Re: PMA

1999-11-09 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Thu, 04 Nov 1999, Boon, Eric wrote: What I'm _really_ after is a Linux util to decompress PMA's. Yesterday I converted part of Alwin Henseler's UnPMA to Java (thanks for publishing the source, Alwin!). The Java program can now unpack "-pm2-" type streams. In the UnPMA docs there is a

Re: PMA

1999-11-09 Thread shevek
On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: What I'm _really_ after is a Linux util to decompress PMA's. I prefer option 2. I already added "-pm0-" support, but "-pm2-" support is a lot harder. The main problem is that I'm not that experienced with C. Help is appreciated. I can help you

Re: Non MSX related

1999-11-09 Thread kikker
this is for all those people who use linux and netscape because they don't like microsoft.. just for fun.. everyone knows what MSX stands for.. msx was invented by a bunch of people, one of them being bill gates, so just stop complaining about microsoft!! they brought us this wonderful machine!

Re: Sony HiFD

1999-11-09 Thread Jon De Schrijder
Ivan Latorre wrote: Hello Can I connect a Sony HiFD drive to my MSXturboR with the Sunrise IDE Interface? I was going to buy a Iomega Zip 100 or 250 drive but I´ve seen that Sony HiFD can read and write current 2HD floppy disks, even 2DD floppy disks! Greetings what is a sony

Re: Sony HiFD

1999-11-09 Thread Ivan Latorre
Hello Yes, I agree with you. I think that a ZIP drive is the best choice. They are fast (the 100Mb drive is faster than the 250Mb drive) and quite cheap (113 US dollars the external 100Mb version). Well, I don´t know much about Sony HiFD. I know that it can be connected to a PC through the

Re: PMA

1999-11-09 Thread Alex Wulms
] I prefer option 2. I already added "-pm0-" support, but "-pm2-" support is a ] lot harder. The main problem is that I'm not that experienced with C. Help ] is appreciated. You can try to convert your java code to C. Perhaps there are even tools on the internet that can do that for you. A Java

Re: Non MSX related

1999-11-09 Thread Alex Wulms
] this is for all those people who use linux and netscape because they don't ] like microsoft.. just for fun.. ] ] everyone knows what MSX stands for.. msx was invented by a bunch of people, ] one of them being bill gates, so just stop complaining about microsoft!! ] they brought us this

Re: Non MSX related

1999-11-09 Thread kikker
i was hoping to kickstart someone in writing about 43Kb of text in reply.. ;] thanks a lot.. ;] -kikker 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

360 disk drive to 720 disk drive????

1999-11-09 Thread Manuel Soler
Hi, I would like to ask the following question: Is is possible to change a 360 Kbs disk drive for a 720 Kbs one in a Philips VG-8235 MSX2 computer? I should need to know about this before buying a 2nd hand computer! Looking forward to hearing from anybody, Manuel =

Re: 360 disk drive to 720 disk drive????

1999-11-09 Thread Maico Arts
Hello Is is possible to change a 360 Kbs disk drive for a 720 Kbs one in a Philips VG-8235 MSX2 computer? That is possible, but you have to make a new cable between motherboard and diskdrive (see the MSX FAQ tosee how) and you have to make a new eprom for the diskrom (use the one from the