Re: Mat Attack
Kk2 wrote: Don't miss http://www.fut.es/~xrc/MSX/MSXMAT21.HTM and let your mouse rest in peace. Worldwide distributors welcome. Kiss you lot. Mk2 Matra Computer The best mouse pad than ever!!! By the way... there is a nice magazine :P near the mat... What is it??? Ciao! Maurizio Morandi a.k.a MxM Softworks on Msx $ IN MSX WE TRUST $ 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: READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! MSX PRINT. (fwd)
] I think that Windows architecture is just too complicated -- there are ] too many compatibility issues. And Microsoft writes generally quite ] bug-free software, comparing to others (Oracle). I can't agree. Oracle 7.x on unix is rather stable. We run 7x24 production systems with oracle at the company where I work. And although they process many transactions a day, they never crash. I can't say that about any microsoft product. Main problem of Oracle products is to install them: The installation process NEVER works. 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: HomePage Updated
Hello, Today I have updated my HomePage again. - Review MSX-fair Tilburg '99 added Ehm, where? I only see TB'98 and ZV'98! I also like to put a MSX-link page to it, but therefore I need links to = put on the page. Later on I also hope to create a page with some nice = downloads. For links: use http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/bookmarks.html Grtjs, Manuel ((m)ICQ UIN 41947405) PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/) PPS: Visit my homepage at http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/ 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
I would like to present you a new operating system for MSX. It's called UZIX. What is UZIX? UZIX is a UNIX implementation for MSX. UZIX is based on UZI written by Douglas Braun and ported to PC and MSX by Archi Schekochikhin and me, Adriano C. R. da Cunha. UZIX implements almost all 7th Edition ATT UNIX kernel functionality. UZIX's code was based on public domain Doug Braun's UZI, which was written from scratch, and contains no ATT code, so it is not subject to any of ATT's copyright or licensing restrictions. UZIX implements almost all of the 7th Edition functionality. All file I/O, directories, mountable file systems, user and group IDs, pipes, and applicable device I/O are supported. The number of processes is limited only by the swap space available, with a maximum of 31 processes (total of 1024k memory). UZIX implements UNIX well enough to run the Bourne Shell in its full functionality, although it has not been ported. UZIX is still in development, but there is already a running version, that includes a shell and many utilities. Although it's still a beta, it took much effort and time to be made. Whoow! This sounds real cool! I hope you will continue with this project! I'll try to test it real soon. Does it work with MSX-DOS2? (Is it compatible with it?) Grtjs, Manuel ((m)ICQ UIN 41947405) PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/) PPS: Visit my homepage at http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/ 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: Direct sector access
I'm about to write one but don't like to reinvent the wheel. It already exists, it's called DiskView 2.1, and it's nearly perfect! Oops! But it seems it cannot write a boot sector out of a file. I need something like: FUDECOPY filename drive starting sector and/or: FUDECOPY drive starting sector # of sectors filename That's it. A partial disk image reader/writer. Hmm, Compass can do that, I believe. It can read a sector to RAM, write piece of RAM to sector, and ofcourse it can also read/write Binary files Isn't this what you need? Grtjs, Manuel ((m)ICQ UIN 41947405) PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/) PPS: Visit my homepage at http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/ 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: Guardic practice mode
"J. Lautenbag" wrote: "Secret functions In addition, the practice mode in which you can play on all levels is also hidden. The clue is: when the title screen is displayed." I may be very well mistaken, but if I remember well, you should tap left-right-left-right a few times until an extra menu appears. I hope it works for you. It worked for me, but I don't remember how... =) []s, Parn 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: Guardic practice mode
I may be very well mistaken, but if I remember well, you should tap left-right-left-right a few times until an extra menu appears. I hope it works for you. It worked for me, but I don't remember how... =) Your memory works very good. After just six keystrokes (L-R-L-R-L-R) the practice mode appears. Thanx! Jasper. P.S. Somebody knows the sound test? 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: READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MSX PRINT. (fwd)
Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: Jon de Schrijder wrote: Hi, I've received this mail from Japan. THIS IS BIG NEWS!!! -- Forwarded message -- Yesterday, some MSX Figure leaders meet with Kazuhiko Nishi and ASCII Corp. And I recived a telephone from them. Because they need my help. In 4/July, some MSX leader will meet ASCII Corp and Nishi. Now, Japanese MSX Figure leader and ASCII Corp talking about NEW MSX Computer. We hope that ASCII will make NEW MSX Compiyer. And Nishi agree NEW MSX Project! But ASCII Corp don't like our NEW MSX Project. ASCII think that many MSXer don't buy NEW MSX Computer... We must show MSX user power to ASCII Corp. 1)ASCII want look nice MSX stuff made in Europa and Brazil. Please tell me nice MSX stuff. 2)MSX Festa is the most big Japanese MSX Fair. But we will break MSX Festa. On 22 and 23/August, we will make new MSX Fair. Name is MSX Denyu land(MSX Electronics Land in English). ASCII Corp will pay cost(money) of this Fair. If ASCII Corp will feel MSX Power, MSX will make new MSX Computer!!! Okay, here some more info by Ikeda: -- }Would that impress Mr. Nishi? }Yes, Nishi was many glad for our MSX Action! But Nishi is ONLY observer }of ASCII... Nishi wants re-make of MSX wave!! But ASCII is NOT interest }in MSX. We must show MSX Power to ASCII... } it just like all the other project's. } sorry but thats how i see it. } i have to see it first before i believe it. }I agree. But if Nishi is involved it gives (at least me) a lot more }confidence than if some hobby-group is trying to launch a new system. }I really hope this is true. Can you tell us some more, Ikeda? }ASCII do NOT make new MSX! Don't make mistake!! Now, Nishi and us are }want make NEW MSX. But ASCII don't interest in NEW MSX... IF ASCII feel }power of MSX, ASCII will try make NEW MSX... Can you understand my }write? - So indeed, Nishi is enthousiastic about what the amateur MSX users have made. But ASCII is not interested! But MAYBE if ASCII sees what amateur MSX users can do, they will become interested... Look: if you believe this or not, it's not important. You only need to help those Japanese people to show the best of MSX to Nishi. Maybe it helps, maybe it doesn't. But we can at least try! And if there won't be a new MSX (of any sort), we don't have to complain (nothing to lose!), and if it comes it could be interesting. But if it's not interesting or if it's a flop, it's not disastrous for us! WE CAN ONLY BENEFIT! WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE! So why not try to support this? Again, the worst thing that can happen is that nothing comes of it! Grtjs, Manuel ((m)ICQ UIN 41947405) PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/) PPS: Visit my homepage at http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/ 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: R: web browser for msx
Hmmm, think of this, there are sony digital camera's that store your pictures directly to floppy disk, compressed in JPEG. Those camera's use a chip, capable of realtime JPEG compression. I don't know about decompression, I haven't had the opportunity to examine the camera up close, but I can imagine that it exists. Don't invent the wheel twice, look around... Maybe nice to know that I have got such a camera? Or rather, my father. It actually sucks, because the resolution of the photos is very low (320x240)... It sucks? MSX2 Screen 8 resolution is 256x212.. Yeah 256x424 if you want a headache. Yes, it sucks, because all other cameras use a minimum resolution of 640x480. And that's a very big difference... I'd like my photos to be sharp. And by the way, screen 8 is ugly too. What about screen 7 with a resolution of 512x512??? Oh, by the way, I ran a li'll program on the background so I could test the "overscan"-mode in screen 0, but oh what a surprise: the top 7 lines weren't displayed anymore! Well that ain't a problem but it's definately strange. Anyway, it would suffice for images on most webpages wouldn't it? a page with images bigger than that should be banned anyway...=) Ofcourse, but you can resize large images to small ones, not vice versa. It was more expensive than other cameras which are in fact much better. Only this one has a diskdrive in it for floppies. Easy, ok, I definately agree on that. But nice-looking, no. Definately not. By the way, it's very large and quite heavy (for a camera). ~Grauw email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ICQ: 10196372 Visit the Datax homepage at http://datax.cjb.net/ ... Live long and prosper... 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: READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! MSX PRINT. (fwd)
If Windows wasn't good and easy-to-use then it wouldn't have been installed on (almost) every new PC. Windows sounds nice, but it's really terribly-written, and unpredictable. Then you write a multitasking OS which support so much hardware! But, I agree BeOS is a nice OS... Especially the 404 error message... Ever tried to install a scanner on Win59? -) Nice blue screens ... You have definately never seen the 404 error message in BeOS 4. Anyways, my scanner did install fine in Windows. I think what you are talking about is not the fault of Windows, but of the developers of the drivers of your scanner. I think it is good that Windows intercepts fatal actions. Bill Gates tried to install a scanner in Windows 98, during the worldwide presentation of this new version. Result: blue screeen and reset button. Ever occurred to you that Windows was still in Beta-stage then? It was the first time it was showed to public! ~Grauw "Why don't you guys admit that Windows isn't that bad?" Windows isn't bad, it's disgusting! If you think about it that way then --why-- do you use it??? I don't know about OS/2 Warp, but hasn't it got bugs too??? It seems to me it has... only nobody uses it (less user-friendly?) so you all don't know if OS/2 is better then Windows. Just screamin' around a bit and nailing on Microsoft. Just to be cool, it seems to me. Anyways, my last mailing 'bout this topic on the list. ~Grauw email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ICQ: 10196372 Visit the Datax homepage at http://datax.cjb.net/ ... Live long and prosper... 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: VDP memory write timings
I have to write a gfx data burst to VRAM as quickly as possible while the display, and possibly sprites are enabled. I've noticed data corruption when using quick transfer loops (via POP) that disappears when display is disabled. Is there an accurate way to determine required VDP timings and ensure proper functionality on all MSX models regardless of different clocked CPUs? Just keep in mind to have at least 7 t-states between every transfer (=OUT), then it will work on all MSX-computers (OTIR and INIR are slow enough too). MSX-turboR and 7MHz have automatic slowdowns implemented to that works too. ~Grauw email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or ICQ: 10196372 Visit the Datax homepage at http://datax.cjb.net/ ... Live long and prosper... 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/)
Win95 vs OS2/w last word
This is my last answer about w95 vs os2/warp. first, os2/warp works perfect after you have learned how to work with it. second in many industries and print-studio's os2/warp is used for applications which need to be trusted on. (so make your own conclusion.) And for w95, it's good to have a competitor then they need to improve there quality (i only hope that next time they leave their easter eggs out of the software (office,nt,w95,ie) this saves a lot of harddisk space) There is also a big difference between osr 0,1,2,2b which have all there own their improved drivers. For example if you have an old system (486 + vlb/pci) please use 0 or 1 else 2b. To end my mail i want to say the following : Bug free software can't be made if the product managers tell the programmers when their products must be finished. (this statement is valid for both microsoft and me) This was it about this subject. Greetings andre 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
Manuel, I would like to present you a new operating system for MSX. It's called UZIX. Whoow! This sounds real cool! I hope you will continue with this project! I'll try to test it real soon. Does it work with MSX-DOS2? Of course not! UZIX is a new OPERATING SYSTEM. It's NOT an operating environment, Win95-wanna-be or just a group-of-aliases-trying-to-pretend-that-you-are- running-a-unix-os. UZIX must be booted. It doesn't use MSXDOS for nothing. It "shoot"down MSXDOS. UZIX has its own filesystem, devices and memory management. For exchanging files between MSXDOS and UZIX, there is UCP.COM, available also in UZIX page. Check it. Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Engenharia de Computacao - UNICAMP http://www.adrpage.cjb.net MSX-TR:I have one.And you? * A feature is a bug that has been documented. * 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
Manuel, I would like to present you a new operating system for MSX. It's called UZIX. Whoow! This sounds real cool! I hope you will continue with this project! I'll try to test it real soon. Does it work with MSX-DOS2? Of course not! UZIX is a new OPERATING SYSTEM. It's NOT an operating environment, Win95-wanna-be or just a group-of-aliases-trying-to-pretend-that-you-are- running-a-unix-os. UZIX must be booted. It doesn't use MSXDOS for nothing. It "shoot"down MSXDOS. UZIX has its own filesystem, devices and memory management. For exchanging files between MSXDOS and UZIX, there is UCP.COM, available also in UZIX page. Check it. I understand, but I mean: does it work if a MSX-DOS2 cartridge is inserted? Can it work with harddisks as well? (Probably, since it can use subdirectories in its filesystem!) And, what format does it use on diskdrives? Compatible with Unix or MSX-DOS? Compatible with DOS2, so files can be UNDELETED? (Ofcourse, normal Unix systems don't know undelete, since the diskspace is probably overwritten by something else like swap or another user, but in this case) Is the multitasking as good as on a normal Unix? (E.g. start background jobs by putting behind the command). Will there also be a c-shell clone, like tcshell? (Which is great! bash would be great too, ofcourse! I saw you were working on the shell to get it as much bash as possible. Do scripts work too?) Grtjs, Manuel ((m)ICQ UIN 41947405) PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/) PPS: Visit my homepage at http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/ 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
Manuel, I would like to present you a new operating system for MSX. It's called UZIX. Whoow! This sounds real cool! I hope you will continue with this project! I'll try to test it real soon. Does it work with MSX-DOS2? I understand, but I mean: does it work if a MSX-DOS2 cartridge is inserted? Yes. It ignores MSX-DOS2. Can it work with harddisks as well? MegaSCSI users can write the demo disk-image in a extended partition, select it at A: drive and boot UZIX without problems. Now UZIX can access any MSX disk-drive, floppy or HD. But you can't access MegaSCSI/IDE partitions for now (/dev/hda and similars are not implemented). And, what format does it use on diskdrives? Compatible with Unix or MSX-DOS? Compatible with it. :) It's a proprietary format. Maybe another UZI-derived OS (UZI280, UZI180, etc) can read it... I don't know... Compatible with DOS2, so files can be UNDELETED? As any UNIX, you can't undelete files. :) Is the multitasking as good as on a normal Unix? (E.g. start background jobs by putting behind the command). Yes. Try calling "clock " in the sash prompt. It's stupid, but is the best example of background processing. Examine it with top. Later, kill it using the kill command. Will there also be a c-shell clone, like tcshell? A better shell is in our plans. (Which is great! bash would be great too, ofcourse! I saw you were working on the shell to get it as much bash as possible. Do scripts work too?) The actual default shell of UZIX, sash, is very limited. Scripts can be only recognizable commands. BUT nothing disallows you compiling any shell you want to UZIX. The original UZI could run the Bourne Shell in its full functionality. So, UZIX also can. It "just" need to be compiled. Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Engenharia de Computacao - UNICAMP http://www.adrpage.cjb.net MSX-TR:I have one.And you? * Insert diskette in Drive C. Press [ENTER] to continue... * 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
I understand, but I mean: does it work if a MSX-DOS2 cartridge is inserted? Yes. It ignores MSX-DOS2. Nice if you want to use harddisk, without having any MSX-DOS! Can it work with harddisks as well? MegaSCSI users can write the demo disk-image in a extended partition, select it at A: drive and boot UZIX without problems. What about Novaxis? Now UZIX can access any MSX disk-drive, floppy or HD. But you can't access MegaSCSI/IDE partitions for now (/dev/hda and similars are not implemented). And on Novaxis? And, what format does it use on diskdrives? Compatible with Unix or MSX-DOS ? Compatible with it. :) It's a proprietary format. Maybe another UZI-derived OS (UZI280, UZI180, etc) can read it... I don't know... So it is compatible with all formats? Compatible with DOS2, so files can be UNDELETED? As any UNIX, you can't undelete files. :) So deleted files on a diskette can also not be undeleted with MSX-DOS2? (This would mean it is FULLY compatible with DOS2) Yes. Try calling "clock " in the sash prompt. It's stupid, but is the best example of background processing. Examine it with top. Later, kill it using the kill command. Nice! Will there also be a c-shell clone, like tcshell? A better shell is in our plans. Better than tcsh? Impossible! :-) The actual default shell of UZIX, sash, is very limited. Scripts can be only recognizable commands. BUT nothing disallows you compiling any shell you want to UZIX. The original UZI could run the Bourne Shell in its full functionality. So, UZIX also can. It "just" need to be compiled. Well, I'm not good in compiling, especially not with Hi-Tech C... Maybe you can compile loads of goodies for us, simple users? Another thing: is UZIX multi-user? Is 'screen' compiled yet? (To make multi-user more useful, since I guess there is no terminal support! ;-) Grtjs, Manuel ((m)ICQ UIN 41947405) PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/) PPS: Visit my homepage at http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/ 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
Manuel, MegaSCSI users can write the demo disk-image in a extended partition, select it at A: drive and boot UZIX without problems. What about Novaxis? I don't know Novaxis. I know MegaSCSI. MegaSCSI can simulate floppies in extended partitions. That's why UZIX works with MegaSCSI. If Novaxis function in the same way of MegaSCSI/IDE, patching DiskROM 4010h, UZIX can access the Novaxis drive. Now UZIX can access any MSX disk-drive, floppy or HD. But you can't access MegaSCSI/IDE partitions for now (/dev/hda and similars are not implemented). And on Novaxis? Give me detailed information about programming Novaxis, and it will be supported when MegaSCSI/IDE direct access will be made. And, what format does it use on diskdrives? Compatible with Unix or MSX-DOS ? It's a proprietary format. Maybe another UZI-derived OS (UZI280, UZI180, etc) can read it... I don't know... So it is compatible with all formats? I don't understand what you mean with "all formats". UZIX FS is a proprietary format. MSXDOS doesn't understand. Linux doesn't understand. MINIX doesn't understand. MAYBE UZI, UZI280, UZI180 or ATT UNIX 7th Ed. understands, but I don't know. Compatible with DOS2, so files can be UNDELETED? As any UNIX, you can't undelete files. :) So deleted files on a diskette can also not be undeleted with MSX-DOS2? (This would mean it is FULLY compatible with DOS2) UZIX disks can't be read by MSXDOS2. And also, UZIX can't read MSXDOS2 diskettes. Well, not now. Sometime in the future I'll make mtools... Will there also be a c-shell clone, like tcshell? A better shell is in our plans. Better than tcsh? Impossible! :-) I mean a better shell than the actual shell, sash. Well, I'm not good in compiling, especially not with Hi-Tech C... Maybe you can compile loads of goodies for us, simple users? For now, there are 50 utils compiled for UZIX. All of them are in the demo disks available on UZIX page. Another thing: is UZIX multi-user? Yes. Is 'screen' compiled yet? No. Maybe in the future... Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Engenharia de Computacao - UNICAMP http://www.adrpage.cjb.net MSX-TR:I have one.And you? * This message was written using 100% reciclable eletrons. * 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
Manuel, Give me detailed information about programming Novaxis, and it will be supported when MegaSCSI/IDE direct access will be made. I can send you the manual in WP-format, Gert de Boom sent it to me once. Nice. But if it's in dutch, I'll have _much_ problem... For now, there are 50 utils compiled for UZIX. All of them are in the demo disks available on UZIX page. Ok, is it much work to compile an average util, like top or so? You're reading messages too fast... :) In the previous message about clock, I told you "use top to check the processes". Your answer is yes, it's a little work, but it's possible. How can I test the multi-user features? By now, only logging as different users (login as root, use, logout, login as user, use, logout, login as guest, use, logout, etc). Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Engenharia de Computacao - UNICAMP http://www.adrpage.cjb.net MSX-TR:I have one.And you? * Insert diskette in Drive C. Press [ENTER] to continue... * 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
Give me detailed information about programming Novaxis, and it will be supported when MegaSCSI/IDE direct access will be made. I can send you the manual in WP-format, Gert de Boom sent it to me once. Nice. But if it's in dutch, I'll have _much_ problem... It's now online: http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/soft/scsi.zip, or get it via my MSX page (http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/msx.html It is in English! For now, there are 50 utils compiled for UZIX. All of them are in the demo disks available on UZIX page. Ok, is it much work to compile an average util, like top or so? You're reading messages too fast... :) Heheh, this will be the last, I'll go home to eat now! In the previous message about clock, I told you "use top to check the processes". Your answer is yes, it's a little work, but it's possible. I know you have top compiled, but I wondered how long it took to get it compiled! How can I test the multi-user features? By now, only logging as different users (login as root, use, logout, login as user, use, logout, login as guest, use, logout, etc). Aha. And when logged in, can another user login too? By the way, I just tried running Uzix on fMSX 2.0 (Unix), and it hung if I took more than 512kB RAM. When I don't, I get: Mounting root fs: [cursor] What then? It seems to hang... Or does it just not work on fMSX? Or on diskette? Grtjs, Manuel ((m)ICQ UIN 41947405) PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/) PPS: Visit my homepage at http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/ 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
Manuel, It's now online: http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/soft/scsi.zip, or get it via my MSX page (http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/msx.html Thanks. I know you have top compiled, but I wondered how long it took to get it compiled! In my 5x86 100MHz, about 1 minute... How can I test the multi-user features? By now, only logging as different users (login as root, use, logout, login as user, use, logout, login as guest, use, logout, etc). Aha. And when logged in, can another user login too? Of course not. UZIX doesn't have virtual terminals by now. You're wanting too much for now, Manuel... :) By the way, I just tried running Uzix on fMSX 2.0 (Unix), and it hung if I took more than 512kB RAM. WHEN it hangs? What you see on screen? When I don't, I get: Mounting root fs: [cursor] What then? It seems to hang... Ihihihihih... fMSX is fudeba... :) I tested it in fMSX-DOS 1.6b2, CJS 1.0b, TR GT, TR ST, ACVS 2++, DDX 2.0 and others and it worked. There is no reason for UZIX hanging up because you have 512Kb RAM. My GT has 512Kb RAM and doesn't crash when loading UZIX. Also, Daniel Caetano has 4Mb RAM and UZIX doesn't crash with him. Giovanni has 1Mb RAM and UZIX doesn't crash with him. I neved tried 512Kb RAM with fMSX-DOS... I'll do it. But I don't believe it will crash UZIX. It's nonsense. Or does it just not work on fMSX? Works, but I noticed it becames instable... Even in CJS, UZIX is more stable... Well... Emulators... Argh... Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Engenharia de Computacao - UNICAMP http://www.adrpage.cjb.net MSX-TR:I have one.And you? * Who had never Windows crashed, throw the first GPF! * 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
get it via my MSX page (http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/msx.html Thanks. No problem! (I'll now really go home!) I know you have top compiled, but I wondered how long it took to get it compiled! In my 5x86 100MHz, about 1 minute... I mean, including adaptions for Hi-Tech C. How can I test the multi-user features? By now, only logging as different users (login as root, use, logout, login as user, use, logout, login as guest, use, logout, etc). Aha. And when logged in, can another user login too? Of course not. UZIX doesn't have virtual terminals by now. You're wanting too much for now, Manuel... :) I mean, not with virtual terminals, but just occupying the other terminal. E.g. user1 logs in, and starts 2 background jobs. Then, he types somting as "login user2", and user2 logs in. He can now also start bg jobs. When he does top, he sees processes of user1 and user2! Can Uzix do this already? By the way, I just tried running Uzix on fMSX 2.0 (Unix), and it hung if I took more than 512kB RAM. WHEN it hangs? What you see on screen? I see only: Welcome to UZIX 0.1.2 [cursor] When I don't, I get: Mounting root fs: [cursor] What then? It seems to hang... Ihihihihih... fMSX is fudeba... :) I tested it in fMSX-DOS 1.6b2, CJS 1.0b, TR GT, TR ST, ACVS 2++, DDX 2.0 and others and it worked. Hah, and not in fMSX 2.0! So it might be 'fudeba' indeed! There is no reason for UZIX hanging up because you have 512Kb RAM. No, it crashed with MORE than 512 kB RAM. My GT has 512Kb RAM and doesn't crash when loading UZIX. Also, Daniel Caetano has 4Mb RAM and UZIX doesn't crash with him. Giovanni has 1Mb RAM and UZIX doesn't crash with him. I neved tried 512Kb RAM with fMSX-DOS... I'll do it. But I don't believe it will crash UZIX. It's nonsense. My MSX2 at my parent's place has 512kB. I'll test it, but it will probably work as normal. Or does it just not work on fMSX? Works, but I noticed it becames instable... Even in CJS, UZIX is more stable... Well... Emulators... Argh... Yeah, you're right. Just wanted to do some quick-testing... I have no MSX here at the university. Grtjs, Manuel ((m)ICQ UIN 41947405) PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/) PPS: Visit my homepage at http://www.sci.kun.nl/marie/home/manuelbi/ 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
Manuel, I know you have top compiled, but I wondered how long it took to get it compiled! In my 5x86 100MHz, about 1 minute... I mean, including adaptions for Hi-Tech C. So top is not a good example. It was written from scratch. The time to port a program to UZIX depends of your C knowledge, the program size and complexity. I can't give you a precise value. For example, some proggies like bogomips, whoami and uname didn't need any port. Just compiling. But man, grep and tar, for example, took an entire day each one. I mean, not with virtual terminals, but just occupying the other terminal. E.g. user1 logs in, and starts 2 background jobs. Then, he types somting as "login user2", and user2 logs in. He can now also start bg jobs. When he does top, he sees processes of user1 and user2! Can Uzix do this already? Oh, yes. I confess I never tried it, but it's possible. If it doesn't work, you discovred a bug, and I'll fix it. I'll try it tonight... WHEN it hangs? What you see on screen? I see only: Welcome to UZIX 0.1.2 [cursor] When I don't, I get: Mounting root fs: [cursor] Bingo. Interrupt. fMSX2.0 is fudeba. It's interrupt bug. fMSX bug. I tested it in fMSX-DOS 1.6b2, CJS 1.0b, TR GT, TR ST, ACVS 2++, DDX 2.0 and others and it worked. Hah, and not in fMSX 2.0! So it might be 'fudeba' indeed! Fudeba is fMSX! :) I don't like emulators. I don't use fMSX. It's in my PC for emergencies and for being another test-plataform (since my only MSX now is my TR). There is no reason for UZIX hanging up because you have 512Kb RAM. No, it crashed with MORE than 512 kB RAM. Anyway. There is no reason for UZIX hanging up because you have 512k RAM or more. Well... Emulators... Argh... Yeah, you're right. Just wanted to do some quick-testing... I have no MSX here at the university. I understand. :) Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Engenharia de Computacao - UNICAMP http://www.adrpage.cjb.net MSX-TR:I have one.And you? * Keyboard error. Press any key to continue or any other key to quit. * 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: ML questions..
yow... Laurens Holst wrote: Ofcourse it will work on every MSX. But maybe you could just output your screens directly to the VRAM??? It's a lot faster than using the BIOS-routines... I never use BIOS routines.. And did I say I used BIOS $a2 (ChPut) to write things on screen?? That's way too slow I only use the $9f routine for the delay of the cursor!! (try hitting D a while.. you'll notice a delay...) Well the $9f has the delay build in, so I don't have to code my own routine for that.. I also do not use the output of the BIOS function.. It's purely because of the delay.. (and btw. I do out directly to the VRAM) mzl. d-fader TeddyWareZ --- Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
] ] Hello, MSXers from all over the world. ] ] I would like to present you a new operating system for MSX. It's ] called UZIX. Cool! I just downloaded it and tried it on my MSX turbo R. It works! Great to see that Unix prompt on my TV. Kind regards, Alex Wulms -- Alex Wulms/XelaSoft - MSX of anders NIX - Linux 4 ever See my homepage for info on the *** XSA *** format http://www.inter.nl.net/users/A.P.Wulms 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: Direct sector access
] Utility. Something to read/write/show/edit bootsector/FATs/DIRs etc. ] ] I'm about to write one but don't like to reinvent the wheel. ] ] It already exists, it's called DiskView 2.1, and it's nearly perfect! ] ] Oops! But it seems it cannot write a boot sector out of a file. I need ] something like: ] ] FUDECOPY filename drive starting sector ] and/or: FUDECOPY drive starting sector # of sectors filename ] ] That's it. A partial disk image reader/writer. It already exists. Such a program is delivered with megascsi. Perhaps you can also find it separately on the internet. There are actually three programs: FDSAVE: Copy sectors to a file FDLOAD: Copy a file to sectors FDCOPY: Copy sectors from one disk to another disk. Example of FDSAVE syntax: FDSAVE drive filename.ext [/Sxx] [/Exx|/Nxx] /Sxx: Start sector /Exx: End sector /Nxx: Number of sectors I hope this helps you further in your quest for the ideal sector manipulation tool. Brs, Alex -- Alex Wulms/XelaSoft - MSX of anders NIX - Linux 4 ever See my homepage for info on the *** XSA *** format http://www.inter.nl.net/users/A.P.Wulms 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: READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! MSX PRINT. (fwd)
] Bill Gates tried to install a scanner in Windows 98, during the worldwide ] presentation of this new version. Result: blue screeen and reset button. ] ] Ever occurred to you that Windows was still in Beta-stage then? It was the ] first time it was showed to public! It indeed was the official release to the public. Hence, it was not a beta release. But then again, with many softwares on the win32 platform you can never see the distinction between the beta release and the official release. All releases are crap and unstable. Wether they come from Microsoft or from some other software vendor. Which is not that surprising if you consider the complexity and the total lack of design and consistency of the win32 api and everything related. And the win32 api is HACKED together by Microsoft. So, we do have to blame them for the mess that the Wintel world is in these days. Now you may wonder why I still have win95 installed on my PC. Simple: because some applications that I use run only under windows. Though, 95% of my time I work under Linux because most applications that I want to use are also available in a Linux flavor. And since the Linux/Unix api's are much better designed, the applications running on top of them are also much more stable. So no blue screens or crashes for me :-)) Kind regards, Alex Wulms -- Alex Wulms/XelaSoft - MSX of anders NIX - Linux 4 ever See my homepage for info on the *** XSA *** format http://www.inter.nl.net/users/A.P.Wulms 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
Anyway. There is no reason for UZIX hanging up because you have 512k RAM or more. It works fine on my Philips 8245 with 128K and with 512K. Nice to see some unix on the screen, but it's very slow. Even ls may take up to one minute before displaying some results! But it really is a very nice project! Jasper. 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
Jasper, It works fine on my Philips 8245 with 128K and with 512K. Nice to see some unix on the screen, but it's very slow. Even ls may take up to one minute before displaying some results! Did you try Linux running from floppy? :) Floppy IS slow. Yeah, a cache could be done, but... in the future. Want speed? Use a HD. [also, 720k is too little space...] Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Engenharia de Computacao - UNICAMP http://www.adrpage.cjb.net MSX-TR:I have one.And you? * "Back in the USSR" [Beatles], by John Lenin e Ringo Stalin. * 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/)
Vote Msx Games
Hi! Vote for 6 games... 1- King's Valley II (MSX2) 2- Risk II (MSX2) 3- Head over Hells (MSX1) 4- Magical Kid Wiz (MSX1) 5- Hype (MSX1) 6- Quimpl (MSX2) CHAO -- La musica HOUSE, TECHNO, MAKINA, etc y los ordenadores M S X lo mejor. :-D -- URL: http://www.arrakis.es/~djtenso/ email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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: Announcing the first public release of UZIX
It works fine on my Philips 8245 with 128K and with 512K. Nice to see some unix on the screen, but it's very slow. Even ls may take up to one minute before displaying some results! Did you try Linux running from floppy? :) Floppy IS slow. I wish I could try it from HD... Jasper. 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/)
Runemaster 1 (english)
Hi MSX freaks! You can download english version (with "character menu") from http://www.hrgforce.org/wolfa/runemas1.zip [NOVATEC MSX Crew] [Mike Wolf] 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: Translations (actually to Laurens)
Hi, About Shalom: I have a working copy. But it's not a .ROM-file... Will that be a problem? No, that's okay, actually. If you have the game divided in files or something. If you could compress it with PMARC or something and mail it to me, I would be grateful. Bye Rieks __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com 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/)
