it just a matter of soldering
out
> > the old VDP and replacing it by a v9958???
>
> I believe you should change your roms too.
Not nessecarily. The ROMs are mainly needed for Basic support (which I
myself am not willing to pay for). The games which check for the VDP not by
looking at the VDP-ID but to the MSX version in the ROM instead can quite
easily be patched.
As for Basic-support, the new screens can be accessed by using SCREEN
8:VDP(nn)=x (I don't know which VDP exactly from memory). All commands are
the same (CIRCLE, LINE, etc.), since the MSX2+ also offers very little
support for screen 12. So Basic-programs using those can be adapted even
easier than the Assembly-programs.
And I believe there was a KUN-Basic crack which also added SET SCROLL
support. However I don't know if it also detects the v9958 and takes
advantage of it if present.
~Grauw
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