RE: Geocities

1999-07-28 Thread Antoni Burguera Burguera

  Someone said here that know one way to disable GeoCities 
advertisements...
I know that disabling JavaScript do the job, but how disable JavaScript 
using
only the HTML?
  Or there is another way?

Open your geocities page, save it from your browser and look at the source 
code. You will find some lines added at the end. This is the Javascript of 
Geocities. I have never tried, but probably you can put some code in your 
page that "interferres" with the geocities one...






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RE: [Offtopic] Metal Gear

1999-07-28 Thread Manuel Pazos

I played about 300 stages and ALL of them has MSX musics.

300 stages of what? VR Training?


Yes, but some of them has special features, as mystery, puzzle, etc...
There is an option to play with Grey Fox (The Ninja).

Bye,

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RE: Geocities

1999-07-28 Thread Patrick Kramer

   Someone said here that know one way to disable GeoCities 
 advertisements...
 I know that disabling JavaScript do the job, but how disable JavaScript 
 using
 only the HTML?
   Or there is another way?
 
 Open your geocities page, save it from your browser and look at the source
 
 code. You will find some lines added at the end. This is the Javascript of
 
 Geocities. I have never tried, but probably you can put some code in your 
 page that "interferres" with the geocities one...
 
 
You could also try an account without advertisements.
Check out this site (it's dutch, but the table speaks for itself)
It contains a list of sites that offer free web space, and the
characteristics
(cgi scripting, advertisements, space available, way of updating, url)
There's also a list of redirection services.

http://www.gratiz.nl/homepage.html

I would keep my HTML/java page at my provider, or a digital city, redirect
to it through cjb.net (no advertisements) and put big files at XOOM
(unlimited space!)

Greetz,
Patrick


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Re: I/O Ports E6 on a TurboR: WAS [Phoenix] Re: Phoenix project - The new MSX platform pro-standarization

1999-07-28 Thread Frits Hilderink



This is a little piece of Micro Music code:
; OUTPUT TO MSX-MUSIC ---
; IN: B=REGISTER, A=DATA
; OUT: NOP
; MOD: NOP
;
FMOUT: JR R8FMOUT ; ga uit van TURBO-R computer
 PUSH BC
 PUSH AF
 LD A,B
 LD BC,(FMPORT)
 OUT (C),A
 NOP
 INC C
 POP AF
 OUT (C),A
 POP BC
 RET
FMPORT: DW 7CH
R8FMOUT:PUSH BC
 PUSH AF
 IN A,(0E6H)
 LD C,A
FMOUT1: IN A,(0E6H)
 SUB C
 CP 6
 JR C,FMOUT1
 LD A,B
 OUT (7CH),A
 IN A,(0E6H)
 LD C,A
FMOUT2: IN A,(0E6H)
 SUB C
 CP 1
 JR C,FMOUT2
 POP AF
 OUT (7DH),A
 POP BC
 RET
INITFM: LD C,9
 LD B,30H
INITFM1:LD A,0FH
 CALL FMOUT
 INC B
 DEC C
 JR NZ,INITFM1
 JP INIPSG
The 'JR R8FMOUT'is self modifying.
The music player routines came from Micro Cabin's Princess Maker. In
the first
versions of Micro Music the player came from Xak-I.
Frits
PS. What do you know about port A7 ?


Laurens Holst wrote:
> The Turbo-R has a timer build in that is increased
every 1 microsecond or
so.
> Maybe 2 or more microseconds, I don't known the exact value. And
it did
> have something todo with I/O ports E5 / E6, or any number near these
numbers.
I/O ports E5/E6... that's the timer of the MSX-MIDI. It also has another
timer used by the PCM play routines. However, it is only 2-bit or so...
> All I know for sure is that when writing into the FM-PAC registers
the
core code
> for playing music uses this timer to wait between two OUT
(port),register/value
> instructions. If the timer isn't increased than the whole program
will
lock up.
>
> This behaviour is also implemented in my own TSR program Micro Music.
Oh? What is it???
> The MSX2+ does not have this timer, by my knowledge.
Nope...
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BASIC routines to directory...

1999-07-28 Thread Giovanni R. Nunes


  Hi!

 Aaagghh!! Grauw, it's very dirty! And
 slow! :

  Is better peek directtly in sectors. But Adriano, using XBASIC you can
  increase the speed. The Lauren's routine is the same of "Copy
  Baixaria", remember the mesage when the number of files on disk was
  plus than 68(?) files?

I have done this before, so it works.
 Yeah, me too.

  I don't liked of it! Is so dirty... :)

 I also said an interesting "launcher". The program just do a FILES
 on screen and use the screen as RAM. (...)

  Hahaha!! The same way used in SC3 viewer... :)
  I don't remember who start this "chat" but if he's interested in this
  program to look, no problems I send to him... 

 But this method has a problem: if the disk has too many files will
 be scroll, and you'll miss the first filenames.

  It's a real problem! The limit is at least 138(?) files per screen.
  No problems for 'root' directory (aka \) but sub-directories can be
  more than 112 files. But has a trick more dirty than Lauren's routine.
  :) 

  Easy! A first and untested routine:
  100 SCREEN 0: WIDTH 80: COLOR 15,4,0: DIM F$(255)
  (...)
  500 POKE F3B1,48: CLS: COLOR 0,0: FILES "*.*":L%=0
  510 FOR J%=1 TO 47: FOR I%=0 TO 5:K$=""
  520 FOR K%=0 TO 11:K$=K$+CHR$(VPEEK(J%*40+(I%*13)+K%))
  530 NEXT K%:F$(L%)=K$:L%=L%+1:NEXT I%,J%
  540 POKE F3B1,23: CLS: COLOR 15,4,0: RETURN
  (...)
  800 REM "I'm too dirty for my shoes... :)" 

  And XBASIC must be inserted in this routine. I don't know how but
  anyone must discovery how to work with matrix in this BASIC? :)

  Hey! Anybody knows the DM2 System? Is a lot of add-in BASIC commands
  developed by GIGAMIX group. It is nice "new" commands but all related
  files are in japanese. If I'm not wrong it has the FILES$ command.


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[Directory] Initial

1999-07-28 Thread Giovanni R. Nunes


  Adriano.

 The directory initial sector is in the bootsector?

  No! You must calculate using informations on boot sector (number of
  FATs, sectors per FAT, etc...), I can send this formule later (is the
  heart of ClearDir). But it's only for ROOT directory for 
  subdirectories I don't. :(

  What is ClearDIR? Is a utility for be used once time. :)


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Re[2]: Basic routine for directory listing

1999-07-28 Thread Antonio Nestor Soriano

Maarten ter Huurne [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió/wrote/kakimashita/escreveu/écrit:

 You can read the directory (sector 7 and beyond for 720K floppy) using
 DSKI$ and get the filenames from there.

But this works only on the root directory.
Sorry for my insistence but: use NestorBASIC!! (^^)v


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Re: Basic routine for directory listing

1999-07-28 Thread Laurens Holst

 Aaagghh!!
 Grauw, it's very dirty! And slow! :

Bwa, if you don't want to load NestorBasic, it's a solution


 Yeah, me too.
 I also said an interesting "launcher". The program just do a FILES
 on screen and use the screen as RAM. I mean, no POKE or PEEK. Just VPOKE
 and VPEEK. The program used the FILES to show the directory on screen and
 some VPEEKs and VPOKES to put a cursor. More VPEEKs to read the desired
 filename and a RUN. Very simple.
 But this method has a problem: if the disk has too many files will
 be scroll, and you'll miss the first filenames.

Oh, but there is a solution to that. Just tell the MSX the screen is larger
than 24 lines!! Set, for example, the nr. of lines to errm... 40 lines! It
won't scroll, and you can still VPEEK the data from the VRAM ('till #4096 at
least, that is where the patternbuffer starts. But you can relocate it).
LINLEN (#F3B1) is the adress to set the nr. of lines...


~Grauw


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Re: ROM Files from MSX-Audio

1999-07-28 Thread Laurens Holst

 Hello...
 
 i am looking for the ROM files of the MSX-Audio (Music Module) Can anyone
 help me locate these files ?

Of the Toshiba MusicModule???

I can dump mine I think...
How is a ROM-file constructed? Simply all pages after eachother???
Is there a program to dump a ROM?


~Grauw


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Re: Geocities

1999-07-28 Thread Laurens Holst

   Someone said here that know one way to disable GeoCities
 advertisements...
 I know that disabling JavaScript do the job, but how disable JavaScript
 using
 only the HTML?
   Or there is another way?

 Open your geocities page, save it from your browser and look at the source
 code. You will find some lines added at the end. This is the Javascript of
 Geocities. I have never tried, but probably you can put some code in your
 page that "interferres" with the geocities one...

Yeah, you are close.
Well okay. I hope no webmaster of Geocities is reading this list...

This is how to disable advertisements it: Geocities places the script at the
end of all .HTML-files. So the thing you've gotta do is to insert a
noscript tag at the END of all your HTML files (so the -real- end, right
before the EOF).
In addition, add a FONT COLOR=backgroundcolor (replace backgroundcolor by
the color of your background ofcourse) to make it Javascript-disabled-users
friendly.

Please keep in mind never to talk about this on a public list because
someone of Geocities might be reading it resulting in actions which will
make this nice 'feature' impossible. They will then for example place the
javascript in the beginning of the HTML.

Check http://datax.cjb.net/
it really works!

By the way, I made this up myself, I have not heard about this trick from
somebody else.
Just wanted you to know that I deserve the credits :) hehe...

Oh, maybe some other trick: end with
SCRIPT
/*
Might also work. However, I'm not sure about that.


~Grauw


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Re: Illusion City debugging process

1999-07-28 Thread Laurens Holst

 I noticed that Illusion City 'hangs' in NLMSX v0.07.

 The last thing that it tries to do is reading I/O port A7.
 Does anyone know what this port is used for ?
 It is supposed to be reserved in the original MSX2.

Ah, that's interesting...

You say it is used in Illusion City? I'll check my source where it happens.
Look if I can find out something.

By the way, did anything appear on your screen in Illusion City before it
hung? If so, then what did appear?


~Grauw


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Re: KanjiROM...

1999-07-28 Thread Laurens Holst

   Ah! The Kanji Database is a ~256Kb MegaROM w/ 16x16 bitmap fonts. In
   GT machines you have another JIS2 Font w/ 12x12 fonts large used by
   MSX-View (to ST machines you can use a cartridge provided with View).

   You found the 32Kb of "driver" only the "program".

Ah, so the "KANJI" in my SCSI-interface is only the Kanji-driver. Could it
be possible to load this Kanji Database in some unused mapperpages??? I will
then have to edit the JIS-driver I think...


  - Illusion City only supports MSX-MIDI when the computer has more than
  256k RAM. It supports both internal and external MSX-MIDI...

   Yes! MSX-MIDI a standard specified in FS A1GT and the Bit2 MIDI
   cartridge the hardware used to specify MSX-MIDI... :)

But I think it's strange that you can't use an external MSX-MIDI on a normal
MSX2.


~Grauw


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Re: BrMSX v2.00

1999-07-28 Thread Maarten ter Huurne

At 10:11 PM 7/27/99 +0200, you wrote:

 At least in the emulator I don't have the stupid 60Hz headache screen to 
 look at

60Hz headache???

It seems to me that 50Hz will give you a headache rather than 60Hz...

Yes, but a decent PC monitor uses at least 70Hz.

But it's not only the frequency that matters. The "glow-time" of the
phosphor particles is also important. Remember those green and amber
monitors from the XTs? They had a low frequency, but it was not nearly as
irritating as 50Hz on a nowadays PC color monitor. And look at TV, it's
50Hz (Holland) and even interlaced, but I don't get a headache watching it.
I guess most MSX monitors have tubes that are "inbetween" PC monitors and TVs.

I once read an articale about the frequency of "TL balken" (Dutch term,
those long cyllindrical gas-based lamps). People found it harder to read
under 100Hz lamps than under 50Hz lamps. It had something to do with the
eye focus jumping from one word to the next and being interrupted by a
flash from the lamp. So maybe ever higher frequencies are not the way to go...

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[Off-topic] TL (Was: Re: BrMSX v2.00)

1999-07-28 Thread Boon, Eric

Hi all,

 I once read an articale about the frequency of "TL balken" (Dutch term,
those
 long cyllindrical gas-based lamps).

"TL balken" = "Fluorescent tubes" (May I hear one hurray for 'Euroglot',
my electronic dictionary ;-))

BTW, TL is not a dutch term but french: Tube Luminescent...

Eric


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Away for some weeks...

1999-07-28 Thread Laurens Holst

The next three weeks I will be on holidays.

Maybe I check my email somewhere in a library in between, at least if the
French libraries are as advanced as the Dutch ones, with internet access
etc.

When I come home I expect not too much messages. I am not going to spend
more than 1 day on answering them, understood?


~Grauw


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Re: Illusion City debugging process

1999-07-28 Thread Laurens Holst




  Ik heb disk 1 van Illusion City geprobeerd te starten met NLMSX. 
  Alle niet ondersteunde I/O read en write opdrachten heb ik gelogd. Deze 
  log file is binnen enkele seconden na het starten van Illusion City enkele 
  megabytes groot. 
  Dit is de inhoud: 
Pfff... er wordt beslist niet weinig niet ondersteund...

  Eventueel kan ik de tussen liggende instructies ook wel toevoegen, 
  mocht je daar wat aan hebben tenminste. 
Nee, voorlopig niet nodig.
Ik heb zelf de sources met behoorlijk veel commentaar...

  Heb jij een overzicht van de aanwezige I/O poorten op een Turbo-R ? 

Ummm... ik heb wel wat docs in MiLC envan Compass... staat het meeste 
wel in.

  Wat Micro Music betreft, mijn punt is dat die bepaalde routine die poort E6 
  leest in een oneindige loop terecht komt als de poort niet van waarde 
  verandert. Dat is dus het geval op een MSX2. 
Ah, en dat gebruikt 'ie dus om een turboR te detecteren...

  Groetjes, Frits 
~Grauw
En ps. schrijf volgende keer in Plain Text-opmaak, en niet in HTML, want dat 
vind ik irritant. Het doet nooit wat je wilt dat het doet.
En pps. die VDP-bug met LMMC die in de nieuwste versie gefixed is, was dat 
die bug in Sunrise Magazine???

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Re: ROM Files from MSX-Audio

1999-07-28 Thread Laurens Holst

Whoops! Accidentally sent it to the list...
Fortunately, I forgot to attach the files (3rd time today!!!)


~Grauw


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- Oorspronkelijk bericht -
Van: Laurens Holst [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Verzonden: woensdag 28 juli 1999 15:45
Onderwerp: Re: ROM Files from MSX-Audio


  Hello...
 
  i am looking for the ROM files of the MSX-Audio (Music Module) Can
anyone
  help me locate these files ?

 Hier zijn de ROMs van zowel de Philips als de Toshiba MusicModule.
 Ze zijn vers, net 5 minuten geleden gedumpt.

 MMOD_T.ROM: Toshiba "Toshiba MSX Music System"
 MMOD_P.ROM: Philips "Music Box"

 Je kan ze zelf wel renamen, mocht je dat nodig vinden..


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Re: Illusion City debugging process

1999-07-28 Thread Daniel Jorge Caetano

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:33:19 +0200, Frits Hilderink wrote:

I noticed that Illusion City 'hangs' in NLMSX v0.07.
The last thing that it tries to do is reading I/O port A7.
Does anyone know what this port is used for ?
It is supposed to be reserved in the original MSX2.

  On my notes A7h is used on TR to control PAUSE key and
indicate Turbo mode.


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Re: [Directory] Initial

1999-07-28 Thread Daniel Jorge Caetano

On Wed, 28 Jul 1999 08:22:23 -0300 (EST), Giovanni R. Nunes wrote:

  Adriano.
 The directory initial sector is in the bootsector?
  No! You must calculate using informations on boot sector (number of
  FATs, sectors per FAT, etc...), I can send this formule later (is the
  heart of ClearDir). But it's only for ROOT directory for 
  subdirectories I don't. :(

  Hehe... SubDirs are FILES. You can view the first cluster for it
on the FAT, on the directory table.


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Re: Expanded BIOS

1999-07-28 Thread ASORIANO

"Laurens Holst" [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió/wrote/kakimashita/escreveu/écrit:

 I need info on the Expanded BIOS (also known as H.BEXT, EXTBIO or #FFCA)!!!

Don't worry brave man! Konami Man goes to rescue you! (-v-)v

Expanded BIOS hook was designed to expand BIOS (then why it has a so
strange name?? X-D) in order to manage new devices. So it is used for
example by RS-232 and DOS 2 mapper support routines. Nowadays, also TSR
programs (MemmMan, NestorAcentos...) use it, because it provides a fixed
memory location to CALL in page 3.

How it works? You put a device ID number in register D, a function
number in register E, and registers AF, BC, HL depending of the calling
routine (you can't use alternative registers, nor indexed ones). DE is
always preserved when returning; AF, BC, DE depends on the calling
routine; alternative and indexed are corrupted.

Hot to patch it for your own use? First, you must select your own device
ID number. Of course it must be a number not used by anyone before, for
avoid computer crash when other TSR sre installed. Here is a list if ID
numbers which I know:

#00 y #01, used by RS-232 BIOS.
#04, used by DOS 2 mapper support routines.
#22, used by me! (NestorAcentos, NestorCDPlayer and all TSRs which name
is Nestor*.*) 8-)
#34, used by MWMPLAY by Ramones.
#4D, used by MemMan.
#F0, used by MGSDRV.

It is recommended that once selected, you use always this number in your
programs, modifying register E for every program. For example I use
DE=#2200 for NestorAcentos, and DE=#2201 for NestorCDPlayer.

Now you must patch hook #FFCA, of course saving previous value. The
new jump routine must do this:

- Check D. If it does not match with your ID number, jump to the old
hook without any register modified.
- If it matches, check register E for required function, do anything and
return preserving DE.

This jump routine should be placed in page 3 if the program is a TSR.
How to reserve memory on page 3 is another question.

 Can't anybody help me???

I hope I helped you! 8-) If you want I can send some source code about
this (for example, source of NestorAcentos).

Hasta incluso!


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Re: BrMSX and Zanac EX.

1999-07-28 Thread TFH

Sure...

fmsxdos v1.6b2 runs it without any problems...

Greetz,

Arnaud

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Subject: Re: BrMSX and Zanac EX.


| On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Jorge Vidal Wulff wrote:
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|  Hi,Is it just me or BrMSX 2.0 (or 0.2) crashes with Zanac EX?
|
| No, I also couldn't run Zanac Ex under BrMSX 2.0.
|
| BTW, does any MSX2 emulator run Zanac Ex? I don't think so.
|
| Greetings from Brazil!
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Re: BrMSX and Zanac EX.

1999-07-28 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha


  Hi,Is it just me or BrMSX 2.0 (or 0.2) crashes with Zanac EX?
 No, I also couldn't run Zanac Ex under BrMSX 2.0.
 BTW, does any MSX2 emulator run Zanac Ex? I don't think so.

The Zanac Excellent ROM version I put on my homepage works with
fMSX, at least.


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Re: Compass 2.0

1999-07-28 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha


  Question: would you guys mind if I would drop the support for other
  hex/bin id's than #,H,B,% ???
 I wouldn't mind since I use # but alot of people use $ to indicate hex. Also
 I'd like it to keep supporting the h-notition, because Z80DIS (the BEST
 disassembler)

I prefer ZD from SOLiD Soft ten thounsand times... :)


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Re: I/O Ports E6 on a TurboR: WAS [Phoenix] Re: Phoenix project - The new MSX platform pro-standarization

1999-07-28 Thread Laurens Holst

 ] The 'JR R8FMOUT'is self modifying.
 ] The music player routines came from Micro Cabin's Princess Maker. In
the
 ] first
 ] versions of Micro Music the player came from Xak-I.
 ] Frits
 ]
 ] Okay... and what was your point?

 Perhaps that illusion city does not use any PCM effects for the Music...

But isn't port E6 the timer of the MIDI???
I don't get it anymore...

I have to face the facts: I'm too dumb for this.
Leave me in my misery...


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Re: BrMSX v2.00

1999-07-28 Thread Jacco Bot

Okay, Apologies for the moron part It's just that lately people seem to 
be hacking in on each other about wether or not it's allowed to even use an 
emulator. Just enjoy MSX, emulated or not.
I didn't see your name on the page at first, so I thought you were just 
being a pain...lol...anyway, again, apologies, well meant.

And the 60Hz gives me a headacheI can stand it longer than 50Hz, but 
compared to my 100Hz superVga it's painfull...

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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 17:07:51 -0300 (EST)


  Stupid emulator mode on? What a level of discussion we have here, 
moron...

   I think somebody is loosing his sense of humour here...
   Arnaud didn't get my joke, but he was kind enough to answer those
questions. But you...

  I think BrMsx is a great project, my congratulations!
  I WILL USE IT! and YES I do have a TurboR too, that can't play every
  msx2 game either by the way...
  At least in the emulator I don't have the stupid 60Hz headache screen to
  look at

   Hey, Jacco... Maybe you want to go to the BrMSX page and search
for my name? Or even in the HTML-help? Maybe you'll be surprised.
   Yeah, I confess, I use BrMSX. FuDebugger is great. It saves a lot
of time debugging a routine before the final test on a REAL MSX.
   And my TR never gave me this "60Hz headache screen"...


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Re: Compass 2.0

1999-07-28 Thread ASORIANO

Jon De Schrijder [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió/wrote/kakimashita/escreveu/écrit:

 *don't worry: all compass' settings are in an editable txtfile now

Yeah! This was my idea!! He he...  (-v-)v

 Question: would you guys mind if I would drop the support for other
 hex/bin id's than #,H,B,% ???

About me, no problem. I use only # and %.
But about basic IDs, think that some (many?) people use "h" and "b" at
the end of the number...

Ah, now I remember another suggestion!! When yo select "assemble to
disk", COMPASS boot directory is always selected. It would be much
better if the current directory (the one from which the source was
load/saved last time) is selected.

BTW refresh our memory: when will Compass 2.0 be released? 8-


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Re: BrMSX and Zanac EX.

1999-07-28 Thread Jorge Vidal Wulff



Marco Antonio Simon dal Poz wrote:
 
 On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Jorge Vidal Wulff wrote:
 
  Hi,Is it just me or BrMSX 2.0 (or 0.2) crashes with Zanac EX?
 
 No, I also couldn't run Zanac Ex under BrMSX 2.0.
 
 BTW, does any MSX2 emulator run Zanac Ex? I don't think so.
 

Yep! FMSX 1.62b runs it perfectly,perfect sprites  perfect sound.

 Greetings from Brazil!

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VG8235 disk drive?

1999-07-28 Thread Cesar Cardoso

In the Ultimate MSX FAQ the Philips VG8235 is said to have a 360K 3,5"
disk drive.
Is possible to change it to 720K? 
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RE:VG8235 disk drive?

1999-07-28 Thread Bruno Querzoli

Cesar Cardoso wrote:

 In the Ultimate MSX FAQ the Philips VG8235 is said to have
 a 360K 3,5" disk drive.
 Is possible to change it to 720K? 

Yes!
This is possible! :-)

You go to ICMiri Group and ICM Italian Magazine on line:
 http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Meadows/7278/ICM.htm

1) Click to "ICMiri Group Site"
2) Click to "KIT button"
... INDEX appears...

 - Computer NMS8245 -
||
|  Kit PC drive (1)  |
|  Kit PC drive (2)  |
|  Second external PC drive  |
| 1MB internal RAM   |
|   Third external slot  |
| Modification to MSX2 Plus  |
|VG8235 -- NMS8245  |
 

3) You choose "VG8235 -- NMS8245"
...appear the instructions... :-)

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