[MSX] About TR-GT / Sobre TR-GT
This is a multilanguage e-mail (Portuguese/English). See portuguese text at end. Este é um e-mail multilingual (Português/Inglês). Veja o texto em português no final. ENGLISH Hello, Everybody I got one TR-GT about few days ago, and I want to make some modifications on it. First of all, I want to know how does the MSX-VIEW rom's work. I want to change it to another ROM, with other programs, it's just as easy as inhibit it and hook up another ROM? Or it is a Mapped ROM or anything weird? I want to put another flat cable, using the second floppy pins on MoBo... Can I put one connector at back of tr? There is a way to change the slot of the Floppy Interface? I don't like to use another floppy interface only to make the Hard Disk as C: and D:. I want to know more about it, like the use of Graph, Kanji, Kana, etc... Where can I find more specific info? About the expansion to 1MB, I've heard that it doesn't work seamlessly... it's correct? There is another way to expand the internal memory? Also I am looking for other ways to expand it, if you have an Idea... tell me! Thanks, Rudolf Gütlich Brazil. PORTUGUESE E ai, galera! Como a maioria de vcs já sabe, eu peguei um TR há pouco tempo, e eu gostaria de fazer algumas modificações nele... Primeiramente, gostaria de saber como funciona a ROM do MSX-VIEW. Gostaria de mudá-la para outra ROM, com outros programas ou talvez até o próprio MSX-VIEW em inglês, caso exista. É só trocar ou ela tem algum esquema de mapeamento, etc? Quero também colocar outro flat cable, usando os pinos para o segundo drive que existe na placa mãe. Seria legal ter um conector de floppy externo??? Existe uma maneira de mudar o slot da interface de disquete? Não gosto de ter que usar outra interface somente para que o HD fique como C: e D:. Gostaria também de saber mais sobre o funcionamento das teclas japonesas... enfim, tirar o máximo proveito do micrinho... Sobre a expansão para 1MB, ouvi falar que ela não funciona 100%, é verdade isso? Existe alguma forma segura de expandir a memória interna??? Se você tiver outras idéias para expandí-lo me avise!!! []s Rudolf Gütlich +==+ |Colecionador de micros e video games antigos. Se você possui um ou| | conhece quem tenha e queira se desfazer, entre em contato comigo | |-=+=-=+=-=+=-| MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-=+=-=+=-=+=-| \==/ __ Converse com seus amigos em tempo real com o Yahoo! Messenger http://br.download.yahoo.com/messenger/ ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] About TR-GT / Sobre TR-GT
Rudolf Gutlich wrote: Hello, Everybody I got one TR-GT about few days ago, and I want to make some modifications on it. First of all, I want to know how does the MSX-VIEW rom's work. I want to change it to another ROM, with other programs, it's just as easy as inhibit it and hook up another ROM? Or it is a Mapped ROM or anything weird? I want to put another flat cable, using the second floppy pins on MoBo... Can I put one connector at back of tr? There is a way to change the slot of the Floppy Interface? I don't like to use another floppy interface only to make the Hard Disk as C: and D:. On MSX, internal floppy drives are always the last ones, after the cartridge interfaces. So if you add a harddrive with 4 partitions, floppy will be E: and F:... I dont think changing the slot of the DiskROM is a good idea. It might break some stuff which expects the DiskROM in slot 3, and besides, the reason for modifying that seems a bit silly anyway, if you ask me :). This is how it works on MSX, if you want the PC drive assignments, get a PC ;p. I want to know more about it, like the use of Graph, Kanji, Kana, etc... Where can I find more specific info? That one I know... :). From Basic, type _KANJI0, _KANJI1, _KANJI2 or _KANJI3 to go to one of the kanij modes with different resolutions (I believe Kanji3 was highest). Go back to the 'normal' screenmode by typing _ANK. While in a kanji mode, you can enter kana by toggling the Kana key (like CODE on a European computer). Press CTRL-SPACE to make the IME bar appear, in which you can type kana, or romaji which will turn into kana, and combine those into kanji using a built-in dictionary (cycle through options using SPACE, I believe). About the expansion to 1MB, I've heard that it doesn't work seamlessly... it's correct? There is another way to expand the internal memory? Also I am looking for other ways to expand it, if you have an Idea... tell me! A compact flash interface is always a good expansion :). Bye! ~Grauw -- Ushiko-san! Kimi wa doushite, Ushiko-san!! ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] About TR-GT / Sobre TR-GT
--- Laurens Holst [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On MSX, internal floppy drives are always the last ones, after the cartridge interfaces. So if you add a harddrive with 4 partitions, floppy will be E: and F:... I donât think changing the slot of the DiskROM is a good idea. It might break some stuff which expects the DiskROM in slot 3, and besides, the reason for modifying that seems a bit silly anyway, if you ask me :). This is how it works on MSX, if you want the PC drive assignments, get a PC ;p. I know the way the thing are, but I always had in my brazilian MSX's the following structure: One Floppy Disk Interface (as A: and B:), and one IDE interface (as C: and so on). I Have 5 PCs in home, and I have also 15 MSX 1 here, along with MSX 2.0, 2+, TR-GT ... I want it not because it's like the PC order, but because it's easier to deal with. just it. I want to know more about it, like the use of Graph, Kanji, Kana, etc... Where can I find more specific info? That one I know... :). From Basic, type _KANJI0, _KANJI1, _KANJI2 or _KANJI3 to go to one of the kanij modes with different resolutions (I believe Kanji3 was highest). Go back to the 'normal' screenmode by typing _ANK. While in a kanji mode, you can enter kana by toggling the Kana key (like CODE on a European computer). Press CTRL-SPACE to make the IME bar appear, in which you can type kana, or romaji which will turn into kana, and combine those into kanji using a built-in dictionary (cycle through options using SPACE, I believe). Thanks, I went to MSX Assembly Page and there is a link that explains many other things about Kanji Thank you also for your complementary info! About the expansion to 1MB, I've heard that it doesn't work seamlessly... it's correct? There is another way to expand the internal memory? Also I am looking for other ways to expand it, if you have an Idea... tell me! A compact flash interface is always a good expansion :). I want to install it... it's a good idea :) Bye! ~Grauw []s Rudolf Gütlich +==+ |Colecionador de micros e video games antigos. Se você possui um ou| | conhece quem tenha e queira se desfazer, entre em contato comigo | |-=+=-=+=-=+=-| MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-=+=-=+=-=+=-| \==/ Yahoo! Mail - Com 250MB de espaço. Abra sua conta! http://mail.yahoo.com.br/ ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] About TR-GT / Sobre TR-GT
Rudolf Gütlich wrote: First of all, I want to know how does the MSX-VIEW rom's work. I want to change it to another ROM, with other programs, it's just as easy as inhibit it and hook up another ROM? Or it is a Mapped ROM or anything weird? The turboR GT firmware is a mapped rom with 8kB pages. You can check the openMSX source-code for details about how it works and how it is layed out. About the expansion to 1MB, I've heard that it doesn't work seamlessly... it's correct? There is another way to expand the internal memory? It doesn't work with non-standard software (that is, software that reads the mapper I/O ports), but it has no problem with MSX-DOS2 programs (and other correctly written software). On non-standard software only 512kB is visible. Greetz, Patriek ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] About TR-GT / Sobre TR-GT
At 16:26 13-3-05 , you wrote: I want to know more about it, like the use of Graph, Kanji, Kana, etc... Where can I find more specific info? That one I know... :). From Basic, type _KANJI0, _KANJI1, _KANJI2 or _KANJI3 to go to one of the kanij modes with different resolutions (I believe Kanji3 was highest). Go back to the 'normal' screenmode by typing _ANK. While in a kanji mode, you can enter kana by toggling the Kana key (like CODE on a European computer). Press CTRL-SPACE to make the IME bar appear, in which you can type kana, or romaji which will turn into kana, and combine those into kanji using a built-in dictionary (cycle through options using SPACE, I believe). While not in a Kanji mode, you can toggle kana/ascii as well with the kana key, with shift-kana you can even type romaji... and with capslock on it's even possible to type katakana in stead of hiragana. And in any Kanji mode (IME bar) you can cycle through options using the cursor keys. RETURN will output the contents of the bar to the screen. Then you can use the function keys in the IME bar, toggling between katakana and hiragana and narrow and wide script for both of them. GreeTz, BiFi Visit my Home Page at www.bifi.msxnet.org mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FTP: ftp.bifi.msxnet.org ICQ #36126979 ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] About TR-GT / Sobre TR-GT
--- Patriek Lesparre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rudolf Gütlich wrote: First of all, I want to know how does the MSX-VIEW rom's work. I want to change it to another ROM, with other programs, it's just as easy as inhibit it and hook up another ROM? Or it is a Mapped ROM or anything weird? The turboR GT firmware is a mapped rom with 8kB pages. You can check the openMSX source-code for details about how it works and how it is layed out. I will look for it! Thanks! About the expansion to 1MB, I've heard that it doesn't work seamlessly... it's correct? There is another way to expand the internal memory? It doesn't work with non-standard software (that is, software that reads the mapper I/O ports), but it has no problem with MSX-DOS2 programs (and other correctly written software). On non-standard software only 512kB is visible. What is the STANDARD way to know how much Mapped Memory do I have, and in which slot(s) they are? Greetz, Patriek []s Rudolf Gütlich +==+ |Colecionador de micros e video games antigos. Se você possui um ou| | conhece quem tenha e queira se desfazer, entre em contato comigo | |-=+=-=+=-=+=-| MSN Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |-=+=-=+=-=+=-| \==/ __ Converse com seus amigos em tempo real com o Yahoo! Messenger http://br.download.yahoo.com/messenger/ ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] About TR-GT / Sobre TR-GT
Rudolf Gutlich wrote: About the expansion to 1MB, I've heard that it doesn't work seamlessly... it's correct? There is another way to expand the internal memory? It doesn't work with non-standard software (that is, software that reads the mapper I/O ports), but it has no problem with MSX-DOS2 programs (and other correctly written software). On non-standard software only 512kB is visible. What is the STANDARD way to know how much Mapped Memory do I have, and in which slot(s) they are? Standard: a process involving setting a byte in all mapper pages and iterating through them until you see repetition of a number you wrote earlier (or something similar). Non-standard: something involving reading out one of the I/O ports #FC-#FF. ~Grauw -- Ushiko-san! Kimi wa doushite, Ushiko-san!! ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
