Re: (Joynet protocol)

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
> > I think we had this discussion before, but 32 bit CRC is overkill for small > > chunks of data. For example, MSX floppy uses 16 bit CRC for sectors (512 > > bytes long). > > A quick and interesting checksum algorithm is the one used for > TCP/IP (one's complement of the sum of the one's comple

Re: (Joynet protocol)

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
> Timing has some serious disadvantages: > - it depends on how strong the joystick port drives the signals > (probably not equal for all MSX types) > - it depends on cable length > (actually capacity, but length is probably the most important factor) > - it means the interrupt must be disabled

Re: Lemmings 4 MSX?

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
> > 4 MSX. Can somebody explain to me? Private would be better. > > Eeeeh.. nh... send all your mail to the list! heheh.. Maybe we'll > receive some messages per day then! : > > Is everyone on vacation??? Or is everyone Lazy??? Or does everybody say > 'make love to the' msx (well.. actuall

Re: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII

2000-08-19 Thread Anne de Raad
Isn't this just great?!?! Ag0ny had an official interview with ASCII. So it seems, ASCII indeed has again commercial plans in some form with the MSX-system I dare to say this is the most interesting news we had in more then 10 years. And no one, absolutely no one (except for Takamichi)

Re: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII

2000-08-19 Thread TFH/Fony
> Ag0ny had an official interview with ASCII. So it seems, ASCII indeed has > again commercial plans in some form with the MSX-system > > I dare to say this is the most interesting news we had in more then 10 > years. > > And no one, absolutely no one (except for Takamichi) reacts...

Re: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII

2000-08-19 Thread Tristan
Hi All, > Javi Lavandeira, the webmaster of www.aamsx.org, is currently in Japan > and he had yesterday an interview with Nishi, Yamashita, Yokoi and > Gotou >from ASCII corp. This is the english translation of the message > he sent to the spanish MSX mailing list: Very nice, not many people hav

Re: Hey, a fadeout which is not a real fadeout, heheh...

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
Also, look for 'electrocuted' contacts (or whatever it's called). Those have a 'ring' of brown stuff ('hars') around them, and re-soldering them can also help. It worked with my monitor at least. ~Grauw -- ><< email me: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ICQ: 10196372

Re: Graphsaurus 2 at www.file-hunter.com has virus

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
I am really surprised that there are still people who don't know the one-and-only-MSX-virus-called-ZAPP. ~Grauw -- ><< email me: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ICQ: 10196372 visit my homepage at http://grauw.blehq.org/ ><<

Re: Searching for SD-Snatcher (The Starcracks crack) English version...

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
> > Can't find it on MEP, so if any1 has it, plz contact me... thnx... > > Why the Starcracks version? > Jerome's dual SCC version is a lot better: SCC+ emulation using two SCCs, SCC > autodetection, faster, no annoying intro. Autodetection doesn't work with my 2nd SCC (the ROM is removed by the

Re: FM stereo PAK

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
I can, if I can still find my ROM-dumper... -- ><< email me: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ICQ: 10196372 visit my homepage at http://grauw.blehq.org/ ><< - Oorspronkelijk bericht - Van: "Albert Beevendorp" <[EMAIL PRO

Re: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII

2000-08-19 Thread Takamichi Suzukawa
> And no one, absolutely no one (except for Takamichi) reacts... The largest point of this news is, that ag0ny is first 3rd party who actually saw ASCII employees mention these subjects. ag0ny's Spanish article suggests ASCII employees told him those news from their own mouth (using English I

It's my fault (was: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII)

2000-08-19 Thread Néstor Soriano
> I wonder if it was very wise > of Javi to send this news into the public. Eeeh... it was my fault. Javi sent another mesage after that one, saying: don't send this message to any other ML, when I have a second interview with ASCII I'll send a more complete message. But I had already translated

Re: [hispamsx] Chips para MSX disponibles (fwd)

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
Yieha!!! I want 2 v9958's and 1 YM2413. ~Grauw -- ><< email me: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ICQ: 10196372 visit my homepage at http://grauw.blehq.org/ ><< Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.

Re: Searching for SD-Snatcher (The Starcracks crack) English version...

2000-08-19 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Autodetection doesn't work with my 2nd SCC (the ROM is removed by the > dumbass previous owner), and you have to switch the SCCs on after the > . I prefer to type the slotnr... SCC autodetection doesn't need a ROM. The instrument data area is used to check the

Re: FM stereo PAK

2000-08-19 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote: > I can, if I can still find my ROM-dumper... I doubt the FM PAK ROM is more than a plain 16K area. In that case, Compass is sufficient to write it to disk. Bye, Maarten Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.or

Re: [hispamsx] Chips para MSX disponibles (fwd)

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
> If everybody paid in advance, I could give it a try to buy some chips in > Japan at Prime Tech . I have a computer-company myself, so we could easily > run it through that.Everybody who wants a chip has to pay in advance > though, because I do not want to run any risk at all. > So everybody who

Re: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
> Ehmm, > > Maybe a lot of people are on holiday.. (It's been very quiet on this list > lately...), and maybe some of us are afraid to get the same discussion again > as a couple of weeks ago... > Well, let's hope it's true and see what the future will bring :) Both, in my case. But if you want

Re: Searching for SD-Snatcher (The Starcracks crack) English version...

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
> > Autodetection doesn't work with my 2nd SCC (the ROM is removed by the > > dumbass previous owner), and you have to switch the SCCs on after the > > . I prefer to type the slotnr... > > SCC autodetection doesn't need a ROM. The instrument data area is used to > check the presence of an SCC. TE

Re: Martos

2000-08-19 Thread Laurens Holst
> > Ask Cas Cremers; he'll probably 'crack' ARC within a day :-P > > I doubt if he actually wants to do that ;) Somewhere Cas said one of his games were so well copy-protected he couldn't undo it eaily even himself. I think it was in the WIP of Core Dump. ~Grauw -- ><<

NEW MSX. NICE !!. BUT BEST ????

2000-08-19 Thread Daniel Zorita
Hi, > Isn't this just great?!?! > Ag0ny had an official interview with ASCII. So it seems, ASCII indeed has > again commercial plans in some form with the MSX-system > I dare to say this is the most interesting news we had in more then 10 > years. Well, it's better to say that this is t

Re: Searching for SD-Snatcher (The Starcracks crack) English version...

2000-08-19 Thread d-fader
> > > Autodetection doesn't work with my 2nd SCC (the ROM is removed by the > > > dumbass previous owner), and you have to switch the SCCs on after the > > > . I prefer to type the slotnr... > > > > SCC autodetection doesn't need a ROM. The instrument data area is used to > > check the presence of

Re: Searching for SD-Snatcher (The Starcracks crack) English version...

2000-08-19 Thread d-fader
> > TEDDYWAREZ!!! ROM-independant SCC-detection NOW please!!! > > Sorry We use the instrument data... Or at least I think we do... hmm.. > or didn't we... Damn.. That routine is so old, it's even older than Blaffer > 1.0.. It's the first thing i've ever written for SCC... hehe.. I'll take a >

Re: NEW MSX. NICE !!. BUT BEST ????

2000-08-19 Thread Anne de Raad
> Well, that's all. Excuse me for my attitude today. But I get tired about > "secrets", and about the idea that ALL WE HAVE DONE THESE YEARS CAN BE > FORGOT IN ONLY A DAY. And that the new MSX may be a "MSX Turbo-R-Plus". > > > Daniel Zorita. I like your attitude!! hehehe Anne P

Re: FM stereo PAK

2000-08-19 Thread Albert Beevendorp
At 16:00 19-8-00 +0200, you wrote: >I can, if I can still find my ROM-dumper... > Remember to backup all pages, because I have a feeling there are more than 1 pages in that ROM. GreeTz, BiFi Visit my Home Page at www.bifi.msxnet.org mail me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FTP: ftp.bifi.msxnet.org ICQ #

Re: FM stereo PAK

2000-08-19 Thread Albert Beevendorp
At 16:21 19-8-00 +, you wrote: >On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > > I can, if I can still find my ROM-dumper... > >I doubt the FM PAK ROM is more than a plain 16K area. In that case, Compass >is sufficient to write it to disk. We thought that about more ROM's Maarten, and noticed more that

Re: Searching for SD-Snatcher (The Starcracks crack) English version...

2000-08-19 Thread Albert Beevendorp
At 16:24 19-8-00 +0200, you wrote: > > > Autodetection doesn't work with my 2nd SCC (the ROM is removed by the > > > dumbass previous owner), and you have to switch the SCCs on after the > > > . I prefer to type the slotnr... > > > > SCC autodetection doesn't need a ROM. The instrument data area i

Re: NEW MSX. NICE !!. BUT BEST ????

2000-08-19 Thread Albert Beevendorp
At 17:03 19-8-00 +0200, you wrote: > > Well, that's all. Excuse me for my attitude today. But I get tired about > > "secrets", and about the idea that ALL WE HAVE DONE THESE YEARS CAN BE > > FORGOT IN ONLY A DAY. And that the new MSX may be a "MSX Turbo-R-Plus". > > > > > > Daniel Zorita.

Re: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII

2000-08-19 Thread Ivan Latorre
Anne de Raad wrote: > Isn't this just great?!?! > > Ag0ny had an official interview with ASCII. So it seems, ASCII indeed has > again commercial plans in some form with the MSX-system > > I dare to say this is the most interesting news we had in more then 10 > years. > > And no one, absol

Re: Searching for SD-Snatcher (The Starcracks crack) English version...

2000-08-19 Thread Albert Beevendorp
At 16:39 19-8-00 +0200, you wrote: > > > > Autodetection doesn't work with my 2nd SCC (the ROM is removed by the > > > > dumbass previous owner), and you have to switch the SCCs on after the > > > > . I prefer to type the slotnr... > > > > > > SCC autodetection doesn't need a ROM. The instrument d

Re: NEW MSX. NICE !!. BUT BEST ????

2000-08-19 Thread Ivan Latorre
Daniel Zorita wrote: > Hi, > > > Isn't this just great?!?! > > Ag0ny had an official interview with ASCII. So it seems, ASCII indeed has > > again commercial plans in some form with the MSX-system > > I dare to say this is the most interesting news we had in more then 10 > > years. > > W

Re: IMPORTANT NEWS FROM ASCII

2000-08-19 Thread Sander van Nunen
> > I have appointment with him 1 hour later. Good luck to me! Yeah, good luck. Don't bash Nishi to much ok ;-) And please inform us, if you got any news! -Sander Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/

RE: NEW MSX. NICE !!. BUT BEST ????

2000-08-19 Thread Daniel Zorita
Hi, again. First at all, to say that my previous message was "a bit" exagerated. As someone asked us "to react" about the "new MSX" news, that's what I did. The news about MSX, is very interesting, and we are happy. But some things are still not clear, and could be done better. I pretended

Re: NEW MSX. NICE !!. BUT BEST ????

2000-08-19 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote: > First at all, to say that my previous message was "a bit" exagerated. As > someone asked us "to react" about the "new MSX" news, that's what I did. Anne is very good at evoking reactions. I fell for it last time, but this time I won't bite... ;) > Yes, so, l

Re: Searching for SD-Snatcher (The Starcracks crack) English version...

2000-08-19 Thread d-fader
> blah blah blah blah > >Sorry We use the instrument data... Or at least I think we do... hmm.. > >or didn't we... Damn.. That routine is so old, it's even older than Blaffer > >1.0.. It's the first thing i've ever written for SCC... hehe.. I'll take a > >look... You'll here it from me... :)))

Re: Searching for SD-Snatcher (The Starcracks crack) English version...

2000-08-19 Thread d-fader
> At 16:24 19-8-00 +0200, you wrote: > > > > Autodetection doesn't work with my 2nd SCC (the ROM is removed by the > > > > dumbass previous owner), and you have to switch the SCCs on after the > > > > . I prefer to type the slotnr... > > > > > > SCC autodetection doesn't need a ROM. The instrument

Re: Software FD

2000-08-19 Thread Ricardo Jurczyk Pinheiro
Em sex, 18 ago 2000, Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba escreveu: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > lot of people in a lot of countries (the Netherlands, > > Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, JAPAN, etc.) are > > Why not Brazil? > BMC (Brazilian MSX Crew) sells FDs in Brazil. If you want

Re: Graphsaurus 2 at www.file-hunter.com has virus

2000-08-19 Thread Ricardo Jurczyk Pinheiro
Em sáb, 19 ago 2000, Laurens Holst escreveu: > I am really surprised that there are still people who don't know the > one-and-only-MSX-virus-called-ZAPP. > It wasn't the only one, here in Brazil some viruses were developed too. -

Re: Graphsaurus 2 at www.file-hunter.com has virus

2000-08-19 Thread TFH/Fony
>> I am really surprised that there are still people who don't know the >> one-and-only-MSX-virus-called-ZAPP. > >It wasn't the only one, here in Brazil some viruses were >developed too. FONY wrote one to, but we never actually released it :) Regards, Arnaud -- Visit the MEP, Over 2700 Game

Re: NEW MSX. NICE !!. BUT BEST ????

2000-08-19 Thread iamweasel
Daniel Zorita wrote: > The news about MSX, is very interesting, and we are happy. > But some things are still not clear, and could be done better. Unfortunately, things are what they are, not what we want it to be... > I pretended to WARN people, to not forget the MSX story dur

Nieuwgroep

2000-08-19 Thread Willem v/d Werf
Sorry gays this messages are for dutch gays. Als alles mee zit, bestaat er vanaf maandag een nederlands tallige nieuwsgroep voor msx. New Msx FTp Server look ad: Kom ook eens kijken op: http://www.homepages.hetnet.nl/~wvdw/ Willem sysop MSX-Veendam

Re: NEW MSX. NICE !!. BUT BEST ????

2000-08-19 Thread Anne de Raad
> Anne is very good at evoking reactions. > I fell for it last time, but this time I won't bite... ;) Damned, you understand my intentions.hehehe ;-) Anne Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/

Re: Nieuwgroep

2000-08-19 Thread Anne de Raad
> Sorry gays this messages are for dutch gays. I wonder how much MSX gays there are..;-) Anne Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] See also http://www.faq.msxnet.org/

RE: Nieuwgroep

2000-08-19 Thread Willem v/d Werf
Sorry Anna en girls -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens Anne de Raad Verzonden: zondag 20 augustus 2000 2:34 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Nieuwgroep > Sorry gays this messages are for dutch gays. I wonder how much MSX gays there ar

Re: Nieuwgroep

2000-08-19 Thread d-fader
For the non-dutch: Willem ment with 'gays' not 'gays' but 'guys'... heheh... Yeah... it's confusing... harharhar... Ennuh Willem... hehe... Gays = Homo's in het engels... :))) hehe... Ik neem aan dat je Jongens bedoelde (guys)... Maar ach.. hehe... Komt er is wat leven in de brouwerij.. hehehe...

Ascii's rumours about 'new MSX'...

2000-08-19 Thread Werner Augusto Roder Kai
Hi, Although Javi and Nestor say that is not just a rumour, we must consider it as a rumour unless we get news directly from ASCII, or we can read at the ASCII homepage: "We will make new MSX MACHINE". You know (or at least should know) most of Japanese people (like the A