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 http://pol

Re: tape storage details

1999-02-04 Thread shevek
add a CRC... I don't know if the bios routines use parity bits, but I don't think you can change it. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject

Re: IDE driver documentation

1999-02-09 Thread shevek
of this source code? I want it too. I want the source code of all about MSX ROMs like BIOS, BASIC, DISKROM, etc. If anybody have it, please, send to my email. Send it to my e-mail too, i would like to study it. thanks. []s Mauricio Braga. Don't you guys have a disassembler? bye, shevek

Re: MSX game: an idea

1999-02-09 Thread shevek
-robots computercontrolled or humancontrolled? Human would be more fun, of course, but you can't always find a second player... Are there many other people that would want to be a beta-tester anyway? (this question is to the others, of course) Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe

Re: MSX Mouse ?

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
of the programmer. If you make it working fast on a 'normal' MSX, it is standard. So everything that doesn't work than, is not a MSX... But of course, this is not a very nice way to look at it. Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body

Re: MSX game: an idea

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
hort range scan, while the long range scan will cost you turn... Indeed, only I think you should be able to look at least one square further than you can walk (12-neighbourhood): _ /+\ /+++\ |++X++| \+++/ \+/ - Eric Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubsc

Re: Old Stuff, Same Problems...

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
ot of dn. I don't have a program ready to show what I mean, but I hope it is clear. Bye, shevek 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] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)

Re: MSX game: an idea

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
language for the robot? The only reason for that could be that it's the only way to get more 'programs' running in parallel on _one_ MSX. But: if we take the game to JoyNet, as Shevek proposed, we only have to define the rules of the game (e.g. how the long and short range radar function, what

Re: Robotz 0.2

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
for the same command... NO Giving one and the same thing two or more different names, is the fastest path to confusion... :: I agree. Ok, relax. It was just a thought. (It wasn't a good thought, ok, but you don't have to start yelling...) Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send

Re: BMP loader and MSX GFX formats

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
be messed up, it will arrive if you send it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bye, shevek On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, IVAN ALONSO BES wrote: Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 10:01:16 +0100 From: IVAN ALONSO BES [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: BMP load

Re: Robotz 0.2

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
but here I think (since you cannot drop on a robot and you cannot attack an empty square) this is not a problem. Perhaps the name of the command should be changed to use, or both names should be valid for the same command... Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL

Re: Turbo-R ?

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
this, but for some reason, people keep calling the command SLL, which is quite confusing, since it is definitely not a logical shift. Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without

Re: MSX cassette port

1999-02-10 Thread Shevek
w it works. Thanks anyway. shevek 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] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)

Re: F1-Spirit

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
asier. You finish better if the other player finishes later... In 1 player mode, it actually counts your position, so it's harder to finish first. That's probably why Konami chose to skip the enddemo in that case. Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: DOS 1/2 support (was: Split v1.1)

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: Maybe it will even work with only the built-in RAMdisk, without even any real drive attached. Does anyone know if this is true? You mean to boot in BASIC mode, to create RAM disk, to copy MSXDOS2.SYS and COMMAND2.COM on it and CALL SYSTEM?

Re: Repost: Help! Need softools-c

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
, correct ? (I don't have CP/M) If it's a PC to Z80 cross compiler, it will run on a PC and create code for Z80. You decide (by choosing your IN and OUT commands, maybe using calls to system ROM) on what platform it will run. Any Z80-compiler can create code for any Z80 platform... Bye, shevek

Re: Counting

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
in parallel programming... was fun... They should indeed start at 1, since elevator is an American word. The English word is lift ;-) Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Yamaha FM Synthesizer chips...

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
me about the JPG-format, that is. (this is a question for someone) U can find JPEG specifications in ftp://x2.ouli.fi. Doesn't work. Are you sure it's the right address? Bye, Shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body

Re: Memory...

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
more expensive... Are those schematics online somewhere? Or can somebody mail them to me? Second hand SIMM's aren't that expensive... Please put them online. I would like them too. Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body

jpg-format

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
Hi, As I mentioned before, I want to make a jpeg-viewer for gfx 9000. But it is really hard to find the used compression method. If anyone knows the method or has some source code (any language) of a decoder or encoder? Anything is welcome. Thanks, shevek: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSX

Re: Yamaha FM Synthesizer chips...

1999-02-10 Thread Shevek
NYYRIKKI wrote: Isn't there a JPG file viewer for MSX? Yes there are few, thank god. I'm just suprised, that nobody has done one for GFX9000. (This is a tip for someone) Ok, I can do that. If someone can tell me about the JPG-format, that is. (this is a question for someone) CU Shevek

Re: BMP format

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Robert Vroemisse wrote: Does anyone have a BMP to screen 5 converter? I have the BMP-specs. I'll send them to you if you want. Converting to screen 5 is quite easy (provided it is a 4 bit per pixel image). Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send

Re: About Compressing tool and De-compressing tool.

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
Could someone make a nice ZIP (de)compressor for MSX? Maybe, if I can find the time. Please send me the compressing specs. If it isn't too hard, It'll be finished before Tilburg. Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body

Re: Turbo-R ?

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
may not be called MSX. Since the R800 can execute all Z80 opcodes, MSX-software usually does work on R800 (if written correctly, of course) Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROT

Re: About Compressing tool and De-compressing tool.

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
don't feel like it so much. Doesn't anybody have the method, so I can just write my own algoritm? Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes :-) Problem

Re: IDE driver documentation

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
, so all the labels (names of line numbers and variables) had changed and made no sense anymore. It was my own program, but stil I hardly understood what it did. bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscrib

Re: Robotz 0.2

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
.. with your comments being right all the time, wouldn't it be easier if _you_ wrote the versions and _I_ be awaiting them? ;-D *** grin *** I don't have time for a real reply now, it'll come later... Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put

Re: About Compressing tool and De-compressing tool.

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
anybody know how many methods the newest zip-version has, and how they work? Some time ago, someone asked me about bitmaps (I dont remember who). I have the complete secifications on my page at the moment: http://fmf.fwn.rug.nl/~shevek Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http

Re: uploaded Split v1.1 (file spitter)

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
-hards, so this will not be a relyable question for the general MSX-user, but still... I'd like to know. ~Grauw I think I will buy some things at Tilburg, but at the moment I don't have DOS2, nor do I own a harddisk. I do have a GFX9000, though :) bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercam

Re: My MSX project + protect mode

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
kes life much easier for programmers. (I don't know why pc-programmers always say segments are the worst thing ever invented...) Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without th

Re: MSX game: an idea

1999-02-10 Thread shevek
ange scanner, giving information about a certain part of the playing field, which only delivers the number of robots, energy packets etc. Shevek and I worked up a short range scanner, which gives detailed information about a small environment surrounding the robot. I'd say that with short range sc

Re: NMS8280 HELP !!!

1999-02-11 Thread shevek
On Wed, 11 Feb 1998, Frengo wrote: On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 13:28:49 +0100 (MET), shevek wrote: 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

Re: AW: AW: AW: msx-ers

1999-02-16 Thread shevek
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999, jam wrote: I'll stop 'writing' tag lines if you wish .. No, don't stop. they're cool! Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body

Re: Speeding up novaxis SCSI

1999-02-18 Thread shevek
cc,rr uses 12 if there is a jump, and 7 if no jump is done. Even with twice as many jumps as non-jumps, JR will be faster. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put

Re: NOVAXIS scsi and general questions added! HELP!

1999-02-19 Thread shevek
putting a terminator on every device, or none at all, and the system still works. But it should have one terminater at the end, and none at other places. I hope this helps. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe

Re: disk image formats

1999-02-22 Thread shevek
. If you just use a normal header-structure (boot, fat 1, fat 2, dir, data) and it will give a 'disk offline' or something when you try to read from higher sectors, the program will be very useful. It still won't be a harddisk emulator, of course. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via

Zip

1999-02-22 Thread shevek
if just implementing this method would be enough? If not, I will need the other packing methods as well and in that case it will definitely not be finished before Tilburg. If this is all, it might. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX

Re: AW: English Snatcher

1999-02-22 Thread shevek
On Mon, 22 Feb 1999, Coen van der Geest wrote: Suggestion: what about Shalom, Knightmare 3? I was hooked on Maze of Galious and I want to complete the trilogy :-) Yes! me too! --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send

Re: MSX tape interface

1999-02-23 Thread shevek
. But for the applications you want to use, why should you want to connect it to the PC at all? The MSX can handle those things very well on it's own. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put

Re: [real coding] DOS2 and Memory...

1999-02-23 Thread shevek
table up ld hl,jumptable ld de,jumptable+2 ld bc,Hfe ldir Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject

Re: Joynet and BIOS

1999-03-02 Thread shevek
. (They will be dos2-compatible, but they don't switch the usual way on rst 20). So does the BIOS always switch 1's in the buttons and a 0 in the strobe, or is it random? Thanks, bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send

Re: Joynet and BIOS

1999-03-02 Thread shevek
like a way in which I can keep my own RAM in page 0... Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: Joynet and BIOS

1999-03-03 Thread shevek
, device manager and string handling routines. I want to add my joynet routines in it. I also will add a multitasker soon. Those are not the kind of things you want to run under BASIC, or with BASIC switched in memory... But thanks for the help. Now I do have the answer anyway :-) Bye, shevek

Re: Your Opinion

1999-03-04 Thread shevek
more than 64KB! Is this 64kB mapped, or is it fixed on a certain address? Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROT

Re: Joynet and BIOS

1999-03-04 Thread shevek
also sent (and incremented by every computer is passes). Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the

Re: Joynet and BIOS

1999-03-06 Thread shevek
On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Patriek Lesparre wrote: Shevek wrote: And well, I have my own page-0 routines already anyway. Including memory manager, device manager and string handling routines. Now you're calling it a device manager yourself too, eh? ^_^ You were right it is pretty confusing

Re: AW: Alest 2

1999-03-08 Thread shevek
they did it on purpose. On the back cover of the box there is a screen shot from level 14 (I think), in which the great key for the end-of-level-door can be seen. But in the game it is located somewhere else. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002

Joynet syncronous protocol

1999-03-08 Thread shevek
y question is: Is it possible to force a vertical interrupt on the VDP, so you can really have both interrupts synchronous? If it is, how is it done? Or is there some other way to do it? Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX M

Joynet cables

1999-03-09 Thread shevek
to make cables for him/her, or has any questions, mail me. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROT

Re: Joynet cables

1999-03-11 Thread shevek
On Wed, 10 Mar 1999, Frengo wrote: On Tue, 9 Mar 1999 13:48:08 +0100 (MET), shevek wrote: Hi Shevek, Hi, As you might know, I am programming some things for the joynet. Of course I would like everyone to have one joynet-cable per computer. Great idea :-))) Two Question : 1

Re: Linux 4 MSX????

1999-03-17 Thread shevek
doesn't), it is impossible to get out of the loop, except with a reset... So a multitasker on MSX probably couldn't even stand a comparison with W95, which imo means it's really bad Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist

Re: 64K VRAM?

1999-03-17 Thread shevek
of memory under BASIC. You can lift the bottom of your program to C000 (F676 if I remember correctly) and then use page 2 as data-area. With a 64kB mapper this still gives you 48kB to use, in stead of the 16kB you would have without a mapper. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http

Re: 64K VRAM?

1999-03-18 Thread shevek
wrote some string management routines that use all memory it finds in page 2 and 1 page in page 1, so that would also be of more use when it has a mapper. I think there are many other programs. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist

Re: LOG(x) BASIC function

1999-03-18 Thread shevek
to spend on it (96kB is really too much, I think...) I hope this helped, Bye, shevek 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

Re: R: LOG(x) BASIC function

1999-03-22 Thread shevek
), so if you want to know log(100), it will have a large error. For more correct values over the whole interval (you need to specify one, preferribly not being infinitely long), there are other ways that take longer for each step, but come much closer to the desired function if x is large. Bye, shevek

Re: 64K VRAM?

1999-03-22 Thread shevek
during the actual reading process... You can load it to #8000, of course :-) Bye, shevek 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

Re: mapperports (was MegaRAM)

1999-03-22 Thread shevek
be supported, I guess... Bye, shevek 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] (www.stack.nl/~wiebe/mailinglist/)

Re: 64K VRAM?

1999-03-22 Thread shevek
to happen in page 1. Is that MSX-standard or just the case on many MSXs? Bye, shevek 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

Re: 64K VRAM?

1999-03-23 Thread shevek
On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Marco Antonio Simon dal Poz wrote: On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, shevek wrote: On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Marco Antonio Simon dal Poz wrote: For the most part of diskroms, DMA can be in page 1, because they have access to FDC through addresses 7FF8h-7FFCh and also BFF8h-BFFCh

Re: Discdrive

1999-03-23 Thread shevek
On Tue, 23 Mar 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - can you put a normal doublesided drive in a nms8245? Yes - And where can I get one..?? Any elektronics shop You probably wonder how to do this... simple: read the FAQ:www.faq.msxnet.org Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send

Re: 64K VRAM?

1999-03-24 Thread shevek
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Laurens Holst wrote: MSX and DMA??? Seems quite impossible to me... Isn't it? Ehm... well, in the BDOS specs the term DMA-address is used for the start address of disk-actions (read-write). This is NOT the same as DMA on PC's... Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet

Re: page 1 diskloading (was: 64K VRAM?)

1999-03-24 Thread shevek
if it would work on every MSX. If so, I could just as well use it... Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject) "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROT

Re: Problems when changing stack

1999-03-25 Thread shevek
interrupts as well, like the gfx9000. So just make sure they're not switched on is the safest. If you disable the bios, don't forget to read vdp status register 0 to reset the interrupt. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist

Re: MegaRAM

1999-03-29 Thread shevek
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999, Marco Antonio Simon dal Poz wrote: PLEEZ MAN!!! English... Ok! Next time it will be a private e-mail. But take it easy! Some time ago (2 years) many people answered e-mails in dutch, and I never complained about it! Dutch people did... --- Visit the internet

Re: 64K VRAM?

1999-03-29 Thread shevek
don't know hardware enough to talk about. I would expect the hardware to use the busreq-pin on the z80. But is that one actually in the cartridge-slot? Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL

Re: mapperports - megademo :)

1999-03-29 Thread shevek
significant bits can always be read back. (useful to check if there is a memory mapper present in the system) Is it useful to know if there is a mapper if you don't know where it is? I think it could also be useful to have a mapper of only 1 page. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via

Re: mapperports - megademo :)

1999-03-29 Thread shevek
state and when an other program is called, it's memory-status will be saved. Therefor I need a way to read all settings:slots, subslots and mappers. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL

Re: Betr.:: Re: mapperports - megademo :)

1999-03-29 Thread shevek
... I thought MemMan was just that. A mapper support driver for DOS1 and 2... I think what he meant is adapting dos1 in a way so that it can use dos2 mapper routines. That would be useful, since you don't need dos2 than for good mappersupport. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via

Re: mapperports - megademo :)

1999-03-30 Thread shevek
for demanding it to be. Huh? You don't agree with the official specification of the MSX2 system? That sounds rather strange to me ;-) Is it? Hmm... In that case, I must admit it will be ok to demand this Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX

Re: mapperports - megademo :)

1999-03-31 Thread shevek
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: At 03:35 PM 3/29/99 +0200, shevek wrote: Is it useful to know if there is a mapper if you don't know where it is? No, it isn't. ("where" = "slot") To check the presence of the mapper, you don't have to read the mapper

Re: mapperports - megademo :)

1999-03-31 Thread shevek
l 4 mapper-states that way. Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 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? cont

Re: New MSX Emulator

1999-04-05 Thread shevek
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, TFH wrote: Again there is a new PC Emulator for the PC-Platform. ^^ Hmm... Sounds like a great debugging tool... But why post it here? *grin* Bye, shevek (I'm not blond, I only act like it) --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47

Re: compression methods

1999-02-05 Thread shevek
in english (that is, not in C, pascal, etc) on the web. I didn't find it so far. Does anyone know about it? Bye, shevek --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body (not subject

Re: Speed difference between disk formatted on PC and MSX

1999-04-16 Thread shevek
of the standard, so all MS(X)-DOS disks will work fine with interleaved settings. Bye, shevek My signature will change soon. --- Visit the internet summercamp via http://polypc47.chem.rug.nl:5002 MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the body

Re: Speed difference between disk formatted on PC and MSX

1999-04-19 Thread shevek
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: Shevek wrote: Even mailers don't understand my name doesn't start with a capital :( I think it is the same reason as putting the boot sector on the outside of the disk (the widest circle). There is more magnetic space reserved

Re: Speed difference between disk formatted on PC and MSX

1999-04-20 Thread shevek
On Tue, 20 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What the threat was about is that when you format a disk, the formatting program decides the number of bytes per gap. MSX diskROMs seem to use more bytes per gap than PCs. Then we started wondering what difference this makes. Indeed. But I

Re: Joynet game at Tilburg 99

1999-04-21 Thread shevek
On Wed, 21 Apr 1999, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: Can everyone who is bringing JoyNet cables confirm this to the list? Then we know if we have enough to do some serious playing and we also know who to gather when we set-up the network. I'm bringing 2, maybe 4 (real ones). But I need 3 of them

Re: JOYNET information and MISC

1999-04-28 Thread shevek
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Martial BENOIT wrote: Hello everyone, Just have two questions: 1/ where to get the JOYNET BIOS and latest specifications for the cable? On my homepage there is something like a BIOS: http://fmf.fwn.rug.nl/~shevek Bye, /***Use_gcc_to_compile

Re: PMA

1999-11-09 Thread shevek
ted. I can help you there. If you have the packing format specs of PMA, I could as well write a whole new unpacker/packer for unix. Just let me know what you need/what you have. Bye, shevek /***Use gcc to compile***Don't mind the warning/ int*a,k ,v[9];int*main

Articles for MCCW

1999-01-16 Thread shevek
, keyboard, tape), electronics (how to connect your home-built projects to your MSX), printer ports, or programming techniques. I prefer the last one, but I don't know if anyone is interested. Everyone who would read MCCW, please let me know what you want to know. Thanks, shevek /***Use gcc

Re: Authors for MCCW (MSX Computer Club magazine on the Web) wanted!

1999-11-22 Thread shevek
On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Laurens Holst wrote: underlining **will** do (while waving my hand). No, it won't. ps. I bet no-one understands my wave-hand joke... *sigh*... :P Bye, shevek ps: I don't really have an opinion about the discussed topics, so I don't reply to it... sorry

Re: Authors for MCCW (MSX Computer Club magazine on the Web) wanted!

1999-11-22 Thread shevek
understands my wave-hand joke... *sigh*... :P Okay one smart (?) person here. Nah, I just saw the movie Bye, shevek /***Use gcc to compile***Don't mind the warning/ int*a,k ,v[9];int*main (){int i,j,s=1, x,z ,c[ ]={1,4,7,4,3,4

RE: LHA-PMA for UNIX released

1999-11-25 Thread shevek
incorrect synonyms... PC is NOT the same as "a computer running Microsoft DOS or Microsoft Windows"... Just like linux is not very similar to unix, it IS unix. Just like solaris, freeBSD, HP-UX, irix, etc. Anyway, you guys probably aren't interested in this, so I'll shut up now. B

RE: Piping

1999-11-25 Thread shevek
it is not considered a waste of resources. I hope you understand it. Bye, shevek /***Use gcc to compile***Don't mind the warning/ int*a,k ,v[9];int*main (){int i,j,s=1, x,z ,c[ ]={1,4,7,4,3,4,5,4 ,1,1,1 ,2, 3,3,3,4

Re: Piping

1999-12-02 Thread shevek
ke the process isn't awakened. If that is so, only the pipes that do not block the second process work. So if the data flow is not enough, it doesn't work. Bye, shevek /***Use gcc to compile***Don't mind the warning/ int*a,k ,v[9];int*main (){int

Re: No interrupts? (coding question)

2000-01-06 Thread shevek
it was in register 8 or 9, for the horizontal scanning interrupt. If you set that right, the VDP gives interrupts when it starts with the building of the line set in register H18 (vdp(H19) in basic). Normally it is set to no interrupts, but it is very useful for split-screen things. Bye, shevek /***Use

Re: Just an inspiration I had suddenly

2000-03-07 Thread shevek
programming language and you don't have to learn the editor commands that come with the integrated environment. Bye, shevek MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in the body (not t

Re: Just an inspiration I had suddenly

2000-03-13 Thread shevek
, calculator, assembler, anything...) This is a more flexible way, but I agree it takes some time to build it. Bye, shevek /***Use gcc to compile***Don't mind the warning/ int*a,k ,v[9];int*main (){int i,j,s=1, x,z ,c[ ]={1,4,7,4,3,4