[MSX] MKROMDSK: Convert your RAMdisk into a ROMdisk
Hi all. To help waiting while the ObsoNETs arrive, here is a little program I have just developed. It is available on my web page, in the miscellaneous section. MKROMDSK will generate a ROM file with the data present on the DOS 2 RAM disk. Burning this ROM file on a Flash cartridge, when booting your computer you will see a disk drive with a read-only (and non-volatile, of course) copy of the contents of the RAM disk when the ROM was generated. And by the way, the resulting ROM will have the DOS 2 kernel embedded. And now, merry MSXmas and the like. *** XXVII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: MAY 1st 2005 (?) *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] NestorBASIC 1.11 available
Hi all, those that are using NestorBASIC to develop InterNestor Lite-based programs, please download version 1.11 which I have just uploaded to my home page. The only difference of this version from 1.10 is that the method for detecting the presence of INL has been updated to the new method required by INL 1.0. Also, the sample program TCPCON-L has been updated. *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] NestorBASIC 1.11 available
Hi all, those that are using NestorBASIC to develop InterNestor Lite-based programs, please download version 1.11 which I have just uploaded to my home page. The only difference of this version from 1.10 is that the method for detecting the presence of INL has been updated to the new method required by INL 1.0. Also, the sample program TCPCON-L has been updated. Note: I sent this message this morning, but since I haven't received it back I don't know if it has been delivered correctly, so I send it again. Sorry if it is received twice. *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] Merry xmas: InterNestor Lite 1.0 SDCC library for INL available, ObsoNET problems solved :-)
Hi all, here are a couple of interisting news: 1) The design problem that delayed the production of ObsoNET has been solved. The card production will start as soon as Daniel can gather some free time for that. 2) I have uploaded to my home page InterNestor Lite 1.0. New on this version is: - The method for detecting the presence of INL has changed. Now a call to the extended BIOS hook is used, instead of having to check fixed locations on the system work area. - If a configuration file named INL.CFG exists on INL.COM's directory, it will be read and applied when INL is installed. - The supplied Telnet client now has partial support for VT100 escape sequences. 3) I have uploaded also a C library for INL, intended to be used with SDCC. ...and a happy new year. *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] ObsoNET page updated
Hi all. I have uploaded to the ObsoNET page some ObsoNET-related photos took during the Barcelona users meeting. Remember: http://msx.konamiman.com *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] ObsoNET 1.0 photos
Hi all, if you want to see how the definitive ObsoNET looks like, visit the ObsoNET page, since I have updated the photos. Remember: http://www.konamiman.com/msx/obsonet-e.html *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] New Internet-Draft (ON-TOPIC!)
Funny :P Interesting too! Would this really be so advantageous compared to existing transfer protocols? It would be easy to implement on MSX, that was the main design goal. Besides, don't you like to use a protocol that has been designed especifically for MSX? :-) ILAC '04, anyone? *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Another test from ObsoNET
an ADSL I have bought recently. I meant an ADSL router :-) *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Need help with InterNestor Lite
I write here because I see there's also Konamiman! :) You are in the right place then! :-) INL PPP O /N: etc... compose the number, I hear server replying, but after an error message appears: ... no hold the carrier or something similar. Hummm... try executing the following: INL PPP M ATDTISP number and tell me which reply you obtain. If you get a successful connection with the previous command, execute INL PPP O as you do normally, but without the /N switch. P.S.: Is it possible to emulate connection to the Internet with an emulator, using the PC modem? The only internet simulation I have done is conecting with a null-modem cable to a Linux box... but that did not involve using a modem. *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Hello from ObsoNET :-)
That's REALLY cool! Congratulations, this is the kind of conectivity that MSX always needed. But all of this is useless if there is no software available. I mean: please join ILAC'04! :-) *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] ILAC '04: Ooops!
Er... I forgot to create the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] (^^!) I have created it now. If someone wrote, please do it again. *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] ObsoNET FAQ WIP page online
I have put online a web page with information about ObsoNET (a FAQ and Work in Progress information): http://www.konamiman.com/msx/obsonet-e.html By the way, we have finally fixed the price of the card, and it is slightly higher than initially expected: 50 euros. *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] ObsoNET: First speed test
I have performed a simple transmission speed test with the provisional BIOS of ObsoNET. The test consisted on sending one 1KByte long packet, 1 times on a loop, and measuring with the MSX timer how many time the operation took. These are the results: On R800: 31 seconds, so about 320 KByte/second. On Z80: 118 seconds, so about 85 KByte/second. Of course the real performance will be smaller since on real applications more code will be involved, especially when using TCP/IP. But this can serve as an indication of the absoulte maximum transmission speed achievable. *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] ObsoNET: Ethernet for MSX
I'll buy one! Wow, two minutes! THAT is speed! :-) *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] InterNestor Lite 0.4 available
Hi all, the 4th beta of InterNestor Lite is already available in my web. New in this version: - Corected some bugs. Reduced the size of the TCP segments to avoid the Fossil driver to lose data. - Now the control program INL.COM supports configuration files. - Added Van Jacobson compression. This compression reduces the size of the TCP/IP headers, originally 40 bytes long, down to an average size of 5 bytes. You know already the whole story: please download it, and develop some Internet applications, and blah blah... *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] NestorBASIC 1.10 available
I assume this was a bug in the MoonBlaster MSX-MUSIC detection routine. Yes, it was. It is a strange history. In NB 0.07 and earlier, the same routine was used, but with the POKE to the address #7FF6 removed (I don't remember why I did it that way). This caused the japanese FMs to not be detected by NB. So, in version 1.0, I added the poke... causing the problem in the Panasonic machines. I'm using now a correct routine now, I hope that the problems are over. *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] NestorBASIC 1.10 available
Hi all, for the happiness of everyone I have uploaded NestorBASIC 1.10 to mi web. New in this version: - Added support for InterNestor Lite. - Now the available soundchips can be checked for without having to first load a music replayer. - Corrected some bugs, especially the one that caused NestorBASIC 1.0 to hang on Panasonic WSX machines. Enjoy! *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] InterNestor Lite 0.3 available
Hi all, the third beta of InterNestor Lite is already available in my web. New in this version is: - Support for the TCP protocol. - A TCP console (simplified Telnet client) is included, with the source code. - Support for Base64 encoding and decoding. - Support for sending and capturing raw datagrams. Please download it, test it and, what is more important, develop some Internet applications! Remember that the user's and programmer's manual is available in english and in spanish, and the same for the source codes provided. *** XXVI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: OCTOBER 31th 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] MSX Bicycle Center
Dude! Just 9 days ago Grauw's bike was stolen! It must be an evil C64/Spectrum conspiracy against MSX bikes :P I have a new one already. I was lucky, I could find one for only 140 ! But this time I'll not leave it on the street... *** XXV MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: MAY 1st 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] MSX Bicycle Center
Stop discussing for nonsenses! Today something REALLY bad has happened to me! Someone robbed my bicycle while I was working... now I must spend 200 or more on a new one, and in the mean time I must use train and bus for going to my job place, which is expensive and slow... (ToT) *** XXV MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: MAY 1st 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] InterNesor Lite 0.2 available
Well people, a bit late but I have also a xmas gift. Here is the second beta of InterNestor Lite. This version has: - UDP support. - Resolver. - Complete user's and programmer's manual. - PING client and TFTP client/server, both including the source code. - All my love. So don't keep quiet and donwload it, try it and say wow, amazing! or what a bullshit! or whatever you want. Oh, yes, http://msx.konamiman.com as usual. *** XXV MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: MAY ??st 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Snatcher in English v0.6.0 and Portuguese v0.9.9
MERRY CHRISTMAS! Sure!! :-D The text acceleration with the CTRL key is a very nice feature, I really missed it in the original game... pity that the music is also accelerated! (^^!) *** XXV MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: MAY ??st 2004 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Replacing MSX battery
NB. The only thing I do know about NiMH batteries is that NiMH batteries can be charged more often even though they aren't totally empty. And they don't have the memory effect of NiCd batteries. AFAIK, NiMH batteries still having the memory effect problem. The batteries that don't have it are the lithium ones. *** XXIV MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: NOVEMBER 1st 2003 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] InterNestor Lite 0.1 available
Is InterNestor Suite too big for you? Then try InterNestor Lite. More details at http://msx.konamiman.com *** XXIV MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: NOVEMBER 1st 2003 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Be conservative in what you send and liberal in what you receive - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] About memory usage in (Disk)BASIC
Hi ppl, here is a lightweight question for those who are in summer holidays and have therefore a lot of time for MSX investigation. It is about how the memory is used in the BASIC environment when disk interface is present. MSX2 Technical Handbook says that it is as follows: - Up to HIMEM (HFC4A), normal BASIC memory. - From BLDCHK+1 (HF377+1), BLOAD/BSAVE routines, 25 bytes. This variable points to the same address as HIMEM. - From FCBBASE (HF353), space for disk FCBs of disk files opened by BASIC (this area is 37*7 bytes, so a maximum of MAXFILES=6 can be used, FCB 0 is used for BLOAD/BSAVE). Note that this is not the same as the FCBs area in the normal BASIC memory (267 bytes * (MAXFILES+1)) - From HIMSAV (HF349), the general disk work area starts. This area exists also in DOS mode. I have seen that this scheme is followed exactly in this way in DOS 1. However in DOS 2 it is different: - Up to HIMEM (HFC4A), normal BASIC memory. - From HIMEM to HIMSAV there is an apparently unused area of 525 bytes. - From HIMSAV, the general disk work area starts. BLDCHK+1 and FCBSAVE point to somewhere into this area. And the question is: what is this 525 bytes ghost area for? May it be reused for BASIC programs (doing a CLEAR up to the address pointed by HIMSAV) safely? 525 bytes is really much memory when using the BASIC environment. OK, so go for it, the first person replying this question will earn 100 points! *** XXIV MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER ??th 2003 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Itoshii hito no tame ni Ima nani ga dekiru ka na? Kanawanai yume wa nai yo! Massugu ni shinjiteru - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] Home page restyled and... NestorBASIC 1.0 available!
Hi all. I have restyled my home page, and it comes with a surprise: NestorBASIC 1.0! Yes, this wonderful piece of software that apparently died five years ago due to HD disaster, now it is alive again! It corrects a host of failures from version 0.07, and adds support for InterNestor Suite. More details abou the whole story in: http://www.konamiman.com Note: The URL http://msx.konamiman.com is temporarily down. Until it works again, please go to the main page and then click on Go to the MSX page. *** XXIV MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER ??th 2003 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Itoshii hito no tame ni Ima nani ga dekiru ka na? Kanawanai yume wa nai yo! Massugu ni shinjiteru - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] SEE by Fuzzy Logic: freeware?
Hi people, a legal question this time: Does someone know if the use of the sound effects created with the program SEE by Fuzzy Logic in commercial programs is still subject to the payment of a fee? Or has this program became already fully freeware? I ask this here since I have only the postal addressess of the Fuzzy Logic staff... *** XXIV MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER ??th 2003 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Itoshii hito no tame ni Ima nani ga dekiru ka na? Kanawanai yume wa nai yo! Massugu ni shinjiteru - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] non-msx
happy birthday maarten Hey! My birthday was one month ago and I didn't received your greeting!! 8-P *** XXIII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: MAY 10th 2003 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Itoshii hito no tame ni Ima nani ga dekiru ka na? Kanawanai yume wa nai yo! Massugu ni shinjiteru - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] MSX without slots?
The USB MSX cartridge reader is not only interesting for MSX emulators but it is also the first step towards a new MSX. If a new MSX will be developed, then the new MSX will not have MSX cartridge slots. But it will have a USB port. So then the USB MSX cartridge reader can be used in conjunction with the new MSX to play old ROM games. Interisting, but I do not completely agree this approach. In this text it seems that cartridge slots are an obsolete feature just for playing old ROM games, and that it is logical to made it optional in a new MSX. But we must not forgot that cartridge slots are essential for connecting new hardware, and thanks to it we have memory expansions, SCSI/IDEs, MoonSounds, etc... how long could a new MSX survive without cartridge slots? *** XXIII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: MAY ??th 2003 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Itoshii hito no tame ni Ima nani ga dekiru ka na? Kanawanai yume wa nai yo! Massugu ni shinjiteru - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] MSX without slots?
USB can reach up to 12 Mbps, so, if a clever protocol is designed, the entire cartridge bus can be emulated over the USB cable. I agree. I don't say that connecting slots through an USB port is a bad idea. I just say that slots must not be optional. *** XXIII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: MAY ??th 2003 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Itoshii hito no tame ni Ima nani ga dekiru ka na? Kanawanai yume wa nai yo! Massugu ni shinjiteru - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] MSX Resource Center completely restyled
Today, a completely restyled version of the MSX Resource Center found its way to the web. I like the new look. But I prefer the ancient site logo: It looks nicer, and besides it contains the MSX logo explicitly. *** XXIII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: MAY ??th 2003 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Itoshii hito no tame ni Ima nani ga dekiru ka na? Kanawanai yume wa nai yo! Massugu ni shinjiteru - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] My studies: game over! 8-)
Just in case someone is intereseted: today I exposed my end of career project, that is, InterNestor Suite. I got a calification of 10, which is the maximum possible. One of the teacher said something like In a long time I've not seen a project with such amount of technical knowledge involved, and they were amazed because I developped everyhing by reading RFCs only. 8-) So, from today I'm telecommunication engineer. Now call me Sir, please. X-) *** XXII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 7th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Itoshii hito no tame ni Ima nani ga dekiru ka na? Kanawanai yume wa nai yo! Massugu ni shinjiteru - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] MSX contest
hey, that sounds like kopspijkers in beeld :) Yeah! I was thinking exactly the same! kopspijkers in beeld! X-D Or better something like: Een verhoeven der groet gebruiker let op van vaste tekenaar. Kolofoon: autovermietung! you'll soon get ppl placing their msx in the weirdest places all the time :) Let's search a nice photo place in Osaka this xmas... \\//\\// ||// ||\\ *** XXII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 7th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Itoshii hito no tame ni Ima nani ga dekiru ka na? Kanawanai yume wa nai yo! Massugu ni shinjiteru - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Inventarisation of Moonsound users for Meridian
The only thing I would like to hear is, if there are people who are enthousiastic about this plan. Anything that is made for MoonSound is welcome, I think. My MoonSound is getting covered by dust... 8-) *** XXII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 7th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Happa ichi mai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da! - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] Why should it work in 128K? (was: English version of the site and HardDisk version of Snatcher)
I expected a Snatcher version on tape for MSX1 with 16Kb of RAM ;P According to MSX2 Technical Handbook, the minimum RAM size for a MSX1 is 8K. So, why not expect Snatcher for MSX1 with 8K RAM? X-) *** XXII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 7th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Happa ichi mai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da! - ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
InterNestor Suite beta 5 available
Hi obsolete people, I've just upload the 5th beta of InterNestor Suite to my home page. New in this release: - Even more improved TCP module. It should have no more serious bugs. - New PPP module, with some bugs regarding the options negotiation corrected. - New version of the FTP client, with some bugs corrected and a pair of new features. - A true telnet client (not just TCP console), although only a few telnet options are recognized. - New version of the dialer NDIAL.COM. Now it accepts any string from the modem indicating success, not only CONNECT (configurable via environment variable). Besides, the initial error checking feature (using the environment variable INSERROR) is now optional. - New version of PPPC.COM, to make the error checking feature optional as well. According to my plans, this will be the last beta I release. The next version will be the definitive one; definitive means no more updates unless I receive bug reports. And again: InterNestor suite would be much more nice if someone develops Internet applications for it. The suite API is fully documented in the TXT attached to the beta, besides the source codes of the PING and the TCP console programs are included. And now, as a summer promotion, everyone who develop applications for InterNestor Suite will receive my autograph for free. Need more reasons to get InterNestored?? *** XXII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 7th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Happa ichi mai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da! - -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: how much coast MSX Turbo-R
How much coast a MSX TURBO-R? Well, I sold an A1ST on 400 euro recently. I think 300-600 euro is an average price range. *** XXII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 7th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Happa ichi mai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da! - -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Release MSX Player
Hey come on, now! Anne apologized, now cut the crap and stop posting nonsensical mails..! It's totally useless to post all kinds of mails in any language now just to make a statement! Hey hey! I wrote in dutch, right?? X-D I guessed that the message was sent to the list by mistake, no problem with that. But I just found funny trying to write in pseudo-dutch. Someone dares to write in spanish? 8-P *** XXII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 7th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Happa ichi mai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da! - -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Release MSX Player
Sorry dat ik het kort moet houden, maar ik ben erg druk en wil je toch wat voorleggen. Zoals je misschien weet ben ik een van de webmasters van www.msx.org Deze meessaajes in dutchlanguaaje arx much diiffikuult to unjdestaandrj ops de nops-dutchgebreuiker persoonjesx in distj maailingjxliistje!! Mijn vraag is kort en goed: wat kan www.msx.org eventueel betekenen voor de verspreiding van de MSX PLAYer? Zou jij dit eens met Nasu/Yokoi willen bespreken? Mich opinioon isx van Japaanexe obsoletegebruikers aar much fudebas en nops fabriken neweMSXes kompuuterjs never de nunca. Ik zou je daarvoor erg dankbaar zijn. Autovermietung!! Groet, Burps! *** XXII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 7th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Happa ichi mai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da! - -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Nazono Game Makyou 3
From Ikeda's MSX print: http://shopping.yahoo.co.jp/shop?d=jbid=30974224 Woooha! Is there really a Venom, a Randar and two penguins in the cover, amongst others?? Can someone obtain a bigger version of this image? *** XXII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 7th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Happa ichi mai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da! - -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
InterNestor Suite: ooops...
If you downloaded InterNestor Suite beta 4 prior to the recepit of this message, please download it again. There was a failure on the TCP module (a @#$cking piece of code added in the last minute and now removed) which caused the loss of a lot of incoming data. Sorry! *** XXII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 7th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Happa ichi mai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da! - -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
InterNestor Suite beta 4 available!
Hi all, I just put a new beta of InterNestor Suite on my home page. What's new: - New NestorMan version (1.22). It corrects a severe bug of previous versions, which caused the computer to hang when memory blocks of certain sizes were requested. - New physical access module, with a larger input buffer which reduces data loss. - New TCP module, with a lot of bugs corrected (although still not perfect). Besides it has now the SWS avoidance algorithm, and includes PSH and URG bits in retransmitted packets (at least theoretically). - A complete FTP client is now available! It is very similar to the default command-line based client of Windows or Linux. Please get it from http://msx.konamiman.com and test it! Also, it would be very nice if someone wants to develop some internet applications for MSX. *** XXII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 7th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Happa ichi mai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da! - -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
The poll of the century!!
Please go here and vote! http://poll.konamiman.com (if you prefer it in spanish: http://encuesta.konamiman.com) *** XXI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: MAY 5th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Happa ichi mai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da! - -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
About the new Compact Flash reader...
I want the same for SmartMedia cards!!! 8-P *** XXI MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: MAY 5th 2002 *** - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v http://www.konamiman.com- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Happa ichi mai areba ii. Ikite iru kara lucky da! - -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: The MSX Z80 assembler
For those of you who know sourceforge: I just started a new project there, called `the MSX Z80 assembler'. It is an opensource initiative to make a cross assembler with the MSX as target platform. Currently it is written in C, POSIX compiant I hope. Well, would it be very difficult to implement Z380 mnemonics on it? 8-) *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Kyoko Koizumi home page (under construction): http://www.geocities.com/tamachan1976/index.html -- Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: Bad FAT
I've got a problem. One of the directories on one of the partitions of my harddisk seems to be, like, recursive. Yes, it enlessly contains itself. I can't find the original contents back anymore, but they weren't important. Obviously this is some error in the FAT. Fact is, I can't delete the bloody thing, because my computer hangs when I try of course. Chkdsk finds no problem at all. Does someone have a solution to my little problem? Oh, I use the IDE interface of Sunrise. You need the sectors editor DISKVIEW. Once your wrong disk is selected, select "Dir", and find out what is the starting cluster of your worng subdirectory. Then select "FAT" and go to that cluster number; surely you will find that it points to itself, or something like this. Put this FAT entry to 0, and then enter again to "Dir" and erase the subdirectory entry. Now the subdirectory should have disappeared, but its contents still on the disk in the form of lost clusters. Just execute CHKDSK to remove them and all is done. *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Kyoko Koizumi home page (under construction): http://www.geocities.com/tamachan1976/index.html -- Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
New section on my home page!
Although not very MSX related, I hope you will like it. Please take a look: http://www.geocities.com/konamiman.geo/kyoko 8-) *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Kyoko Koizumi home page (under construction): http://www.geocities.com/tamachan1976/index.html -- Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Home page updated corrected!
I don't know what the hell happened when I updated my home page one month ago, but the entire page was replaced by an old version with a lot of things missing (for example NestorPreTer). I corrected it. Also, I added a new NestorBASIC extension: NestorCadenas, useful for BASIC programs using a lot of text strings. Please take a look! And finally, for the spanish users: I finally added 5th issue of Easymbler, which was also missing although linked. *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Kyoko Koizumi home page (under construction): http://www.geocities.com/tamachan1976/index.html -- Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
What happens to us??
We were happy when we tough that ASCII has completely forgot us and we were completely alone. And now that it seems ASCII is again interested on MSX, and it is even possible that a new MSX is released, we start to worry and be pessimistic and negative. Why?? The MSX users meetings must finish if a new MSX is released?? What a nonsense!! I don't know how it is worldwide, but in Spain, MSX users meetings are for meeting friends and sharing ideas rather than for selling anything (although there is a lot of soft selling of course). Besides, let's suppose that again "official" software is released. This means that all the amateur groups must immediately stop to develop new programs?? No way!! I don't know for all of you, but as for me, I program my MSX because I LIKE TO DO IT, regardless of how many software is already available. What is the worst scenario we can run into? No emulator and no new MSX? But hey, that's how we are from a lot of years ago and we never started to cry, right?? As for me, the sole interest of Nishi on MSX is already a very good thing. I'll continue using Compass at 134% regarldess of what happens in the MSX scene from now on. And you? 8-) *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Kyoko Koizumi home page (under construction): http://www.geocities.com/tamachan1976/index.html -- Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
About agony (was: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII)
The largest point of this news is, that ag0ny is first 3rd party who actually saw ASCII employees mention these subjects. ag0ny's Spanish article suggests ASCII employees told him those news from their own mouth (using English I guess, not castellano). Actually agony wants to work in ASCII, and that interview was actually a job interview. I heard about how difficult is for a non-japanese guy to work in Japan, but agony seems to just try it, to don't worry and to be happy... 8-) I have appointment with him 1 hour later. Good luck to me! With agony? Well, if you survived Saver, agony is not a problem at all! He is even somehow normal!! X-) *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Kyoko Koizumi home page (under construction): http://www.geocities.com/tamachan1976/index.html -- Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
It's my fault (was: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII)
I wonder if it was very wise of Javi to send this news into the public. Eeeh... it was my fault. Javi sent another mesage after that one, saying: don't send this message to any other ML, when I have a second interview with ASCII I'll send a more complete message. But I had already translated and sent it. Sorry! *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Kyoko Koizumi home page (under construction): http://www.geocities.com/tamachan1976/index.html -- Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII
Javi Lavandeira, the webmaster of www.aamsx.org, is currently in Japan and he had yesterday an interview with Nishi, Yamashita, Yokoi and Gotou from ASCII corp. This is the english translation of the message he sent to the spanish MSX mailing list: --- ASCII wants to make a new MSX. And this is not a rumour. I repeat: this is not a rumour. And it is not only that "they want" to make it, but actually they are already working on it. It is a three phase project: * Phase 1 - Develop the ASCII official MSX emulator This emulator is already almost finished and it will be presented on Den-yu land 2000. It will emulate MSX, MSX2 and MSX2+ as well as a PC can emulate it. If I understood correctly, from now on they do not worry about Turbo-R. Once finished, english, spanish and portuguese versions of the emulator will be developped. And *MAYBE* (I repeat: maybe) MSX DataPack (+1000 pages) will be translated to these three languages. Phase 1 status: The emulator will be finished in approximately one month. * Phase 2 - Develop and sell software which will work both in real MSX and in the emulator ASCII will release an internet server for selling MSX software. There will be free software and pay software. Nishi already spoke with Konami and Namco and they will sell here their old programs *AND THE ONES DEVELOPPED FROM NOW ON*. Amongst the free software there will be software from amateur groups (not necessarily japanese). ASCII will obtain a percent of the benefits for the software sell through this server. Phase 2 status: The software to be used for the server is already developped, and ASCII has negotiated with NTT the internet payment system details. When the emulator is officially released, the server will be put online. * Phase 3 - Develop a new MSX. The new MSX will have a 100 MHz or 120 MHz Z80 , 4Mb RAM and 4Mb VRAM. About the rest of the hardware, they do not know yet exactly what they will do, because there is two simultaneous developping works: 1) ESE Artist's Factory is using reverse engineering to build the MSX circuits using PLD technology. There is already finished and 100% working PSG, SCC and V9918. Z80 is not needed to be copied because it is a very common chip. Now they are working on V9938/58. 2) ASCII has already negotiated with Sega the making of the new machine. Yokoi commented that they can start to produce it when they wants to do it.Contrarywise to the ESE option, now all the MSX circuits are integrated in one, so production is very cheap. They are negotiating now the selling price: 19800 yens the complete machine. ASCII finds this price too cheap (this is very logical because they want to earn money). Phase 3 status: negotiating with SEGA while ESE work on the VDP. The ones who first finish will win, because ASCII do not want to wait. Yamashita says that now is the perfect moment to release a cheap home computer which can be a reasonable alternative to PC. As you can see, things are not as bas as we though . Will we successfully reach phase 3? It depends on the amount of software sell, because what ASCII wants is to earn money selling software through its internet server. Benefits for selling computers will be very small. By the way, I did not only to hear during the interview. One of the problems exposed by Yamashita is the VDP: they doubt between use a VDP at the same speed, so the new machine will be unusable (4Mb VRAM with a so slow VDP is a nonsense), or put a new VDP four times faster but incompatible with old software. I proposed a solution: enable Z80 to directly access VRAM by mapping it into its addressing space as if it were normal VRAM (same thing is done by Ademir Carchano's ADVRAM ). It seems that they had not though on this solution and they liked it a lot, so if the new MSX uses this system you know who you must thank! ;-) Wednesday 23 at 13:00 (Tokyo hour) I'll return to ASCII to speak again with Yamashita, Yokoi and Gotou. If you have any suggestion, send me via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (don't use the mailing list, because there will be a discussion with thousands of messages about the characteristics which the new MSX should incorporate). Regards. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.aamsx.org *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Kyoko Koizumi home page (under construction): http://www.geocities.com/tamachan1976/index.html -- Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: New part on Den Yu Land site.
translator. I don't know if English comments will be accepted. However, you can try. It seems that yes, english comments are accepted. I find one from Ivan Latorre, from spain! 8-) *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Kyoko Koizumi home page (under construction): http://www.geocities.com/tamachan1976/index.html -- Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Z380 manual finished home page update!
Hi people! Finally I finished the LPE-Z380 programmers manual. I put it on my home page, together with other files which may be very useful for those who dare to develop something for this card. I hope to see your developments for LPE-Z380 soon! 8-) *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Kyoko Koizumi home page (under construction): http://www.geocities.com/tamachan1976/index.html -- Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
Re: Something that struck me in Japan
Anyway, this e-mail may change your point of view regarding the Japanese view on obsolete computers. (Although I don't understand it myself, since some guys here said Japanese only like the newest technology but it is a fact that there are still NEW NES systems sold...!) Yep. I'm very surprised after reading this. In Japan you can pay 1 yen for a VHS movie the day of its release... or pay just 1000 or 2000 yen one week after. But maybe computers world is completely different. *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Difference between Windows and a virus is that virus never fails. -- 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: MemMan issues (wasRe: A1 Spirit (disk version for 128KB))
MemMan sucks. It loads in an awful way (exiting to Basic). AFAIK, there is the ONLY way in which a TSR can be loaded. It is due to an incomplete design of MSX-DOS (makers did not though on page 3 memory reservation...) However it is posible to avoid the BASIC exit messages and the "_SYSTEM" print in the screen. I explain it in SD MESXES#13. 8-) *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Difference between Windows and a virus is that virus never fails. -- 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[2]: Z380 News
Say that Konamiman finished the version 3 for the Z380 BIOS (Eprom). I just recorded the Eprom and tested it successfully. This is really interesting. What will exactly this z380 BIOS do? and where can find more information (specs) about that z380 board? This BIOS enables you to : - Access Z380 from a MSX program (for Z380 main memory data read or write, or to make Z380 to execute a program previously load into its memory), using a set of routines called ZBIOS. - Access MSX hardware resources (MSX memory and ports, disk access, etc) from a Z380 program, using a "hardware server" mechanism (Z380 puts a Z80 code in biport, MSX executes it, and writes any result also in biport so Z380 can recover it). The user can either make Z80 to execute its own code, or use a set of built-in routines included in EPROM (for basic operations like byte read/write from/to MSX memory, same with ports, block transfer between MSX and Z380, MSX routine execution, etc). - Memory can be reserved for the user in the base frame (the first 64K space on Z380 RAM), so standard programs will never access to any memory reserved by other programs. Currently there is no way to permanently reserve memory outside of the base frame; an external (loaded from disk and not from EPROM) memory manager should be developped for this. - User CALLs can be installed without limitation (well, the size of the Z380 memory is the only limit). ZBIOS includes routines to easily extract the input parameters (and set the output parameters) for these CALLs. - Also, new user ZBIOS commands can be added; note that ZBIOS commands can be used both from a MSX program and from a Z380 program. You have to use this 1kB ram to exchange data with z80 and z380 right? Is there another way to exchange data (z80 can access the z380 ram)? If not, if you only access 1kB, wouldn't this slowed down too much when you transfer many bytes? There is no way to communicate MSX with Z380 apart from the biport memory, and yes: large block transfers must be done through several 1K (actually about 900 bytes) size transfers. But normally you will not transfer data between MSX and Z380 except for disk access or VRAM transfers, so the speed of the transfer should not be critical. That's great. It would be nice to have some documentation about how to write software to this z380 board. Is there anyone available? Wait a little please. Now that EPROM is definitively finished, I started to write documentation and some samples. I'm writing it directly in english to save translation time. 8-) *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: DECEMBER 9TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl Difference between Windows and a virus is that virus never fails. -- 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
Salamander -- Aleste Co.
I don't know my hi-score in Aleste, but I end the game without loosing any live :) I did same on Aleste 2 once, in the second difficulty level! ;-) * XVIII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 9th 2000 * Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v - Itsumo MSX user New web address: http://konamiman.msx.tni.nlhttp2//nestor.msx [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Bill Gates should pay 1$ every time Windows fails everywhere in the world 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: Happy End in Salamander
I just need one ship to finish any Nemesis saga game. No pokes, no tricks, no drugs. 8-) Ha, you must be a game god then!! :-) At leasf for Konami shooter, and what about Space Manbow? :-) I'm Konami Man, guys! (-v-)v Space Manbow? It is as easy as Nemesis 1. Why don't you post your hi-scores at "Msx Games Are Back 2"?? I remember that I once reached a score of 5 milions in Nemesis 2... not with the first ship but with the first credit... ;-) * XVIII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 9th 2000 * Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v - Itsumo MSX user New web address: http://konamiman.msx.tni.nlhttp2//nestor.msx [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Bill Gates should pay 1$ every time Windows fails everywhere in the world 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: Happy End in Salamander
And...call me a girl if you want then, but I still can't beat Salamander without using a poke! (Can you do it without using any continues?) I just need one ship to finish any Nemesis saga game. No pokes, no tricks, no drugs. 8-) * XVIII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 9th 2000 * Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v - Itsumo MSX user New web address: http://konamiman.msx.tni.nlhttp2//nestor.msx [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Bill Gates should pay 1$ every time Windows fails everywhere in the world 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: Happy End in Salamander
I am not too sure if this is 100% correct Sure: it is not correct. 8-) The prediction chapters can be found always, even if you have not Nemesis 2 in the other slot. The chapter of Eioneus and Kierke (the first and the third planet you can choose, respectively) tell you how to kill the boss of the current stage, concretely they say the color of the nucleus you must shoot at. The chapter of Kierke (the second planet on the list, the metal fortress) tells you how to kill the last boss of the game (the one appearing after the "big eye" in the last stage), again by revealing the colour of the nucleus to be shooted at. In the last planet there is also a prediction chapter. It says something about that you must a crystal to defeat the eveil. ¿And how to find this crystal? Well, just insert Nemesis 2 in slot 2 and search along Eioneus and Kierke: the crystal is hidden somewhere in one of these planets but you will not find it if you have not Nemesis 2 inserted. And of course you can't play Operation X without Nemesis 2 inserted (BTW this stage has not prediction chapter at all). In fact, if you try to cheat MSX to make Salamander think that there is Nemesis 2 in slot 2 without actually having anything (there is a poke for this), Operation X will appear, but graphics will be just white blocks! It is funny! ;-) So as you can see, the order in which you select the planets is not important for finishing the game (the prediction does not tell anything about the battle in sequence as you say, but about a concrete monster). (It was a long ago the last time I finished this game) Also me. But a Konami Man can't forget such things. ;-) I recommend to play the game in a .DSK file, with a poke to be invicible. Then, move your ship EVERYWHERE in EVERY stage... Nah! CHICKEN!!! X-D Play Salamander without any poke if you are man enough!! X-) (sorry girls, no offence!) (^^!) The places where you find those "chapters" are like the places you find the secret weapons in Nemesis 3!! The chapter of Lavinia is always in the same place: after the scroll goes upside down and when it starts to go from left to right again, you will find a laser shooting base in the floor. Destroy it and enter in the hole it left in the floor when exploding. Good luck Yep, you will need it! ;-) * XVIII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER 9th 2000 * Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v - Itsumo MSX user New web address: http://konamiman.msx.tni.nlhttp2//nestor.msx [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 18281450 Bill Gates should pay 1$ every time Windows fails everywhere in the world 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: f1 spirit
2) As some of you already know, we're busy making a sequel to f1 spirit, but we still haven't found a good name for it. (f1 spirit 2 is not a good name I think) F1 Soul, F1 Dream, F1 Life... 8-) *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING:APRIL 30TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl User install wizard - Please enter user serial number -- 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
AAAARGH!!! (Tons of messages lost!!)
Hi all! Due to a misunderstanding, in the last month my father and me were using the same e-mail address at the same time and from different places. So I lost a lot of messages which he received and deleted. (- -!) Therefore, if someone sent me any message and it was not replied, please send me again! (Also, can someone send me all the messages speaking about NestorWare posted to this list? Thanx...) (^^!) Merry Y2K effect! *** NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING:APRIL 30TH *** -- Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl User install wizard - Please enter user serial number -- 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[2]: ID and SCSI Interfaces
Who knows if it is possible to use an IDE and SCSI interfaces at the same time on an MSX and copy from one hard disk to other. Yep, you can do it. Better results are obtained when SCSI is placed in a slot with smaller number than IDE, so it boots first (well, it happens with MegaSCSI). NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: MAY 1th - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl This is Solid Snake... PSX stoled our game... your reply, please... - 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/)
NestorBASIC IDE problem
Hi people, since I think this message from Italo Valerio has interest for more people, I publish it... My friend tested nbasic in DOS-2 megaram (Brasiliam Cartr.), (no IDE) and he make the tests to go to DOS and return to Basic, the symptom is same. So, Have same one "bug" in xbasic area. It happen with xbasic too, so not nbasic problem, it's only in xbasic area in the nbasic. Maybe the xbasic wasn't work properly in DOS-2, only DOS-1. I think, maybe will be need study and adapt the xbasic area in the nbasic to work in DOS-2 properly. NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: MAY 1th - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl This is Solid Snake... PSX stoled our game... your reply, please... - 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: AW: shoelace
I consider myself really a joking person, but... I can't understand this one!!! I missed something these days? I thought it was hilarious!! :-) ((?.?)) Waaa! I have no humour sense?? BTW: Did you know April fool's day is a Dutch tradition? Fool's day? Ah, the MSX users day... X-D :-) Just a logical step. If you can't do the things you want to on the computer, move on to the next. I agree: since I can't make NestorStupidUtilities on PSX, I move again to MSX... X-) Like a farmer with toothpain (another Dutch expression, if someone laughs like he doesn't like/understand it) Well, here is a funny (?) spanish one for using when you are really scared: I'm using my testicles as a tie! ! (^^!!) Hum, sorry to polite people... NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: MAY 1th - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl This is Solid Snake... PSX stoled our game... your reply, please... - 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: shoelace
"Laurens Holst" [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió/wrote/kakimashita/escreveu/écrit: Hey people, check your shoelace!!! (?.?) I consider myself really a joking person, but... I can't understand this one!!! I missed something these days? Hahaha!!! Eh... haha... ha? Uh... (^^!!) NEXT BARCELONA MSX USERS MEETING: MAY 1th - Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^ ^)v Itsumo MSX user [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://konamiman.msx.tni.nl This is Solid Snake... PSX stoled our game... your reply, please... - 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/)
