On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Laurens Holst wrote:

> Yet, these efforts aren't joined, which I think *really* is a shame. If all
> these people would join their efforts, I honestly believe a one-chip MSX for
> example could be made right now, or at least in the not-so-distant future,
> say, within the year!

Joining the efforts will take some time. It is possible, but that's not a
trivial question. First of all, the design methodologies should be
standardized. After that, agreements can be made.

> So, I must say I really agree with Snout here!
> As I read in Ikeda's MSX-Print the Japanese people who built the TMS9918
> already tried to contact people from Brazil to cooperate, and I think it
> would be nice if that offer would be accepted!

The main problem here is that Japanese people had contacted us too late,
because our VDP is in progress, I guess it is 40% done. So, in my point of
view, a MSX1 VDP VHDL code, right now, is not a good deal.

> Well, in any case, keep up the good work, and keep us updated! I think it's
> great to let us know like this on the mailinglist, 'cause usually 'we'
> aren't informed about such projects this well.

Ok! Usually I don't post info about the development because, sometimes,
the predicted development time doesn't match with the real, and this can
seem to be some kind of "vaporware". For avoiding this, I prefer to talk
less and produce more.

But, if someone ask me how is our "chip-replacement" project, sure I will
answer with the real project state. For example, the PSG was remade in 2
months, but the VDP, which is not ready, I am working for more than 8
months.

Greetings from Brazil

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Marco Antonio Simon Dal Poz  http://www.lsi.usp.br/~mdalpoz
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