Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-19 Thread Laurens Holst
> > > To get the cartridge working close the switch and call the boot. > > > Something like (in Basic) > > > def usr=0 : u=usr(0) > > > will do a boot. > > > > poke &hf346,1 > > _system > > > > also works very often. > > and it doesn't reboot first. > > Will CALL SYSTEM start a cartridge? hmmm ma

Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-19 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Monday 19 March 2001 14:48, you wrote: > > To get the cartridge working close the switch and call the boot. > > Something like (in Basic) > > def usr=0 : u=usr(0) > > will do a boot. > > poke &hf346,1 > _system > > also works very often. > and it doesn't reboot first. Will CALL SYSTEM start a

Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-19 Thread Laurens Holst
> On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 08:21:31AM +0100, Hans Otten wrote: > > > Please excuse this possibly-stupid question; I'm new to MSX. ^.^;; Is it > > > possible to boot from MSX-Basic or MSX-DOS 1 to cartridge, if the cartridge > > > is interted after the boot/has a switch and is switched on after boot

Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-19 Thread Laurens Holst
> To get the cartridge working close the switch and call the boot. > Something like (in Basic) > def usr=0 : u=usr(0) > will do a boot. poke &hf346,1 _system also works very often. and it doesn't reboot first. and ofcourse you can put vdp(10)=0 first... ~Grauw -- For info, see http://w

Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-13 Thread Albert Beevendorp
At 15:07 13-3-01 +0100, you wrote: Another option is this: >defusr=&h7d75:a=usr(0) > >I'm not sure how standard this is, but it seems to work on all machines >I've tried it on. This doesn't work for cartridges that wait for the >disk controller to initialize (like Metal Gear 2, Game Master 1 & 2,

Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-13 Thread Brendan Cross
Classical! It works great, booting directly to cartridge! Thank you very much! Nemesis II is fun to play, even in black-and-white. ^.^ Original Message Follows From: Sean Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cartridge questio

Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-13 Thread Alex Wulms
] On Tuesday 13 March 2001 13:07, you wrote: ] ] > Unfortunately, that command doesn't help me much here. The problem is that ] > cartridges use whatever video mode is active when they are booted. ] > Therefore, even though the cartridges were written for NTSC televisions, ] > they boot in PAL on

Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-13 Thread Alex Wulms
] > The MSX will not see the cartridge, boot in its normal. ] > To get the cartridge working close the switch and call the boot. ] > Something like (in Basic) ] > def usr=0 : u=usr(0) ] > will do a boot. ] ] Another option is this: ] ] defusr=&h7d75:a=usr(0) ] I'm not sure how standard this is,

Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-13 Thread Sean Young
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 08:21:31AM +0100, Hans Otten wrote: > > Please excuse this possibly-stupid question; I'm new to MSX. ^.^;; Is it > > possible to boot from MSX-Basic or MSX-DOS 1 to cartridge, if the cartridge > > is interted after the boot/has a switch and is switched on after boot? > >

Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-13 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Brendan Cross wrote: > Which brings me to my next question; how is a ROM dumped? Although I know > that one of my two games, Nemesis II, has already been dumped, I've never > seen a ROM of Super Triton anywhere. There are many ways. Out of the blue, I can think on two safe ways but there's probab

Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-13 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Tuesday 13 March 2001 13:07, you wrote: > Unfortunately, that command doesn't help me much here. The problem is that > cartridges use whatever video mode is active when they are booted. > Therefore, even though the cartridges were written for NTSC televisions, > they boot in PAL on my NTSC tel

Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-13 Thread Brendan Cross
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cartridge question Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 11:27:32 - >From: "Brendan Cross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Cartridge question >Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001

RE: Cartridge question

2001-03-13 Thread Brendan Cross
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Re: Cartridge question

2001-03-13 Thread Bjorn Boye Skjoldhammer
>From: "Brendan Cross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Cartridge question >Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2001 22:12:22 -0400 > >Please excuse this possibly-stupid question; I'm new to MSX. ^.^;; Is it >po

RE: Cartridge question

2001-03-12 Thread Hans Otten
) Hans -Original Message- From: Brendan Cross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 03:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cartridge question Please excuse this possibly-stupid question; I'm new to MSX. ^.^;; Is it possible to boot from MSX-Basic or MSX-DOS 1 to cart

Cartridge question

2001-03-12 Thread Brendan Cross
Please excuse this possibly-stupid question; I'm new to MSX. ^.^;; Is it possible to boot from MSX-Basic or MSX-DOS 1 to cartridge, if the cartridge is interted after the boot/has a switch and is switched on after boot? _ Ge