Re: [MSX] MSX Association website unavailable
Hi Laurens, Guess they threw the towel into the ring? That's not correct. At least it's completely unrelated to the sites being down. The MSX Association websites (along with several of my domains) were hosted in one of my colocated servers. That server's hard disk died a few days ago, and there were no backups. I'm getting in touch with FCM to restore the sites, but that will probably take a few more days. Regards, On May 8, 2009, at 6:31 PM, Laurens Holst wrote: Hey, I heard that the MSX Association website [1][2] is no longer working… Guess they threw the towel into the ring? ~Laurens [1] http://msxa.fcm.co.jp/ [2] http://www.msxa.org/ -- Note: New email address! Please update your address book. ~~ Ushiko-san! Kimi wa doushite, Ushiko-san nan da!! ~~ Laurens Holst, student, university of Utrecht, the Netherlands Website: www.grauw.nl. Backbase employee; www.backbase.com ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx -- Javi Lavandeira - http://www.ag0ny.com ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] MSX Association website unavailable
Hi Patriek, Just a couple of innacuracies: - Sengawa is actually 仙川, the place where I was living before moving to the other side of Tokyo. Thousand rivers would be 千川. And I agree that this one would be much cooler. ;-) - Sengawa Networks has never existed as a company. I intended to start one, but I decided it was too risky until I get my permanent resident visa here. I'll wait a few more years before leaving the corporate nest and trying to establish my own business. :-) With everything else, you hit the nail on the head. Regards, On May 8, 2009, at 7:58 PM, Patriek Lesparre wrote: Oi, Not sure... Sengawa Networks, which hosted the MSXA site has completely disappeared. The domain has no DNS right now, but you Google still has search results on the domain, so it was very recent. Sengawa means Thousand Rivers (cool name for a networking company) and is the ag0ny's company. At least msxa.org still has a DNS and I wouldn't be surprised if they're looking for a new host. I'd host them, but we all know how that turned out last time... (thanks again Msx Related Community) Greetz, Patriek Laurens Holst wrote: Hey, I heard that the MSX Association website [1][2] is no longer working… Guess they threw the towel into the ring? ~Laurens [1] http://msxa.fcm.co.jp/ [2] http://www.msxa.org/ ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx ___ MSX mailing list (msx@stack.nl) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] IDE-CF: No enough memory
Hi Laurens, But, Javi, isn't the CF-IDE just extremely cool??? ^_^ Yep, that's exactly why I bought it. :) Really, I still love it :) small, silent, no external power supply... You tell me about that... This is how my MSX looked like when I was still living in Spain. Notice the mess behind the computer: http://www.ag0ny.com/misc/terminal-linux-msx.jpg Now there's just the IDE-CF cartridge, *WITH A SMALLER CARTRIDGE INSERTED INTO IT* (the CF memory card). What could be more MSX-like? ;) Regards, -- Javi Lavandeira - http://www.ag0ny.com ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] IDE-CF: No enough memory
Hi Maico, If memory serves well, you should press DEL or some key to bypass CF bootup and boot normally from diskette. With the fdisk you should do the partitioning and then all should work normally. Your memory serves you very well. Booting while pressing DEL the computer started correctly and I was able to partition/format the card from a floppy disk. I remembered that I had to do something like this (because I had an IDE+RS232 before), but I was pressing INS instead of DEL at boot. ;) Thanks for the help, -- Javi Lavandeira - http://www.ag0ny.com ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] IDE-CF: No enough memory
Hi all, I received today my IDE-CF, but I'm having some trouble with it. The problem is that if I boot the computer with a memory card in the master slot, the computer always hangs with the following error: No enough memory. These are the things I've found out: - Booting the MSX without a memory card inserted, the interface's BIOS says that it cannot find a master device and the computer boots normally. - Booting with a memory card in the master slot, I get the No enough memory error message in a FS-A1ST (expanded to 512Kb) and a FS-A1GT. I've tried also an FS-A1WX (64Kb) and I don't get the error message, but the floppy disk in this computer is broken, so I couldn't do more testing. - Flashing the BIOS works correctly when I boot the computer without a memory card. - The No enough memory error appears regardless of the slot where the cartridge is inserted. My hardware is: - Panasonic FS-A1ST (512Kb)/A1GT/A1WX - CF ATA-IDE, BIOS 2.21 - 128Mb CF card (detected as TOSHIBA THNCF128MA at boot) - Nothing else connected to the computer Any ideas on what can be causing the problem? Regards, PS: I posted this same message on Sunrise's forum too. -- Javi Lavandeira - http://www.ag0ny.com ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
[MSX] MSX Magazine released
Hi all, MSX Magazine has been released today and I've already received my copy. There's a short article and a few pictures at http://www.aamsx.org. Regards, -- Javi Lavandeira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.ag0ny.com ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Re: [MSX] FDD round belt(wsx)
Hello, Hi, someone have the FDD round belt for wsx or turbo r panasonic.plz help me... Since you're in Japan, you should contact Kuniji Ikeda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). He's living in Osaka and sent me one some weeks ago. Regards, -- Javi Lavandeira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.ag0ny.com ___ MSX mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Info page: http://lists.stack.nl/mailman/listinfo/msx
Bye
Hi, I'm leaving this mailinglist. There was a time when this list was a good source of information for the MSX community. But not anymore. Now most of the messages are about emulators, or about software for PC, or web site updates. And attacking Takamichi has been the last straw, because in my opinion he's one of the very few that can still be trusted in this ever-fighting scene. So I leave. -- Javi Lavandeira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.ag0ny.com -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: MSX PLAYer news
Hello, On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 13:56:34 +0100 Patriek Lesparre [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But in any case, it's interesting to see what will happen. If Nishi does acquire the copyrights of the BIOS and MSX-DOS, what sort of license will he release it under? Note that he could even use it prevent the BIOS being distributed other than with MSX Player; which would just be a pain to us all. To be honest I've lost trust a long time ago. Nishi said every emulator could use the MSX BIOS copyright free once they got the rights. Also it was stated MSX-DOS2 would become open-source. I have no reason to doubt those statements. Do you? I do. I had a meeting at ASCII with Ryozo Yamashita in August, and one of the many things we were talking about was MSX-DOS(2) copyrights and source code. He told me that MSX-DOS2 is owned by the company who wrote it: Madge Corporation (www.madge.co.uk), and ASCII only had (has?) distribution rights. They don't even have the source code. And the BIOS is still owned by Microsoft. Regards, -- Javi Lavandeira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.ag0ny.com -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: DskExplorer uses MSX SYTEM FONT
Hello, Send suggestions if you have /want. How about making it cross-platform [linux, bsd, ...] ;-) Yep, I'd like to see a GTK version of this. :-) Ow, and I want to see QT version of this :) I thought this was an MSX list, but nobody has asked yet for an MSX version... Regards, -- Javi Lavandeira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.ag0ny.com -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Slots
Hi Bernard! :) Bernard Lamers wrote: The problem is that there might be more than one MAIN ROM on MSXes which use for example a MSX - MSX2 upgrade cartridge. The MSX1 rom in such a configuration will indeed be located in slot 0 or 0-0, but the MSX2 BIOS -which is the BIOS that should be used in such a configuration- will be located in another slot. That's my point, because that's what the MSX2 Technical Handbook says: In some cases, however, it is required to know the slot number of the specified software. For example, in the previous version, BASIC MAIN-ROM was placed in basic slot #0 or in expansion slot #0-0 when basic slot #0 was expanded. So when MSX1 is upgraded to have the MSX2 functions by installing MSX-VIDEO and BASIC ver 2.0 ROM, the MAIN ROM should be placed somewhere other than slot #0 or slot #0-0. The slot where MSX2 SUB-ROM resides depends on the machine, but the information about the slot where BASIC interpreter ROM resides can be obtained by referring to the work area described below The slot containing the BIOS which should be used on a MSX computer can be found at location #FCC1. MSX1 documentation claims that this address contains a byte indicating whether or not slot 0 is expanded, but all later ASCII documentation -including the MSX Datapack- defines it as slot address of the BIOS/MAIN ROM. But #FCC1 is RAM. The slot address in that system variable is set by the BIOS at boot time. Now let's say that the BIOS didn't to that job for me. How could I find out where's the MAIN-ROM for that computer? Regards, -- Javi Lavandeira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.ag0ny.com -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Re: Slots
Hi, Bernard Lamers wrote: Hmm, isn't it much easier and safer to use the value at #FCC1? No, if it hasn't been initialized before. :) (P.S. Javi, congratulations with your new job. We are waiting for you over here.) Don't celebrate yet. I have the job, but I still don't have the visa. I will start celebrating as soon as it is stamped in my passport. :) Regards, -- Javi Lavandeira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.ag0ny.com -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Slots
Hi all, Can I safely assume that MAIN-ROM is located on slot 0-0 on every MSX computer out there? Regards, -- Javi Lavandeira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.ag0ny.com -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Games for auction: Burai and King Kong 2
Hi, I'm selling the following games: Burai (35 euro): http://cgi.es.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1329263316 King Kong 2 (40 euro): http://cgi.es.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1329320993 Regards, -- Javi Lavandeira ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.ag0ny.com -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html
Comment sent by me to Sunrise (via their guestbook on www.msx.ch)
I wrote this on Sunrise's guestbook this evening, I hope they will at least read it and tell us what we want to know: Okay, okay, it is a great page, there is a lot of software for download not to mention the hardware... But there is no technical info about your interfaces! If you really want to sell your hardware, let us know how it works and do not try to keep this as your secret! I've been trying to find out which ports does the IDE interface use for its I/O, but couldn't find any kind of info about, and when I asked Henrik, I got silence as a response... Do you really think anybody will develop software for it if we have to disassemble the full IDE BIOS in order to try to find out how the hell it works? Don't be silly and make a "Technical Sheets" section, with detailed info about your hardware, so people who can really write better software than Henrik can begin working on it. If you're keeping this info for you, you're harming even more the MSX instead of making it survive... Think long about that.
Re: IDE driver documentation
On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Laurens Holst wrote: Could you implement 8 drives too??? The system (DOS) can handle 254 drives exept for one function. And this function is barely used. So drives A-Z should be possible... I know about this, but why don't you wait until I have a working set of routines before asking for new features? The only thing my routines do (now) is reading sectors, and nothing more. Wait for it to be finished (if it ever gets finished). By the way, this non-supporting function is a Dos1-function call which returns a value of which every bit corresponds to a drive (1=available, 0=not available). But even this function can be expanded to more drives. I I know, but I'm not interested at all in modifying MSX-DOS(2). Just wait. 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: IDE interface I/O ports
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998 07:40:14 +0200, Maico Arts wrote: What I need to know is which hardware ports does the IDE interface use to send data to IDE-registers. Besides, I'd like to know how to write the cartridge's SRAM chip, in order to install there all the routines needed for the management of the drive(s). I don t have any sources but is debuging of the flashbios program an option? It knows how to adress the rom and the cartridge! Sure it is, but, sincerely, I don't feel like dissassembling the full cartridge... 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: IDE HDs formated in MSX
On Fri, 9 Oct 1998 14:42:07 -0300 (EST), Giovanni dos Reis Nunes wrote: How I can read, using a PC, one Harddisk formated in a MSX with IDE interface? I receibe a old Conner 20Mb HD but I can't read it in DOS or Linux. All Linux and DOS FDISK utilities shows a "20Mb FAT 32M" partition but in DOS I always receive the 'Sector not found' error message. I'm thinking that this HD isn't a formated partition... Or I'll format this drive. :) Anybody has a Idea? You can't. Henrik Gilvad's fdisk does not partition the disk in the standard way, so you will not be able to read MSX disks on your PC or viceversa. The right way of partitioning a disk uses the last 66 bytes of the boot sector as the partition table, being each partition entry 16 bytes long. That gives a maximum of 4 partitions on each boot sector, and I think Henrik did it in that way to make possible to create the 32 partitions. Anyway, Henrik's boot sector does not contain (as of version 1.35) any info about the partitions at all! (Please tell me if I am wrong, but I have the sources for Henrik's fdisk 1.35 and that's what I think). 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: IDE driver documentation
On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, Jon De Schrijder wrote: No, he's talking about 32MB partitions on IDE-harddisks. I've mailed him a couple of times; but as far as I've understand his work will lead to a dead end: he is working on lowlevel sector read/write routines for IDE, Then you didn't understand it or I didn't make me understand. I'm working on a full driver, and if you want to be able to read files, you'll need to read sectors, right? I told you I'm just beginning my work. but these are already implemented in the IDE-bios of the interface of course. Ok, you work hand-to-hand with Sunrise people and maybe you already have that info. But that's not my case. I mailed Henrik lots of times asking for info on the IDE interface, but I got silence as a response. Finally, I got the source code for Henrik's FDISK and had to start working upon it, and it was my only source of information on the internals of the interface. Maybe you'd like to share with us all the info you have on the interface, because there are still a lot of unknown procedures on fdisk's source code... He hasn't really thought of the fact what should be done next after you can read/write sectors. You can bet I know what to do now that the sector part is finished and that I thinked a lot about that before starting writing anyting. In my opinion -if you want to work with files- you'll have to modify DOS2 kernel routines (sectornumbers#). But he doesn't want to use DOS2. So don't expect real partitions 32MB :-( You're thinking in MSX-DOS(2) terms. I don't. Let's start the 32MB partition discussion again! Ok, maybe we'll get some info this time... 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: Seeking for foreign exhibitors
At 13:23 29/01/98 +0100, you wrote: There's a better way to go to the meeting from your hotel at Malgrat: tell me where your hotel is and I'll go there by car to bring you to the meeting. Malgrat is not so far from here and my English is good enough, as you already know. ;-) Hope to see you at Barcelona! Ok, my hotel is hotel "Papi", more info will follow later (don't have it here right now). Can my girlfriend (with whom I'm on holidays) come with us? Of course she can! There was no need for asking that. Tell me the address of the hotel before the meeting and I'll be there some hours before it starts. See you! 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: Seeking for foreign exhibitors
At 13:35 27/01/98 +0100, you wrote: The objective is to advertise the next Barcelona meeting -the XIII- which is going to be celebrated the next may and making known that we are interested in having foreign exhibitors. Hey Great! I'm having a holiday in Spain from th 27th of April till the 5th of May! And my hotel is in Malgrat. Is it easy for me to come then? Could you send me a description how I can get there (by public transportation, or someone has to pick me up)? Another thing: my Spanish sucks, do most people speak English? 1) Coming from Malgrat is quite easy. You just have to take the train to Barcelona and get down at Sants Central Station. Then there's a walk of 10 minutes or less and you'll arrive. There's a better way to go to the meeting from your hotel at Malgrat: tell me where your hotel is and I'll go there by car to bring you to the meeting. Malgrat is not so far from here and my English is good enough, as you already know. ;-) Hope to see you at Barcelona! 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/)
My web page!
Hello All! I'm updating my web page, after a looong period of lazyness! Some of you may already know I'm the sysop of an MSX-oriented BBS in Spain... Well, I'm uploading all my filebase to FUNet, and together with Omega of TechnoCrew, we're designing a web interface to FUNet MSX Archive. You can check it from my page, under "MSX Files" link. The URL is http://usuarios.intercom.es/luznet If you see any commercial software there which is still being sold, please let Omega and me know in order to remove the link from my page and the file from FUNet! See you!
