Re: NMS8280 HELP !!!

1999-02-09 Thread shevek
On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Frengo wrote: The are more original MSX floppies working today ? :-) I opened my 8245 some time ago. It has a weird connector (1 line of 15 pins, or something). It uses normal 3.5" floppies, though. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via

Re: R: NMS8280 HELP !!!

1999-02-09 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
At 09:08 PM 2/8/99 +0100, you wrote: We don't have +5V signal in the out of the power supply (going to the motherboard) I once built a 8250 in a PC case. When I measures the levels of the PC power supply, they were not the correct values. This was caused by the fact that there was nothing

AW: Your typical MSX history hardware setup

1999-02-09 Thread Coen van der Geest
Hi there, Tell me about your history. Nice subject, this, btw. I have some spare time, so I will now write about myself (yawn). Despite of being born in 1974, my first encounter with a computer must be somewhere in 1982 or '83, when my cousin had a ZX Spectrum. I really liked Scuba Diving on

Re: Coen van der Geest AW

1999-02-09 Thread student Wiskunde/Informatica
Hi there, Tell me about your history. Nice subject, this, btw. nostalgic no doubt... [skip a lot] I recontacted Arnold (who was busy in the demo-scene with Remco Schrijvers under the name of Moonsoft). He showed me some SCC demos and Were these Sigma demos by any chance? They have to

Re: IDE Problem

1999-02-09 Thread Jon De Schrijder
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, Marco Casali wrote: If the IDE-interface hasn't been modified as explained in the IDEFIX.TXT file, you may encounter all kinds of problems with it. Especially if you plug in too many hardware (like your memorymapper). The ide are upgraded with this kind of

HARDWARE PROPOSAL (7MHz related)

1999-02-09 Thread Jon De Schrijder
Hi folks! thank you for replying my question about the 7MHz musicreplay. Some months ago I did some tests: I connected some internal 3.58MHz signal directly to the SCC and to the MSX-Audio. The SCC did work fine. But the Audio sometimes skipped a note like Laurens described. I thought this was

Re: Divide Multiply in assembler

1999-02-09 Thread Jan-Lieuwe Koopmans
Come on! Your VDP had got its own Line drawing instructions... You don't need multiplications/divisions for those... Why don't you use these??? Hello fellow-MSX'ers! I need FAST division and multiplication routines in assembler and I hope some of you can help me. I need an integer division

Re: Higher printquality on your MSX was:Re: Word Processor for MSX...

1999-02-09 Thread Martial BENOIT
At 10:14 14/03/98 +0900, you wrote: But hey, VI ported to MSX would be fantastic! Especially if it would be VIM. Joon-Sung Kim: why don't you contact Bram Molenaar? vim source code is available. However, I like coding more than porting :) Besides it, when I port it, I must use C

Re: linux

1999-02-09 Thread Randy Simons
YOU I have just a question: what about Linux or a Unix system on a MSX ?? Linux is out of the question, a different Unix might be possible. In fact, I thought I once heard something about an Unix being developed for z80. Too bad the MSX doesn't have an MMU. Yup, there is, it's called MIMIX

Re: Higher printquality on your MSX was:Re: Word Processor for MSX...

1999-02-09 Thread David Heremans
I prefer to edit text files with vi. Too bad that it has not been ported to MSX yet. vim is much better (most systems use vim and link vi to it ) If anybody is porting them to MSX also consider Aplixware and Starroffice as a porting project please :-)) DAvid Heremans MSX Mailinglist. To

Re: Higher printquality on your MSX was:Re: Word Processor for MSX...

1999-02-09 Thread Ricardo Jurczyk Pinheiro
At 22:09 12/03/98 +0100, you wrote: ] I was just wondering... Are there still people around who use their MSX for ] real wordprocessing? I mean... I thought every MSX fan also had a PC... ] ] No! I'm one of the few people that only owns MSX systems... No PC or other ] computers! But for

Re: Higher printquality on your MSX was:Re: Word Processor for MSX...

1999-02-09 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: :I prefer to edit text files with vi. Too bad that it has not been :ported to MSX yet. :Best regards, Alex WULMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: : Then is there no body to try it? : I like vi editor for programming, it's the best editor for me. (I'm :writing this with vi

FRENCH --- Re: Troubles with Msx ram connecting

1999-02-09 Thread MetalGear
Salut, J'ignore si le Sony 500 supporte le poke -1,170, (je crois que le Sony 700 le supporte), mais je suis CERTAIN que le poke -1,170 est celui nécessaire pour bon nombre de MSX Philips, qui eux crashent lorsqu'on tape poke -1,255 (poke du Sony 700), en fait le poke -1,xxx sert en generale a

NMS 8280 for sale ?

1999-02-09 Thread arjan compagner
Hello everybody, Sometimes searching on the net for MSX give 'strange' results: What do you think of this: MSX-computer , Philips NMS 8280 Home Office, 64 k rom, 256 k ram, dubbel sided, 2720 k diskdrive, compleet met printer NMS 1421 + software, het geheel voor slechts f 300,-. 0294-283374

Re: Re: tR vs BERT

1999-02-09 Thread Maico Arts
The Bert-interface you used in your MSX2 uses different set of i/o-ports then the one you can use with your Turbo-R GT. The MSX2-version uses I/O hD0 to hD7, GT uses I/O h30 to h37 I don't know if you just need to change the ROMs or if you need more modifications... Greetings from the

Re: Higher printquality on your MSX was:Re: Word Processor for MSX...

1999-02-09 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
I was just wondering... Are there still people around who use their MSX for real wordprocessing? I mean... I thought every MSX fan also had a PC... No! I'm one of the few people that only owns MSX systems... No PC or other computers! But for wordprocessing I prefer LaTeX on the Unix system on

Re: FM-PAC wanted and stupid question

1999-02-09 Thread Alex Wulms
] Hi! ] ] What's the difference between Turbo-R GT en ST ?? ] How long do you have an MSX? ] GT has 512 Kb and Midi ] ST has 256 Kb and no Midi ] ] And GT has MSX-VIEW in ROM. ] ] ST comes with MSX-DOS2.30 and GT comes with MSX-DOS2.2.31 And last but not least: GT has build in rom disk

Word Processor for MSX...

1999-02-09 Thread Giovanni R. Nunes
People, Anybody knows a good (or usable) Word Processor for MSX2 (or 2+, TR, etc). For MSX1 I know the MSX Write (of ASCII) and the MSX Word (a conversion of the Spectrum's TASS Word). But for MSX2 I don't know nothing similarity. Ok, I know TASS Word 2. But I need of a Word processor

Re: FM-PAC wanted and stupid question

1999-02-09 Thread Remco van der Zon
Hi Arjan I really need FM-PAC ( cartridge) Can somebody help me ? And now a stupid question ( well maybe.. ) What's the difference between Turbo-R GT en ST ?? How long do you have an MSX? GT has 512 Kb and Midi ST has 256 Kb and no Midi Greetz Arjan |) |\ emco MSX

Re: Lot of MSX hardware for sale

1999-02-09 Thread Alberto Valverde
Hello Peter, Yes, now everything is O.K. and I can see or convert the PC JPEG pictures to MSX and I can get two pictures number 0 and 1, everyone is 52 Kb. SCC format, but what can I do to see both pictures in interlaced mode, please HELP. REGARDS. ALBERTO On Mon, 9 Mar 1998, Mensink Peter

Z380, Z80 incompatibilities?

1999-02-09 Thread Jon De Schrijder
Hi, I think there may be some minor Z380 incompatibilities with Z80. I got a faq about the Z180 in which are mentioned the following differences between Z180 and Z80 and since Z380 is probably more like Z180 Greetz, Jon "For DAA (Decimal adjust), if you execute this instruction after DEC

Re: MSX-Audio : 7MHz

1999-02-09 Thread Tristan
BTW does anyone know how you can make your Audio (SCC, ...) work ok at 7MHz? I think the answer NYYRIKKI gave is not correct. Just supply it with its own 3.58MHz clock signal. Build your own oscillator circuit in the cartridge (Parts are worth a couple guilders I think) and connect it to

Newsgoups (was: Re: MSX-Audio 256kb sample ram expansion]

1999-02-09 Thread Eric . Boon
And please may someone tell me a server with acess to the msx NEWS group ? Maybe you mean something like DejaNews (www.dejanews.com) ? Dejanews is not a news sever, AFAIK. It's a news archive, which in many cases means that you're reading news that's at least a couple of days old :-(

Re: MSX-Audio 256kb sample ram expansion

1999-02-09 Thread Alwin Henseler
Leonard Silva de Oliveira[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MSX-Audio : 256kb sample ram expansion MSX newsgroup Does someone have a schematic on how to do it ? If so is possible to send it to me ? Gimme a couple of days, and I'll upload a schematic for it to my MSX Tech Doc page...

Re: MSX380 my opinion

1999-02-09 Thread Alex Wulms
] I'm not really interested in an MSX380 100% compatible with MSX, if I want ] ot play MSX game or demos, I still have my MSX Turbo R or an MSX2. I think If it is not compatible, then you wont be able to run old msx programs like msx-dos and assemblers. One of the supposed advantages of the z380

Re: BlaBlaBla + PAUSE key

1999-02-09 Thread Patriek Lesparre
Of course the PAUSE key worked!!! This key is hardware implemented! I saw it in a Panasonic FSA1WSX (MSX2+) and the PAUSE key access a circuit that controls the clock flow. But this demands a special refresh circuit, which I couldn't found, but I know this has to exist. Although I haven't tested

Re: Samples on PSG

1999-02-09 Thread Ricardo Bittencourt Vidigal Leitao
On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Armando Pérez Abad wrote: Can someone tell me how to play PCM samples on PSG with good quality? Do you know HWAV? You can also try READWAV, the latest version has source code available. READWAV plays .WAV files through PSG with 4-bit quantization. The

VDP registers

1999-02-09 Thread Stefano Fronteddu
Hi to all, I've added at my home page a guide on VDP registers of MSX 2. For now it's only in italian but soon I'm going to translate it. Bye! --- Fronteddu Stefano [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://space.tin.it/computer/stfront 0338/3645458 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe,

MSX Computer Magazines and MSX Club Magazines for sale!

1999-02-09 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
Hi! The day before yesterday I bought a lot of old MSX Computer Magazines and some MSX Club Magazines from Frank Druijff. Most of them are brand new! If you're still looking for some of these magazines, mail me! I'll sell them for Fl 0,50 a piece. I don't have all issues of MCM, roughly I have

Assembler course - URL changed

1999-02-09 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Hi, folks. The URL of Cyberknight's Z80 Assembly Course changed. If you are interested, see: http://www.honjo.or.jp/honjo/user/alexsato/ptdownld.htm Again, it's all in portuguese. Bye, Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL

Re: Ramfile expansion?

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
Yeah, I know where finland is. Laurens Holst, holland, pleased to meet you... ~Grauw 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]

Re: MSX380 my opinion

1999-02-09 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
At 05:20 PM 9/21/98 +0200, you wrote: :By the way, did anyone actually compare R800 and Z380 opcodes? If we're :lucky, there are "semi-accidentally" compatible. That was an idea I wrote about a while ago too (but then in comp.sys.msx???) Anyway, I think the instructions are compatible, for most

Re: Ramfile expansion?

1999-02-09 Thread Maico Arts
Hey! First, I do not know what a light-pen is (something like those 'guns' with which you can shoot at the screen???) (hehehe...), and second, it will have tobe connected to the joystick-port and therefor it will have to be read using the PSG. This lightpen. Ever heard of the sanyo lightpen? I

Re: Return to interrupts

1999-02-09 Thread Alwin Henseler
Hi again, Interrupts are REEAALLY interesting stuff, aren't they? The interrupt routine should end with an instruction that re-enables the interrupts. I think RETI does that. Anyway, the MSX BIOS uses EI followed by RET instead. Yup. That the BIOS uses EI is very weird. But play it

Re: Ramfile expansion?

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Laurens Holst wrote: Hey! First, I do not know what a light-pen is (something like those 'guns' No, pen is that thing, that you usually use, when you write or draw something to paper. Light-pen is a thing, that you can use for drawing to screen. If you know, what is

JoyNet is the name of the standard...

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
About the voting for JoyNet / JoyCom: there is a problem: geocities doesn't send the form through to my geocities-email-account but to the email-account I signed up with. This one does not exist anymore so I didn't recieve any forms. When I listen to the response I've recieved about it JoyNet is

Re: 3D Master system

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
:I think, that also connecting this 3D Master system forexample to printer :port is much better idea, than opening MSX and soldering it into VDP. :This way we can do much more and you can still use this same BASIC :proggram, if you just first write a really small driver into VDP interrupt

Re: MSX Advertisement again :-)

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
:Not that large, and another thing is, that you can not use DOS or BASIC. :Ok, it is not very useful, but forexample in SCREEN 8 it is fun, that you :can use forexample LINE-command in direct command mode and still use :commands like LOCATE. But hey! You did say most of them were not

Re: TAPE - DISK

1999-02-09 Thread Stephan Oversteegen
That would be very kind... thanks already !! plss.. send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Greetings... Stephan Hello Stephan, I programmed about 10 years ago (with TP 3.0) a program, which puts basic and mc-programs onto the tape . Should I post it to you ? Sincerely Kari

Re: Assember lessons...

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Laurens Holst wrote: :protection probblem I need Help ! I can guarantee, that this proggram will :be simply impossibble to be used for pirate copying. Anyway, so if you want to use a copy-protected game you'll still have to insert the original disk? Then what's the

read me!

1999-02-09 Thread Stefano Fronteddu
I've uploaded my home page with an english version. Have You Ever heard of Raku Raku Anime for MSX ? Give a look ! Bye --- Fronteddu Stefano [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://space.tin.it/computer/stfront 0338/3645458 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL

Re: 8235/00 and 8235/20

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
[...] :else on the circuit board for a certain part though)! Only power :supply circuits, and mechanical construction differs between these :newer 8235's, and the 8245 (and the SS vs. DS drive, ofcourse). One major advantage that lets me prefer the VG8235: the best keyboard I have ever typed

Re: Interrupts

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
: I have a little question: : : - Interrupt occurs : - (DI) : - Interrupt Routine (- new interrupt occurs) : - EI : - ret : : : What will happen if a NEW interrupt occurs when the MSX is : processing obove mentioned "routine-part"? : : - After switching the interrupts on, will the

Re: BlaBlaBla

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
:Hi Laurens : :Which game are you programming? Strategic Army, a real-time-strategy-action-play-game (yes, it is...) Much like Dune2, Warcraft 2, CC etcetera on the PC, and also a bit like DOME on the MSX (but definately NOT the same, as some people think). Take a look at my website

Re: MSX Advertisement again :-)

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
:Maybe you could get from the author permission to modify some chapters or you :could concentrate in what really matters, giving links to those introdutory :chapters, like boolean algebra, binary format in his book. Nah, if I'm gonna write then it'll be my own text, and not somebody else's

Surrec's homepage

1999-02-09 Thread Richard Bosch
hi there Surrec's homepage is updated once again and this time the page is moved from http://www.tip.nl/users/richard.bosch1 to http://www.richardbosch.demon.nl/surrec Richard Bosch Contact me at e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] snail mail duivelmolen 5 5345 ZR Oss ICQ : 18561362 or visit

Re: Ramfile expansion?

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
: Several years ago, when I bought my MSX mouse, I looked in the V9938 data : book for info on reading the mouse. I programmed a routine according to : that info, but it didn't work. Only when I started disassembling other : mouse read routines, I found out that the mouse was connected to the PSG

Light pens

1999-02-09 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
At 04:06 PM 09/20/98 -0300, you wrote: And backing to lightpens. Some top-level MSX models had it from factory. Like the Wavy 11 (MSX1), Wavy 10mkII (MSX1) and MPC27 (MSX2) both from SANYO. Talking Sanyo, anybody know the MPC-X??? Sanyo MPC100 (MSX1 for UK market) didn't have a light

Re: Samples on PSG

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
Hi! Can someone tell me how to play PCM samples on PSG with good quality? (I remember that someone explained it some time ago) Best way to do this is to switch volume of all 3 channels, when they are dissabbled. (reg 7) You need a logarithm table to get best result. I don't

screen 4 perils

1999-02-09 Thread Mark . Zellenrath
btw: Thanx 2 all of u 4 the v9938 infos, but I realized that screen 4 highspeed-copies maybe possible, but (theoretically) the area to be copied is 2 difficult 2 select...:( I think Mark Zellenrath (previously known as Zelly ;) tried that once, but came to the conclusion it doesn't

Re: MSX Advertisement again :-)

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
:Not that large, and another thing is, that you can not use DOS or BASIC. :Ok, it is not very useful, but forexample in SCREEN 8 it is fun, that you :can use forexample LINE-command in direct command mode and still use :commands like LOCATE. But hey! You did say most of them were not very

Re: BlaBlaBla

1999-02-09 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
At 10:24 AM 09/18/98 +0200, you wrote: - Led change Making funny light-loops using the LEDs on your MSX, which are on a 'normal' MSX just using the CAPS-led, on a Japanese MSX using the CAPS and KANA led and on the turboR even using all changeable leds.. I my game, for example, normally there

3D Master system

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
In the last Jau and Brasilia meetings, Ademir Carchano shows a litle toy. He got a Master System 3D glasses. Do you remember the 8bit SEGA's console has a LCD glasses for 3D games. This glasses works with a single work. The LCD in this glasses blocks the vision of a

Re: Interrupts

1999-02-09 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
At 01:17 PM 09/20/98 +0200, you wrote: - Interrupt occurs - (DI) - Interrupt Routine (- new interrupt occurs) - EI - ret What will happen if a NEW interrupt occurs when the MSX is processing obove mentioned "routine-part"? It will be remembered. As an explanation, I'll give a few facts about

Interrupts

1999-02-09 Thread Oberleithner Wolfgang
Hi! I have a little question: - Interrupt occurs - (DI) - Interrupt Routine (- new interrupt occurs) - EI - ret What will happen if a NEW interrupt occurs when the MSX is processing obove mentioned "routine-part"? - After switching the interrupts on, will the MSX remember the interrupt

Re: 3D Master system

1999-02-09 Thread Leonard Silva de Oliveira
NYYRIKKI wrote: I didn't mean, that displaying a picture takes any time, but if you wish to make a game, you have to generate two a bit different pictures, and that takes plenty of time. The pictures had gradual distortion pretty simple ... you can do a program to create tan

Re: 3D Master system

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
On Sun, 20 Sep 1998, Leonard Silva de Oliveira wrote: NYYRIKKI wrote: Using a sync information from VDP the glasses blocks the eyes creating different views for each eye, simulling a 3D vision. He promisses distribute this schem for every one. And it is can be used

Re: TEAC drive

1999-02-09 Thread Martin Schumann
Sorry, I read that message now for the first time. There are indeed many models of FD-235. HF is 1.44 MB. But there is another number after name of the model. I know at least about 3 or 4 different models with different jumpers. Here is, what specification says about IR and MS: IR Strap (1)

Re: Assember lessons...

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
Well... Start doing another insane or cool assembly program! :) Hey, last time I forgetted to tell you about my most grazy assembler project for MSX2 : a 3D car driveing game !!! Features : - over 16 million colors - 50 frames/second - Most realistic graphics, that have been seen

Re: VDP 9938

1999-02-09 Thread Martial BENOIT
At 15:12 18/09/98 +0200, you wrote: At 11:30 PM 9/16/98 +, you wrote: -For most screens, there is a relationship between the exact VRAM address, and the VRAM page/pixel-coordinates that is about what you would expect. In some screen modes (I think Graphic 5 6 modes, that is, SCREEN 6

Re: Ramfile expansion?

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
:I know, that it is possibble to connect slotexpander to MSX1, but I think, :that it is VERY unlikely, that this guy has one. Okay, but it should be possible. Just like that a mouse is possible to use on a MSX1, although they say it is only usable on MSX2 or higher. Well it was

Re: MSX380 my opinion (Z380 RULEZ!)

1999-02-09 Thread Patriek Lesparre
Yeah, I already knew that... 4 banks of shadow-registers and IX and IY can also be swapped. Bu err... I kinda like my conventional limit of AF, AF', BC, BC', DE, DE', HL, HL', IX and IY (and IR, PC and SP). Actually that IS your limit. It's not just 4 banks of shadow-registers, it's 4 banks of

Re: MSX380 my opinion

1999-02-09 Thread Martial BENOIT
At 16:43 03/10/98 +0200, you wrote: At 04:14 AM 9/13/98 +0200, you wrote: Question: In linear address space mode, is it still Z80 (MSX) compatible? From Zilog Z380 user's manual, chapter 3: The Z380 has a native and an extended mode. In native mode the Z380 is compatible with the Z80. It can

Re: 4 Sale

1999-02-09 Thread arjan . compagner
Hallo Klaas, Ik heb nog even op je website gekeken, en heb (ook) nog belangstelling voor: MSX-DOS met Disk-Basic ( sickler) en de net- magazines ( = N@t ; internet-magazine toch ? ) Wat denk je van f 10,- voor dit alles ? Hi, I have some various hardware, software, books and magazines

Re: Ramfile expansion?

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
:Philips made MSX1 computers with memory in an expanded slot. These were the :second series of the VG 8020. They can be recognized at the bottom, where it :says VG8020/20. This caused a lot of trouble back then. Ah, the famous /20-series... Can anybody tell me the difference between the VG8235

Re: SVI 728 has 2 expansin slots !

1999-02-09 Thread Jimmy Hoffa
Hello Somebody mentioned, that ther is only one expansion slot in SVI 278. Actually the flat ribbon connector in the back of SVI 278 is the expansion slot 3 of SVI 278. You jus make an adapter to convert it to a cartridge slot ! (Very easy to do !) uhm. Could you get me the schematics for

Re: VDP 9938

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Kari Lammassaari wrote: Does anybody know how the Video-Ram-contents is changed depending on the settings of the moderegisters? Some games change video mode, with the line interrupt (=screen is splitted to two different screen modes) . So my conclusion is, that

No Subject

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
Is there a main protocol for accessing all types of LCD-screens or does this differ per type??? I have one which can handle max. 640x480 Greyscale... ~Grauw MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL

Re: SVI 728 has 2 expansin slots !

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
Hey, this sounds real cool. That would be almoust ideal monitor for my Casio MX-10 (MSX1), that is smallest computer, that I have seen ! Hey, I think I saw this one at MSX Sampa'97! A small MSX1, with 8k RAM, 7VDC, like a Speccy (one piece, mainly keyboard, and just one

MSX stuff for sale!

1999-02-09 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
Hi MSXers Because I have 2 (or more) of them, I have the following MSX items for sale (and this is a direct copy of the list on my homepage): - Hardware * 512 KB Memory Mapper, without case. The circuit board says: WBM-512 * Commodore Keyboard that is

Re: Printer driver

1999-02-09 Thread Mari van den Broek
Hello, Is the NMS1431 compatible with any other printer? Matrix printers compatible with Epson or IBM Proprinter standards were quite common in the old days. Sometimes there is a DIP switch to specify compatibility mode. AFAIK the 1431 isn't compatible with any EPRON or IBM matrix-printer.

Re: Sunrise Swiss IDE Cardridge

1999-02-09 Thread Mari van den Broek
Hello, I am one of the poor guys who bought a not working Sunrise Swiss IDE Cardrige, I have heard that the problem would be solved early. Does anyone have informations about this ? If Sunrise Swiss doesn't answer one of your e-mails try Rob Hiep [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) he's of Sunrise and I'm

Zandvoort fair 1998: final warning...

1999-02-09 Thread Alwin Henseler
Juuussst in case you didn't know already: Thursday.Friday.Saturday, and then there is another MSX-fair in Zandvoort, the Netherlands (september 19). The place: sporthal (in English = ???) Pellikaan (double L, no writing error), Moolenstraat 5 in Zandvoort. It's very close to the

Re: SVI 728 has 2 expansin slots !

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
On Wed, 16 Sep 1998, Kari Lammassaari wrote: I have programmed a driver program for 4*20 char LCD-screen. (It works also with DOS ! ) Just write WIDTH 20 and You have truly portable MSX. Hey, this sounds real cool. That would be almoust ideal monitor for my Casio MX-10 (MSX1), that is

Source MCeq's Operating System published on the web.

1999-02-09 Thread Sander Kooijmans
Hello, Perhaps some people remember that a few years ago some people were working on a MIDI sequencer for MSX called MCeq junior. Well, I was one of them. I found the source of our own operating system on my harddisk and decided to put it on the Web. This way our work can still be usefull. There

Sunrise Swiss IDE Cardridge

1999-02-09 Thread GUEANT Fabrice
Hello, I am one of the poor guys who bought a not working Sunrise Swiss IDE Cardrige, I have heard that the problem would be solved early. Does anyone have informations about this ? Fabrice. MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not

Re: VDP 9938

1999-02-09 Thread Kari Lammassaari
Does anybody know how the Video-Ram-contents is changed depending on the settings of the moderegisters? Some games change video mode, with the line interrupt (=screen is splitted to two different screen modes) . So my conclusion is, that setting the mode bits do not alter the contents of video

Re: Sunrise Swiss IDE Cardridge

1999-02-09 Thread Jon De Schrijder
GUEANT Fabrice wrote: Hello, I am one of the poor guys who bought a not working Sunrise Swiss IDE Cardrige, I have heard that the problem would be solved early. Does anyone have informations about this ? Fabrice. Good news for you Fabrice!! The past few weeks I've fixed all IDE

R: Printer driver

1999-02-09 Thread Stefano Fronteddu
I need it for win95. Goodbye -Messaggio originale- Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data: mercoledì 16 settembre 1998 10.29 Oggetto: Re: Printer driver HI to all, does anybody got a driver to print in graphic mode with my NMS1431

Re: Ramfile expansion?

1999-02-09 Thread Jimmy Hoffa
:If you have disk interface to your 728, then probabbly best idea is to :remove that stuppid reset switch from module port, put that module to :computer, when power is on, and save that ROM to disk. Then you can send :that ROM image to net. Maybe you don't even have to make these kind of :tricks,

Printer driver

1999-02-09 Thread Stefano Fronteddu
HI to all, does anybody got a driver to print in graphic mode with my NMS1431 printer from PC ? Can you send it to me or say where I can find it. Thanks goodbye. --- Fronteddu Stefano [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] 0338/3645458 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to

Re: MSX380 my opinion

1999-02-09 Thread Patriek Lesparre
: As I remember, even in native mode(Z80 compatible), 32 bit linear :addressing is possible. In this case, we have MSX with 4G memory. :However, it's just for data not for program codes. Program counter is :16 bit width. So you cannot run programs on 64KB space. Oh no! you're not gonna tell me

Homepage Updated: At Last!

1999-02-09 Thread Mari van den Broek
Hello, Last weekend I have updated the XSW-Magazine's HomePage. The page was not viewable this weekend because my provider needed some time to actually display the page... Now you can visit it... --[ MARI ]-- p.s. Short after the Zandvoort fair there will be photographs of that fair on

EUROLINK 4 at Zandvoort!!!

1999-02-09 Thread Ramon Ribas Casasayas
Hello dudes: I am glad to say EuroLink#4, your favourite MSX Diskmagazine, has been finished. You can found it at the stand of MSX-NBNO (producers of XSW Magazine) in this fair of Zandvoort. It is totally written in English and works in a MSX2 with 64 Kbytes or higher. What are the contents

Re: Ramfile expansion?

1999-02-09 Thread G.S. Vigneault
SVI-728 has only one cartridge slot. So, how might you expand your SVI-728 ? Greg_ http://www.netcom.ca/~telic 98.Sept.14, Toronto, Canada. MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: MSX BDOS and CP/M...

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
:MHGVCPM MSX1 00h - Program terminate : CPM MSX1* 01h - Console input : CPM MSX1* 02h - Console output : : What do those asterisks ('*') indicate? : :LH Those are non-CP/M-compatible MSX-DOS Bdos-calls. : : : No, that can't be it: CP/M has functions 01H (Read Console :

Re: MSX380 my opinion

1999-02-09 Thread Laurens Holst
: Question: In linear address space mode, is it still Z80 (MSX) : compatible? : : As I remember, even in native mode(Z80 compatible), 32 bit linear :addressing is possible. In this case, we have MSX with 4G memory. :However, it's just for data not for program codes. Program counter is :16 bit

Re:

1999-02-09 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
At 03:29 PM 09/13/98 +0100, you wrote: I have something called a "Ramfile" made by a company named "Tecall". It has 16 kb batterybackuped RAM, and my question is if its possible to expand ram on it? Its very useful, since it allows the usage of files similar to autoexec.bas and so. The two

Re: ATA/IDE and device I/O...

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
:Maybe it is good idea, that you download whole DOS2 proggramming manual, :you may get some good ideas from it. (maybe you can even implement some :DOS2 functions to your system?) :Look at : ftp.funet.fi/pub/msx/proggramming/dos2func.doc and dos2prog.doc And about the manuals, I already

RE: MSX380 my opinion

1999-02-09 Thread Antoni Burguera
Think of the possibilities with such a powerful chip. I think you could even program in C or Pascal without being too slow now. That may even attract new programmers! Yes! This is a very important point! Lazy programmers like me will do something good with a C compiler! ;) Heh, you could even

Re: MSX380 my opinion

1999-02-09 Thread Tristan
Anyway, let me just say this: Any and all hardware development for MSX should be applauded, even if its usefulness can be argued. And in the case of Z380, I can't think of A SINGLE disadvantage! Question: In linear address space mode, is it still Z80 (MSX) compatible? Remark: I think any

New version

1999-02-09 Thread TFH
The new version of MsKiss '98 has been released and is ready for download http://surf.to/msxemu http://www.casema.net/~tfh http://www.casema.net/~tfh/noframe.html -- No Frames !!! ICQ:1446 Kind regards, Arnaud de Klerk MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL

MSX BDOS and CP/M...

1999-02-09 Thread G.S. Vigneault
Greetings, ~Grauw... MHGVCPM MSX1 00h - Program terminate CPM MSX1* 01h - Console input CPM MSX1* 02h - Console output What do those asterisks ('*') indicate? LH Those are non-CP/M-compatible MSX-DOS Bdos-calls. No, that can't be it: CP/M has functions 01H (Read

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1999-02-09 Thread Jimmy Hoffa
Hi! I have something called a "Ramfile" made by a company named "Tecall". It has 16 kb batterybackuped RAM, and my question is if its possible to expand ram on it? Its very useful, since it allows the usage of files similar to autoexec.bas and so. The two memory circuits, are of type 6464.

Re: ATA/IDE and device I/O...

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
:MHAbout your CP/M: : You could consider to make an MSX-DOS1 compatible version. : From the MSX-DOS2 function call description: : CPM MSX1 00h - Program terminate : CPM MSX1* 01h - Console input : CPM MSX1* 02h - Console output : : : What do those asterisks ('*') indicate?

SVI MSX Projects...

1999-02-09 Thread G.S. Vigneault
Hello JH, GVI've made an EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) interface to link the SV with my PC, to use some of my Z-80 development tools JHIt would be nice if you could put these designs/schematics online, maybe on your homepage or something? Adapting them to "standard" MSX cant be hard,

Re: TEAC drive

1999-02-09 Thread M.H.M. van den Broek
Hello, Yes, I know the way Drive Select works. The trouble was that there are no markings on the drive PCB. If you can't find markings or jumper, remove the 34-pins connector at the side of the drive. Make sure you switch wire of pin 10 with the wire of pin 12... (I always separate wires 1

Re: Ramfile expansion?

1999-02-09 Thread NYYRIKKI
Yeah, I have access to a emprom reader/writer in school, so I'll take this thing to school, desolder the eprom and dump it to disk. Or, maybe I could send you the Ramfile? I mean, I dont have any REAL use of it ATM, since the only MSX I've got atm is a SVI728. (Waiting for a SVI738 which Im

EPP for MSX...

1999-02-09 Thread G.S. Vigneault
Hello Ricardo, GVI've made an EPP (Enhanced Parallel Port) interface to link the SV with my PC, RJ Greg, you've done a EPP interface 4 your MSX, isn't it? Excuse my ignorance, but it works like a EPP in a PC? I'm asking it to you 'cause it's a very interesting project. Here in Brazil

Re: E-mail adres gewijzigd --- E-mail address changed!

1999-02-09 Thread Glenn Scott
From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Sep 12 03:42:56 1998 Received: from [212.238.49.34] (helo=msx) by post.mail.nl.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.02 #1) id 0zHn8e-0002mD-00; Sat, 12 Sep 1998 10:42:45 + From: "Mari van den Broek" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha"

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