Re: wd273 emulation.

2001-02-07 Thread Sean Young
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 10:31:42PM +0100, Alex Wulms wrote: In Sony machines and in NMS8245, some wd2793 registers (track, sector) are write only. In first version of fastcopy I mantained track number and sector number by just looking at the registers. This version did not work on Sony or

Re: wd273 emulation.

2001-02-07 Thread Marco Antonio Simon dal Poz
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Sean Young wrote: Alex, IIRC you had the datasheet for the Panasonic disk controller (TC8566), do you happened to have scanned it? Sometime ago, Alex Wulms sent a hardcopy of the TC8566AF datasheet to me by snail mail. One of my goals was to create a digital version of the

MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Ricardo Jurczyk Pinheiro
Em ter, 06 fev 2001, Ivan Latorre escreveu: I was wondering if MSX2 computers were sold in Brazil (I mean that if they were distributed to shops by big companies like Sony, Sanyo, Philips, ...). Ive read that two companies (Gradiente and Expert) sold MSX1s. I also was wondering if other

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: ones developed by Sony, Philips, Sanyo, etc., 'cause of a very bad, restrictive law: "Lei de Informatica". I have cursed it many times... =3D) What does this law say? Basicly, that one couldn't import a computer. Actually, it was more detailed than that, but it made

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
What does this law say? Basicly, that one couldn't import a computer. Actually, it was more detailed than that, but it made extremely difficult for a "normal" person like us to legally import and own any computer. Is it still valid? Grtjs, Manuel PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See:

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: Basicly, that one couldn't import a computer. Actually, it was more detailed than that, but it made extremely difficult for a "normal" person like us to legally import and own any computer. Is it still valid? Thankfully, not. Ironically, the new law (which

Pics of MSX Laserdisc stuff on FUNet

2001-02-07 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
Hi! Thanks to Saku, we have nice pics of MSX Laserdiscs on FUNet. Just check the gamecovers dir: (using HTTP:) http://www.funet.fi/pub/msx/graphics/jpg/gamecove rs/ (and search for laser or something) Your contribs are welcome too of course. Grtjs, Manuel PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See:

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Ricardo Bittencourt Vidigal Leitao
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: restrictive law: "Lei de Informatica". I have cursed it many times... =3D) What does this law say? There is a good page in english about this law, you can see it in this address: http://www.lsi.usp.br/~jecel/reserve.html

Re: Pics of MSX Laserdisc stuff on FUNet

2001-02-07 Thread Jose Carlos Clemente
I'm quite surprised about this LaserDiscs covers. I mean,this LD are supposed to be used with a MSX??? Hrm, maybe we need a new section in the MSX faq covering this stuff :) Grtx, Cleme Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: Hi! Thanks to Saku, we have nice pics of MSX Laserdiscs on FUNet. Just check

Re: Pics of MSX Laserdisc stuff on FUNet

2001-02-07 Thread Saku Taipale
I'm quite surprised about this LaserDiscs covers. I mean,this LD are supposed to be used with a MSX??? Yes, they are. They are Laserdisc games for MSX. Hrm, maybe we need a new section in the MSX faq covering this stuff :) There is already, check MSX1 section and special MSX1-computers

Re: Pics of MSX Laserdisc stuff on FUNet

2001-02-07 Thread Ivan Latorre
Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: Hi! Thanks to Saku, we have nice pics of MSX Laserdiscs on FUNet. Just check the gamecovers dir: (using HTTP:) http://www.funet.fi/pub/msx/graphics/jpg/gamecove rs/ (and search for laser or something) Your contribs are welcome too of course. It seems that some

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Vladimir Malaquias
ut he did two good things, and one was revoking the old Informatics Law, and another was paving the way for better cars. No pun intended. Just a correction: the law does not had the name of "lei de informatica" or informatics law it was called "Lei de reserva de mercado" or, in english

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Vladimir Malaquias wrote: Just a correction: the law does not had the name of "lei de informatica" or informatics law it was called "Lei de reserva de mercado" or, in english "Market reservation law" Right. I apologize for my mistake; I'm not any good with Law. As a matter of fact, I think

Re: PCB project

2001-02-07 Thread JP Grobler
Hi I can make pcb if I have the layout. But I don't have the software ore skill to convert a circuit to a pcb layout - this might be the case with many msx users. A pcb layout collection might extend the life and use (fun) of our msx's It would be nice if someone could convert the available

Re: PCB project

2001-02-07 Thread Laurens Holst
Hans (Oranje) has a page online with some schematics. Check the MSX Resource Center (www.msx.org) for the URL, I've recently added it but I don't remember it anymore. It Dutch though... ~Grauw - Original Message - From: "Hans Otten" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

RE: PCB project

2001-02-07 Thread Hans Otten
www.hansoranje.demon.nl is the url for Hans Oranje The other Hans (me) is www.geocities.com/msxhans -Original Message- From: Laurens Holst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 23:07 To: MSX Mailinglist Subject: Re: PCB project Hans (Oranje) has a page online