Re: [MSX] V9958 for $11
- Original Message - From: Ivan Latorre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 7:42 PM Subject: Re: [MSX] V9958 for $11 Hello all, I think that with these prices there's no need to do that. Imagine that you only buy one V9958. How much could be the shipping costs from Korea to any part of the world? One V9958 is a very light thing... I post this information thinking in hardware developers like Padial/Sunrise/Ese/Carchano. Maybe they could be interested. MSX-Info Blad is participating in Padials LPE-V3858 project and therefor we need quite a reasonable amount of V9958 chips. We have found someone (with thanks to Laurens Holst) who is willing to sell us several V9958 chips for about 17 euro's each. When hearing of the price of $ 11we also contacted the mentioned company in Korea, but untill now there was no response. If people are interested in a V9958 or a combination of a V9958 and the LPE-V3858 board and EPROMS then they can contact me. I will have a look at buying a larger amount of V9958 chips then. Gerrit ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] L.Padial Video Board
- Original Message - From: Ivan Latorre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: International MSX Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 11:22 AM Subject: [MSX] L.Padial Video Board Hello Ivan, Is this PCB some kind of MSX1/2 - MSX2/2+ converter?: http://lpadial.aamsx.org/pagev.HTM It is. The LPE-V3858-V1 is a VDP board, on which you can place a V9938 or a V9958. You can use a jumper to set the PCB for use with a V9938 or a V9958. It can be used as a standalone VDP in the EV4 expander, but it can also be used to upgrade a MSX1 or MSX2 to a MSX2+. However in order to get a fully functional MSX2+ it is also needed to replace the internal ROM of the MSX1 or 2. MSX-Info Blad is trying to import several of these boards from Spain. Price without a VDP will be around 50 euro's, but this price can be dropped if more than 10 boards are ordered. People that are interested please send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that we can get an indication how many boards need to be made. We hope to show a V3858 at the fair in Bussum. We do however need V9958 chips in order to supply a fully functional board. If someone can supply us V9958 chips for a reasonable price then you can also send an e-mail to the mentioned address. Gerrit van den Berg MSX-Info Blad ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Sunrise memory expansions
- Original Message - From: Ivan Latorre [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: International MSX Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 1:01 AM Subject: [MSX] Sunrise memory expansions Hi Ivan, I was wondering; has Sunrise ever thought in producing/selling MSX memory expansions? MoonSound, Graphics9000, IDE and RS232C cartridges, slot expanders, ... but, what about memory expansions? Nowadays you can find lots of roms on the Internet that require more than 128 Kbytes of RAM (and also think in the standard 64 Kbytes of RAM built in MSX2+ computers...). It seems that MSX memory expansions are quite hard to find so it can be an interesting product... Leonardo Padial has made a wide variaty of RAM expansions. In fact he even has made a 512 kB special memoryexpansion for games ROMS, called FLASHG. He also makes conventional memoryexpansions from 512 kB up to 4 MB. He is currently working on bigger memory-expansions based on a whole new concept. This is based on the LPE-MAPPER which can be used for all sorts of expansions, including DSP chips and modern memory-expansions (like DIMM, SDRAM etc). You can contact Leonardo at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gerrit ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: Snatcher v0.1.3
- Original Message - From: Daniel Caetano [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:04 AM Subject: Snatcher v0.1.3 Hello Daniel, New version of portuguese translation of Snatcher. v0.1.3. Now the ruins of factory are playable, including the battle. The page was updated also, with the advances of translation now measured in terms of texts and menus. We from MSX-Info Blad heard about your Snatcher translationproject. Can you tell us something more about the techniques you use to translate the game and give us some more info, so we can make an article about it in our magazine? We would appreciate that very much. Thanks in advance, Gerrit van den Berg MSX-Info Blad -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Snatcher v0.1.3
- Original Message - From: Gerrit van den Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 19, 2002 8:50 PM Subject: Re: Snatcher v0.1.3 We from MSX-Info Blad heard about your Snatcher translationproject. Can you bla, bla, bla. Ofcourse this message was not ment to be posted in this mailinglist. Sorry about this. My mistake! Gerrit -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: KPIBALL AND SIRDAN FREE
- Original Message - From: Eric Boon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 3:50 PM Subject: Re: KPIBALL AND SIRDAN FREE Hello Eric, To what question? The question if he knows the personal e-mail of Rob. You should try to read better! Then send a mail to the appropriate person, not just a blurp in the mailing list... He also did that. You should be a bit more cautious in talking about things you don't know of! Just my very last 2 third-party eurocents on this subject Let's end this MSX-destruction fights in the mailinglist. If someone has problems with a person or group try to contact him/her/them in private. That's the issue Rob and Peter are talking about. Doing it in this way will only destroy the small MSX community! Gerrit P.S. Happy MSX-ing in 2002 on behalf of MSX-Info Blad! -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: New MSX-DOS with ASCII sources?
- Original Message - From: Manuel Bilderbeek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: comp.sys.msx To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 19, 2001 2:34 PM Subject: Re: New MSX-DOS with ASCII sources? Hello Manuel and others, People who are good at this, PLEASE HELP US! I'm afraid I'm not good enough in asm programming to be able to help, but people like e.g. Fokke Post or Jon de Schrijder (experience with DOS hacking... ;-) or others, I spoke with Fokke Post last Saturday and we discussed recent talks about a new MSX-DOS with full FAT 16 support. According to Fokke this is not that easy to make, because of the current BIOS limitations. Current BIOS is located in a chip on the mainboard of the MSX or in a seperate cartridge. MSX-DOS2 uses a lot of the internal functions of this BIOS. Making a new DOS would almost certainly consist in making a new BIOS which has to be placed on a chip that can be placed on a cartridge (Sunrise IDE?) or into the MSX itself. Another option would be to use several tricks to bypass the BIOS, but that seems to be a very timeconsuming thing to do. Greets, Gerrit -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: About Powerbasic
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Maarten ter Huurne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: zaterdag 25 augustus 2001 17:56 Onderwerp: Re: About Powerbasic Hello, The GFX9000 doesn't have a ROM. But I think on the turbo R, Power BASIC can be run from RAM, using the shadow RAM option (DRAM mode). Perhaps using Gbasic is another option to make it for MSX2/2+ as well? If you want to make a game that uses the ultimate MSX hardware, I think there is a market for it. There are a lot of people that own the mentioned configuration of turbo R + GFX9000 + MoonSound. By the way, I have turbo R + GFX9000 + MoonSound as well. Me too and I also own a LPE Z380 (if you want more power than a turboR, you must buy this new card from Leonardo Padial or MSX-Info Blad!). I'm sure there are a lot more MSX-ers who have this configuration (except the LPE Z380 then), especially the first 50 buyers of the GFX9000 (version 1). They were the first ones who bought a GFX9000 and most of them own a turbo R. There are over 200 GFX9000 owners and they all wait for software so there definately is a market for it! Greets, Gerrit -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Toeprom: eprom programmer
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Hans Otten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: woensdag 6 juni 2001 21:44 Onderwerp: Toeprom: eprom programmer Hello Hans, I have bought secondhand a Toeprom eprom programmer. Looks nice, not so good and not uptodate manual. Not a high quality program inside, but I have the MAD/Dick van Vlodrop version (including sources) on disk. (will come to www.geocities.com./msxhans, mail me if you want it now) Jeremy Wiermans released a new program for TOEPROM, called 2EPROM. It can handle 2764, 8 kB, 27128, 16 kB and 27256, 32 kB EPROM´s. 2EPROM is much better as the software that was supplied with the hardware and it´s Public Domain. This program is reviewed in MSX-Info Blad 14. You can contact the publisher of MSX-Info Blad, Rinus Stoker, to receive this program. Jeremy maybe wants to adapt his program for 27512 and EEPROMS. But here my question: There are four jumpers on the top marked 27512, 32 etc. Does anyone know what the function and settings of these jumpers are? 27512 is a 64 kB EPROM, 27256 is a 32 kB EPROM. It´s also possible these jumpers are used to determine the ´programmeervoltage´, like 5.0, 12.5, 21.0 and/or 25.0V. 2EPROM can do all the work for you and determines the best usable EPROM and `programmeervoltage`. I hope this info is to your help. Greets, Gerrit van den Berg MSX-Info Blad -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: turboR DRAM mode DOS2
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: MSX NBNO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: MSX Mailinglist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: zaterdag 26 mei 2001 11:53 Onderwerp: Re: turboR DRAM mode DOS2 There are some utils to change the Turbo R state from DRAM to ROM and back. They are called romturbo.com and ramturbo.com. When using Command2.41 (made by Fokke Post) one can also use the new built-in MSX-Dos commands for turbo R: - CPU 0 : Z80 - CPU 1 : R800 ROM mode - CPU 2 : R800 DRAM mode Gerrit -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Tilburg 2001 fair
Hello all, If everything is going according to plan then the Tilburg 2001 fair will take place again on April 21st 2001. Every year MSX-Info Blad tries to give a preview of things that will be sold or shown at this fair in our magazine. To achieve this we need information from all the MSX groups that will participate in this fair. If you or your MSX group is intending to sell or show something at this fair, then please send a private e-mail to the addresses mentioned below stating the things you want to show or want to sell. With this we hope to attract as many MSX-ers as possible to make this fair again a succes! Thanks in advance for your cooperation! Gerrit van den Berg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rinus Stoker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Musical Wipes ands Animation
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Hans Otten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: woensdag 24 januari 2001 20:24 Onderwerp: RE: Musical Wipes ands Animation Hi, The phonenumber is correct. But alas, his wife informed me that Harry died two years ago. So I apologized to her about this phonecall. Very sorry to hear a person that loved to program for MSX is not around anymore. She told me that if any program by Harry was of any use to us I was free to track and redistribute it. I am sorry to hear that Harry died. So if the program Musical Wipes and Animation is available it would be a tribute to Harry to publish it again. That would be a good idea. It would be interesting to adapt this program for use with MoonSound and/or Video9000. Is there anyone in the MSX scene who owns Musical Wipes and Animation? Greetings, Gerrit -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
LPE Z380 now for sale in Holland!
Hello all,MSX-Info Blad from Holland decided to start selling Leonardo Padial'shardware in Holland and Belgium. Because of the possibility of orderinglarger quantities it is possible to sell Padial's hardware with a lot ofdiscount. For instance if we manage to sell more than 10 LPE Z380 cartridgesor Evolucion4 slotexpanders then it is possible to receive 20% discount!Besides that it is possible to make some slight alterations to Padial'sdesigns to the wishes of the customer, like for instance the placement oftwo XTALs (14 and 18 MHz), to make use of the full advantages of this 32 bitupgrade.So every serious programmer who wants to write software for the LPE Z380cartridge can contact us for receiving this card for about F 400,- includingpostage costs. You can contact us at the following adresses:[EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED]Order now and boost your MSX with Z380!Gerrit van den BergMSX-Info Blad
Re: hardware question
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: B. Wijnen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: woensdag 27 september 2000 13:44 Onderwerp: Re: hardware question Hi, Are you actually talking about analog MSX mice? I don't know about their existance (and I can't think of how they could be implemented, given the MSX hardware). So I shall stick to the digital MSX mice. I'm not sure about this, but I think he wants to emulate a digital MSX mouse through an analoge connection? The mouse is always in one of 4 states, which are degenerate in pairs (undistinguishable, or at least allmost). The mouse has 4 bytes of internal memory, 2 of which keep the X and Y movement since the last readout and 2 which are needed for output buffering. When the mouse is in state 0, the strobe is 0. This is the state it should be in when interrupts are enabled, and the mouse is not currently read out. Flipping the strobe to 1 sets the mouse in state 1. This causes the 2 bytes of memory to be copied into the output buffers. After a little time, the low nibble of the X movement can be read out on pins 1-4 (up, down, left, right). Flipping the strobe back to 0 sets the mouse in state 2. This state is degenerate with state 0, because the MSX can only see the state of the strobe. While being in state 2, the pins 1-4 contain the high nibble of the X movement. The same thing can be done twice more. Flipping the strobe sets the mouse to state 3 and the pins 1-4 to the low Y movement nibble. Flipping it again returns the mouse in state 0 and leaves the pins 1-4 to the high Y nibble movement. A nibble is put on the pins 1-4 with MSb on pin 4 and LSb on pin 1, so it is in the correct order when read out by the MSX. I hope this helped you. If I didn't answer the question you meant to be asking, please rephrase it and I'll try again. Thanks for this info! I'll forward this message to Padial. If he did mean something else then I'll ask you again privatly, ok? Greets, Gerrit Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
hardware question
Hi, On behalf of Leonardo Padial I want to ask your attention for a question about the pulses of a MSX mouse. Padial has developed a PS2 mouseconnector for the new MMSX, and now he wants to combine several other cards like the keyboardinterface and a PSG+Audio connector in one card. To do this he needs an answer to the following question: I want to include the PS2 mouse with the PC keyboard. I have the SW for the mouse in digital data style. What are the pulses in Forward, Back, Left Right pins 1, 2, 3, 4 of the MSX analogic mouse? With this info I can finish the analogic emulation (*) and then the new PC Keyboard can include : Mouse Analog/Digital connection, one/two joystick ports and PSG with stereo power amplifier with digital volume and input for Audio CD... (see LPE-PSGM-V1). (*) signal with moving analogic mouse left. I need to know something like: pin 3 (left): |_? pin 4 (right): |_? pin 1 _ ? pin 2 _ ? Can anybody help him with this? Thanks in advance! Gerrit
Bussum fair 16th September 2000
Hello all, Most of you probably know that the next MSX fair in Bussum will be held on Saturday 16th. MSX-Info Blad is willing to know which groups are planning to attend this fair and what their activities/releases will be. Please inform us, so that we can inform our members. Many thanks in advance! Gerrit van den Berg MSX-Info Blad
ADVRAM
Hi, We are looking for someone to supply us with some pictures of ADVRAM. Perhaps the designer can contact us and give a bit more info on this hardware-expansion? We want to write an article in our MSX-Info Blad about ADVRAM and we need some more info to do this. Please contact me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Thanks in advance! Gerrit van den Berg MSX-Info Blad Holland
Re: Fokke Post
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Pierre Gielen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: dinsdag 18 juli 2000 9:45 Onderwerp: Re: Fokke Post BTW, Fokke does not sell a complete new command interpreter, just a patch disk to upgrade your existing COMMAND.COM. I had some trouble upgrading the COMMAND.COM that Sunrise distributes with its IDE interface. The problems were solved however, when I installed another version of COMMAND.COM. I think you mean Command2.com? The patch is for DOS2 and not for DOS1! Gerrit Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: What MSX really means
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Alex Wulms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: dinsdag 4 juli 2000 1:11 Onderwerp: Re: What MSX really means The message that we don't care much is NOT coming from our Japanese friends. At least, I can not find that message anywhere in Ikeda's MSX print. He was only dissapointed that he could not spread the news on the fair and that on the fair there was not much time to discuss interesting things. But as one guy from Sunrise already said: after the fair they talked more with each other. That is how it works here in Europe. I quote from Ikeda's MSX Print: English: We had also hoped to interchange thoughts with Sunrise and Leonardo Padial from Spain about which kind of CPU and soundchip will be implemented and what kind of harddisk interface could be used best, but it seemed to us that they had very little interest in this new MSX project. Dutch: We hadden ook gehoopt om gedachten uit te wisselen met Sunrise en Leonardo Padial over wat voor soort CPU en geluidschip we zullen gebruiken en welke harddisk interface we het beste kunnen gebruiken, maar wij kregen de indruk dat zij weinig belangstelling hadden voor dit nieuwe MSX-project. So this points out that they did not really try to contact Sunrise and/or Padial about this. This fair was a good opportunity to contact important people from big MSX clubs. The only thing I saw in the room the Japanese stayed in was a letter from Kay Nishi and not more than that. Our Japanese friends could have tried to attract our attention by actually giving us the information that is now in Ikeda's Print. The message that people in Europe (and how about the rest of the world, Brazil for example) are not really interested in news from Japan is however coming from one of the people on this list. He reacted to my original message by saying that people are not really interested in the kind of news from my original posting (what MSX stands for). And in the same message, he made the remark that it seems like people from Europe are in general not really interested in news from Japan. I refer to the line in Ikeda's Print and not to the message you mention. But if you look at this entire threat that spun off my original message, I would say that people are interested. They only do not always speak out their opinion, but sometimes suddenly everybody starts to talk, like this time. Reactions from members of MSX-Info Blad clearly show that a lot of them are really interested in the MSX situation in Japan. However MSX people nowadays have an attitude to only believe this kind of news if something is shown to them. Furthermore, I think that the Japanese are doing their best to be open to Europe. At least, Ikeda is doing his best by making sure that we receive the MSX print with all new developments on a regular basis. I admire Ikeda's attempt to inform us. I hope that MSX-ers from Japan and Europe/Brazil will cooperate more in the future. Only then this new project will be a succes. For now I want to say this: MSX-ers from Japan, Europe is interested in your project, but please give us more information if you want us to cooperate or support with you. Greets, Gerrit MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not the subject) of the message. Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information on MSX can be found in the following places: The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/ The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet
Re: What MSX really means
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Anne de Raad [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: dinsdag 4 juli 2000 19:23 Onderwerp: Re: What MSX really means Do you think Japanese companies have interest in the view of some small groups in Europe? I don't think so. Yes, Sunrise is very important for MSX, but it's just a group of amateurs, nothing more. So are the people of ESE Artists Factory! The only thing that may interest e.i. ASCII is some hardwaredevelopments like ATA-IDE or Moonsound...Only to save the costs and use the schematics for their own development. Really, if there are companies in Japan interested in MSX again, they won't need our help... Then why coming to a Dutch fair and talk about Sunrise/ Padial not showing much interest? This does not make much sense. Anyway, this discussion ends here as far as I'm concerned. Let the Japanese show us what they are up to. For now I think we can better pay some interest to the new harware Padial has made for MSX. Gerrit MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not the subject) of the message. Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information on MSX can be found in the following places: The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/ The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet
Re: What MSX really means
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Sander Zuidema [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: maandag 3 juli 2000 0:21 Onderwerp: Re: What MSX really means That's not the worst thing. The main reason why the Japanese went to Tilburg was making contacts and looking for people who could help with the development of the new MSX. (Sunrise Swiss, Padial,...) Sure they made mistakes, but they did not know what to expect at all in Holland, let alone WHO to contact. As far as I know, the Japanese know who the leading MSX groups in Europe are, so that's not the problem. At least Kuniji Ikeda knows all important leading MSX figures in Europe. Some people from different MSX groups told us that they did not talk with Padial or Sunrise about this new MSX at all. If they want to discuss a new MSX then they should contact the leading groups and not keep silent and tell us that Europe is not interested! Nobody reacted, nobody helps (yet), and every hardware-developer continues with his own MSX-4/whatever project without even considering the possibility of helping with the official project (keeping MSX a standard, you know) Mind that it is pretty sure that Panasonic will produce the new MSX, as well as an 'S'-company like (I am very serious about this) Sony, Sega, Sanyo, Sharp or Samsung You say that it is pretty sure. Where did you get this information from? From Panasonic? I can hear you all thinking: Sony?? Sega?? But what about PS2 and Dreamcast? But remember that all Japanese take MSX very seriously, and they are all aware that a home-computer is absolutely not the same thing as a gameconsole. (And, off course the fact that nothing is certain yet ;) The same goes for the 'just-another-new-MSX-rumour'-attitude. This is the first new-MSX-rumour I heard that came straight from Japan, and ASCII is involved! Again: The Japanese are very serious. ASCII is involved you say. In what way? ASCII simply telling a MSX club that they have permission to design a new MSX is not the kind of involvement that would lead to a new MSX in my opinion. It only shows that ASCII is not likely to spend much money on development costs for this new computer. If they really want to make a new MSX then they should give Panasonic or Sony permission to design one. Fortunately, there are a lot of active MSX-users that ARE interested in the Japanese news, so there is hope... Most of us are interested but the Japanese will have to get a bit more open to us if they are REALLY serious about discussing a new standard. If not then most people will stay sceptic. Gerrit van den Berg MSX-Info Blad MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not the subject) of the message. Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information on MSX can be found in the following places: The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/ The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet
Re: What MSX really means
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Sander Zuidema [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: maandag 3 juli 2000 21:28 Onderwerp: Re: What MSX really means Hi, First of all I would like to say that I truly hope there will be a new MSX. But in order to make a new MSX I think it is wise that groups work together to achieve this goal. And that cooperation is zero point zero now, because somehow the Japanese got the impression that the Europeans are not very interested in their project. How did they get that impression if they did not talk this over with the big clubs (Sunrise/Padial/Hnostar)? The problem was - i think - they expected a Japanese kind of fair (every group giving a short speech and demonstration) and they wanted to hold a speech about the new MSX plans, which could not be held. I think the point is that most of them cannot understand English and that they need someone to speak for them. Anyway they could have asked the organisation what kind of fair Tilburg is like before jumping into a plane to Holland. That would have saved a lot of troubles. Besides, Ikeda may have mailed with a lot of active MSX users, but he didn't know what they looked like, and could not really talk with anyone without the help of Rieks (who, by the way, did a great job for about 2 days!!) This still is no excuse to tell that Europeans are not interested in a new MSX or that we are not willing to discuss about a new computer based on the MSX standard. If they want contact with European groups then they have to take the initiative to let us know what their plans are. Problem is that we did NOT know about their plans. That was my main point. I guess you read the MSX print, and like I said. The Japanese are not playing games. Of course not, but I think it is not wise to spread news that is very vage. Mentioning big company's is not very smart in this stage. The main part of the message is a "maybe" and I specifically mean the Yamaha VDP part. Would you invest time and money in a new MSX design? Probably not. So what makes you think ASCII is involved in it then? I do not own a lot of money, but if for instance Sunrise get permission to make a new MSX then who is taking the initiative, Sunrise or ASCII? But since last year ASCII is again sponsoring MSX-magazine and MSX-fairs. Also, on their japanese site, a lot of MSX-books are for sale (at least I think they are) They don't do that just for fun I guess. Hmm, it would be nice if they gave us the sourcecode of MSXDOS2 so that we can make a new and better DOS for MSX. Business is business. I hope there is new information soon, but there is not much to tell yet. ASCII has not announced officialy yet that there will be a new MSX, but there is a good chance they will do that at DEN-YU-LAND 2000 (the fair sponsored by ASCII) I hope they do. I do my best to get as much information out of Japan as I can (and a lot of other people are, also I guess). I think there will not be many news if ASCII doesn't announce the new MSX project officialy. Until then we will not certainly know if it's for real or not, and which brands are involved with the production. I think it's best to show the Japanese that we are happy there is something going on in Japan. It will certainly not help the project yf we don't show any interest at all, I think. We are interested and most clubs are willing to help I think. Telling us that we don't care much is not really the way to make us enthousiastic. I think most groups now want to know if our opinion really counts. That's also the reason why Rob Hiep reacted to this MSX Print. Sunrise is doing a lot for MSX and somebody saying that they do not care for a new MSX is not what motivates people. I heard stories (Anne, can you verify this one for me?) that MicroCabin once wanted to translate some Cabins to English and sell them in Europe, but nobody seemed to be interested. I think this situation is similar: We all would be happy if it (had) happened. Different situation and different times. I hope this project will be a succes, but as said before cooperation is necessary! Time will reveal all. Greets, Gerrit MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not the subject) of the message. Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information on MSX can be found in the following places: The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/ The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet
Tilburg fair
Hello all, We are busy in making our newest MSX-Info Blad, which will be released before the Tilburg fair. In order to promote this fair we want to inform our members which clubs are attending this fair and what kind of software/hardware they intend to sell or what kind of activities they want to promote that day. I would like to ask every club what their intentions are for this fair.You can respond to this message by contacting me at my personal e-mailadress ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ). Many thanks in advance! Gerrit van den Berg MSX-Info Blad
Re: .dsk files
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Richard Bosch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: vrijdag 17 maart 2000 18:57 Onderwerp: .dsk files Hello, I have small question. how can I get .dsk files on a disk for use on my MSX. On a PC you can use a program called Dcopy.Exe. If you want I can send it to you by e-mail. Greets, Gerrit MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not the subject) of the message. Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] More information on MSX can be found in the following places: The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/ The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet
Re: Dos 2.40
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Laurens Holst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: donderdag 7 oktober 1999 8:54 Onderwerp: Re: Dos 2.40 Hi Laurens, But Track cost only very little money... (don't remember the exact price anymore)... You bet there was a lot of work in that too! And I saw several advertisements (on the back of MCCM, MSX-Info-Blad) where it cost Dfl. 40,-... Well, at least not on the back of MSX-Info Blad, because that is made by me. As far as I know the advertisement was published in the numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7. In every case it was 25 guilders! In MCCM 79 a price of F 22,50 is mentioned. But ok, you know Fokke's e-mail, so if you're interested in the patch to upgrade to MSX-Dos 2.41 just mail him! Greetings, Gerrit MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
Re: Dos 2.40
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Laurens Holst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: MSX Mailinglist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: dinsdag 5 oktober 1999 21:56 Onderwerp: Dos 2.40 Sorry, but I don't see why I should use it. Really. And 40 guilders is absolutely too much for such a thing (which actually only improves batch processing). I think something between 15 and 25 guilders would fit better. Actually I must say it really disappointed me that he asked money for it. The reason that he asked money for it, is the same reason why Datax asked money for Track magazine. Fokke really had a lot of work in making MSX-Dos 2.40. And he only asked 25 guilders for it including postage. People who are interested in this update can contact Fokke on [EMAIL PROTECTED] By the way, is Fokke still active? He is still active. He cooperates with a few others in the making of MSX-Info Blad and he still makes software (although not as active as in the past). Greetings, Gerrit MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
Re: Some questions
Sorry, some of the lines in this message are Dutch! 2/ Can I use a PC memories (EDO) on MSX (or with an interface...) According to an article from Hans Oranje in MSX-Info blad it is possible to use PC memory ( 30 pins 1Mb) in your MSX2. However I tried to build it and it didn't work (gr). I haven't yet discovered why. But because I used 5 metres of cable to connect all the IC's on the mainboard to the 1 Mb SIMM, it is difficult to locate the error. I can't undo the changes because the original memory got broken when I tried to get it out and I can buy new memory because it is taken out of the market. If you still want to try it, I can send you the article, but it's in Dutch. For the people who tried to build SIMM memory in their MSX 2 computers, there are some slight modifications in the design. On page 15 of MSX-Info Blad 8 at the bottom of the left column the line: "Breng een draad aan tussen pen 1 en pen 2 van de geplaatste 74LS00 en pen 12 van IC 180 (74LS32) (RFSH)" should be: "Breng een draad aan tussen pen 1 en 2 van de geplaatste 74LS00 en pen 11 van IC 180 (74LS32) (RFSH+MEMRQ)" Furthermore on page 17 SIMM pin 28 and 29 should not be connected instead of being connected to pin 9 of the 133 (41464) IC!! Then it should work correctly! For more detailed questions contact: Hans Oranje Tollenslaan 153 2741 XZ Waddinxveen (Holland) Tel:(0182) 61 89 32 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A copy of MSX-Info Blad 8 can be obtained by contacting: Rinus Stoker Rotterdamstraat 73 6415 AV Heerlen (Holland) Tel: (045) 572 95 09 Articles in MSX-Info Blad are copyrighted and may not be freely distributed without permission of the authors! Greetings, G.H. van den Berg MSX-Info Blad MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
Releases Tilburg meeting '99
Hello MSX-freaks, At the 24th of April 1999 the international MSX-meeting takes place in Tilburg (Holland).The MSX-Info Blad (a magazine on paper) sees the need to promote this meeting, because in our opinion this meeting is very important for the survival of MSX in Europe. At this meeting people from all over Europe gather and show each other what they do with and for the MSX-System. We would hereby ask the participants of this meeting: what are you planning to release/sell/show at this fair? Because we want all MSX-lovers to come to this meeting, we need this information, so we can publish it in our next issue of MSX-Info Blad, which will be send to our members before this meeting. We hope you are willing to help us! Please send your response to the following addresses: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Many thanks in advance and hoping to see you all in Tilburg!! Gerrit van den Berg MSX-Info Blad
Re: Memory...
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: shevek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: dinsdag 12 januari 1999 18:16 Onderwerp: Re: Memory... On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, J. Lautenbag wrote: In MSX INFO BLAD Hans van Oranje wrote how to use SIMMs as MSX-RAM... So I guess it depends on the price of SIMMs and the parts used... Willem Cazander told me this design was not optimal, but I guess the design he was talking about is a little more expensive... Are those schematics online somewhere? Or can somebody mail them to me? Second hand SIMM's aren't that expensive... Please put them online. I would like them too. In MSX-Info Blad 8 there was a complete description of how to build SIMM memory into a Philips NMS 8250/55/80 or into a Sony HB-500. In all MSX-computers with a S-3527 engine this can be done! Unfortunately this description is in Dutch only. If you can read Dutch, then you might consider to order this issue of MSX-Info Blad. You can do this by contacting Rinus Stoker on [EMAIL PROTECTED] or me on [EMAIL PROTECTED] ! The e-mail address of the author is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Without permission of MSX-Info Blad or the author this information may not be distributed freely! Greetings, Gerrit van den Berg MSX-Info Blad MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
Re: MSX retro stuff
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Thom Zwagers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Datum: vrijdag 5 november 1999 10:58 Onderwerp: MSX retro stuff Beste Thom, Another thing: buy EDGE 77, there's a small article on MSXturboR using the PlayStation dancefloorhardware (or something) in it! Zou je voor mij dit artikeltje willen scannen of op een andere manier willen toesturen? Wellicht is dit interessant om te gebruiken in ons nieuwste MSX-Info Blad. Wat is de PlayStation dancefloorhardware precies? Groetjes, Gerrit van den Berg MSX-Info Blad MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)
