Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Laurens Holst
Something like $17. They do hardware scrolling and unusual YJK modes. Hmmm... definitely worth thinking about, do many games make use of it? Some. Laydock, M-Kid (beuh...), F1-Spirit 3D, Sardine (VERY nice shooter), Twinkle Star (also great shooter, will finally work! it had a bug which made

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Saku Taipale
Some. Laydock, M-Kid (beuh...), F1-Spirit 3D, Sardine (VERY nice shooter), Twinkle Star (also great shooter, will finally work! it had a bug which made I would like to get original Sardine and Twinkle Star, and while I don't have them, dsk-image would be nice ;) Greetings: Saku

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Laurens Holst
Some. Laydock, M-Kid (beuh...), F1-Spirit 3D, Sardine (VERY nice shooter), Twinkle Star (also great shooter, will finally work! it had a bug which made I would like to get original Sardine and Twinkle Star, and while I don't have them, dsk-image would be nice ;) Well I have them both...

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Albert Beevendorp
At 17:49 16-12-01 +0100, you wrote: Well I have them both... I'll look them up for you. Sardine is only the first half though (the second half doesn't exist :|) Still, great game. I mean, it really is programmed well... serious competition for konami shooters. Sea Sardine (full name) is divided

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Saku Taipale
Hi, I would like to get original Sardine and Twinkle Star, and while I don't have them, dsk-image would be nice ;) Well I have them both... I'll look them up for you. I got already images, so only originals needed now :) Sardine is only the first half though (the second half doesn't

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Ivan Latorre
Saku Taipale wrote: Hi, I would like to get original Sardine and Twinkle Star, and while I don't have them, dsk-image would be nice ;) Well I have them both... I'll look them up for you. I got already images, so only originals needed now :) Sardine is only the first half though

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Laurens Holst
Aww could you please please pleeeaaase mail side II to me then??? ~Grauw - Original Message - From: Saku Taipale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s) Hi, I would like to get original

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Saku Taipale
Aww could you please please pleeeaaase mail side II to me then??? Yup! :) Will you mail original games for me? ;) Greetings: Saku Taipale, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Laurens Holst
Aww could you please please pleeeaaase mail side II to me then??? Yup! :) Will you mail original games for me? ;) Well, mine are also non-originals... They're copies on some disk. But I'd say those images are equal to the originals and the ones I have... So iff you already have them...

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Saku Taipale
Well, mine are also non-originals... They're copies on some disk. But I'd say those images are equal to the originals and the ones I have... So iff you already have them... Or do I completely miss the point here and am I terribly mistaking? Partly you miss it with light-speed, but partly

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Laurens Holst
Well, mine are also non-originals... They're copies on some disk. But I'd say those images are equal to the originals and the ones I have... So iff you already have them... Or do I completely miss the point here and am I terribly mistaking? Partly you miss it with light-speed, but

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-16 Thread Saku Taipale
It's cool to have originals with manuals and box, but images are equal when you play the game :) Erm and you asked me to mail you original games? :-/ I am not going to send you original games I have with box and all!!! No way!!! Hehe, yeah, I asked ;) Anyone else around who like to

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-14 Thread Richard Kilpatrick
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Richard Atkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Something like $17. They do hardware scrolling and unusual YJK modes. Hmmm... definitely worth thinking about, do many games make use of it? I had a look at that machine on a site somewhere. Wow; nice machine! Do let us

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-13 Thread Eric Boon
If anyone in the UK is thinking about obtaining some of these chips, send me a mail - I'm looking into doing a similar sort of thing for a UK order. A CX5MII/128 with a video chip two generations more advanced would be quite amusing :) Hm, just wondering: upgrading an MSX-1 (The CX5MII *is*

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-13 Thread Hans Otten
21:50 Subject: Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s) If anyone in the UK is thinking about obtaining some of these chips, send me a mail - I'm looking into doing a similar sort of thing for a UK order. A CX5MII/128 with a video chip two generations more advanced would be quite amusing

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-13 Thread Richard Atkinson
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Hans Otten wrote: Yes, just 64K videoram wont be any good for VP9938 or 9958. So an upgrade is indeed required. 16K VRAM... The CX5MII like the Spectravideo SVI 738 X'Press does have a 9938 MSX-2 videochip but only a MSX-1 BIOS/Basic ROM set and 64K videoram. But these

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-13 Thread Saku Taipale
Yes, just 64K videoram wont be any good for VP9938 or 9958. So an upgrade is indeed required. The CX5MII like the Spectravideo SVI 738 X'Press does have a 9938 MSX-2 videochip but only a MSX-1 BIOS/Basic ROM set and 64K videoram. But these machines are easy to upgrade by following the

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-13 Thread Richard Kilpatrick
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Richard Atkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes If anyone in the UK is thinking about obtaining some of these chips, send me a mail - I'm looking into doing a similar sort of thing for a UK order. A CX5MII/128 with a video chip two generations more advanced would be quite

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-13 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Thursday 13 December 2001 22:14, you wrote: Yes, just 64K videoram wont be any good for VP9938 or 9958. So an upgrade is indeed required. V9938 (and V9958 too, probably) can cope with 64K VRAM. However, SCREEN7/8 need 128K. Even though a single page in those modes is 54K, it needs two

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-13 Thread Richard Atkinson
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Richard Kilpatrick wrote: In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] , Richard Atkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes If anyone in the UK is thinking about obtaining some of these chips, send me a mail - I'm looking into doing a similar sort of thing for a UK order. A CX5MII/128 with a

RE: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-12 Thread Pierre Gielen
If Gilberto is living in EURO zone, He does Where? In Spain? In Portugal? Is it someone you can trust? Maybe someone can visit him? And why mention a price in dollars (the exchange rate fluctuates, the dollar is rather expensive these days AND maybe a transfer in euros is cheaper?). BTW when

RE:[2] [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-12 Thread Francisco Alvarez
Pierre Gielen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 12/12/01 12:00:33: If Gilberto is living in EURO zone, He does Where? In Spain? In Portugal? Is it someone you can trust? Maybe someone can visit him? And why mention a price in dollars (the exchange rate fluctuates, the dollar is rather expensive

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-12 Thread Eric Boon
If Gilberto is living in EURO zone, He does Where? In Spain? In Portugal? Italy Is it someone you can trust? Dunno. I just assume that I can. Maybe someone can visit him? For me that's not an option, unfortunately And why mention a price in dollars (the exchange rate fluctuates,

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-12 Thread Hans Otten
to trust him i guess. - Original Message - From: Eric Boon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 20:28 Subject: Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s) If Gilberto is living in EURO zone, He does Where? In Spain? In Portugal? Italy

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-12 Thread Richard Atkinson
If anyone in the UK is thinking about obtaining some of these chips, send me a mail - I'm looking into doing a similar sort of thing for a UK order. A CX5MII/128 with a video chip two generations more advanced would be quite amusing :) Richard -- For info, see

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-11 Thread Eric Boon
Sakura Matsumoto [EMAIL PROTECTED]: *sigh* These are rare, neh? I may well never find one I can buy, certainly not in Canada. ^.^;; Well, no one is stopping you from ordering directly from Gilberto himself :-) Eric -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-11 Thread Alex Wulms
] Hello all, ] ] A couple of weeks ago, a certain Gilberto d'Osvualdo ] mentioned that he has several (50 odd) V9958 VDPs ] in stock for sale. Since the costs of international payment ] are pretty steep, I thought it would be a good idea to If Gilberto is living in EURO zone, then you can also

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-11 Thread Eric Boon
Alex Wulms made sense in writing: If Gilberto is living in EURO zone, He does then you can also wait until july 2002 or so with ordering the chips. The EC is passing a legislation forbidding the banks to have different tarifs for domestic transfers compared to cross-border transfers

[NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-10 Thread Eric Boon
Hello all, A couple of weeks ago, a certain Gilberto d'Osvualdo mentioned that he has several (50 odd) V9958 VDPs in stock for sale. Since the costs of international payment are pretty steep, I thought it would be a good idea to bundle the wishlist for a number of pople in the Netherlands,

Re: [NL only!] Ordering V9958 VDP(s)

2001-12-10 Thread Sakura Matsumoto
*sigh* These are rare, neh? I may well never find one I can buy, certainly not in Canada. ^.^;; _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp -- For info, see