On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 08:21:31AM +0100, Hans Otten wrote:
> > Please excuse this possibly-stupid question; I'm new to MSX. ^.^;; Is it
> > possible to boot from MSX-Basic or MSX-DOS 1 to cartridge, if the cartridge
> > is interted after the boot/has a switch and is switched on after boot?
>
> NEVER insert a cartridge in a powered running MSX.
> Power off and then insert it.
> The chance of destroying the video chip that way is about 100%.
I've done it for years now, nothing gone wrong here. Make sure you sure
you insert it straight and fast. Howver there is a chance. :/
-snip-
> The MSX will not see the cartridge, boot in its normal.
> To get the cartridge working close the switch and call the boot.
> Something like (in Basic)
> def usr=0 : u=usr(0)
> will do a boot.
Another option is this:
defusr=&h7d75:a=usr(0)
I'm not sure how standard this is, but it seems to work on all machines
I've tried it on. This doesn't work for cartridges that wait for the
disk controller to initialize (like Metal Gear 2, Game Master 1 & 2,
Kings Valley 2 -- any game that uses the diskdrive basically).
Sean
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