MSX Boot:
- BIOS initialization (i/o ports, video, system space in fxxx), memory
mapper search (MSX2), look in the MSX red book for the MSX1 part. Then the
MSX logo appears.
- ROM internal and in cartridge slot search, executing the initialization
routines if present in the rom (again, nicely documented in the MSX Red
book)
any initialization routine can take some time dependent on the purpose of
the cartridge.
- if a (floppy) disk rom is found (always on MSX2) then the disk rom
initialization routines will start with checking if a disk is present,
checking disk type, whether it is a MSX-DOS bootable disk, AUTOEXEC.BAS
present etc.
This will lead to a time out if no disk is present and then just the basic
prompt will appear. Because the diskrom is produced by a manufacturer and
the hardware attached (floppy disk controller) may be different the time
spent can vary widely.
-----Original Message-----
From: Collin van Ginkel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2000 12:33 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Msx boot time
Hi,
When an MSX boots, you hear a beep and then just a blank screen for some
time, then basic. What happens in that blank time? Because it isn't the same
length on all MSX-2s if I remember correctly.
Greetz,
Collin
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