Re: READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! MSX PRINT. (fwd)

1999-06-30 Thread Tambet Matiisen
Maarten ter Huurne wrote: At 03:21 PM 6/29/99 GMT, you wrote: ... that is the essence of software, it is virtually impossible writing bug-free software even for microsoft. Bug-free software is theoretically possible (you can proove programs are correct), but in practice it is too

Re: ML questions..

1999-06-30 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and remember: Bugs aren't errors, their just *undocumented* features.. Locking up is a feature? My old MSX2 had this feature: it allowed me to stop playing after a couple hours. `:)) You could say it's a "healthy" MSX. `:P []s, Parn MSX Mailinglist. To

MSX-C

1999-06-30 Thread andre . vandun
Who can tell me where i can find a copy of msx-c V1.20/1.21 incl. library disks. greets 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

RE: Vote MSX Games

1999-06-30 Thread Maurizio
Jacco Bot wrote: Seems I lost touch with my heritage...=( Mastertronic, that's it! Didn't they also make Vampire?? (No not vampire killer...=) Nope, Vampires was made by CodeMasters, a Scotch company. Bye Rieks There is Mastertronic games with an horror story: Chiller. You have to collect 5

Re: Wanted: Bee Card/Softcard adapters

1999-06-30 Thread Maurizio
Leonard Oliveira wrote: Alejandro Corral wrote: At 05:53 29/06/99 +0200, you wrote: They are also used at least on the Atari Portfolio handheld computer and the NEC Turbographx (PC-Engine). Somebody has pin info for Bee Card and TurboGrafx Cards? If they are compatible, what about

Re: READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! MSX PRINT. (fwd)

1999-06-30 Thread Jacco Bot
From: Maarten ter Huurne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Success is not about what is better/best it is about marketing. That may be your opinion, but I cannot agree. For everything you do you can define success in a different way. For example for software, you can define success as profit. You can also

Re: Default OS !! was Re: READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! MSX PRINT. (fwd)

1999-06-30 Thread Frengo
On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 10:58:17, Ricardo Jurczyk Pinheiro wrote: At 12:31 29/06/99 +0200, you wrote: If Windows wasn't good and easy-to-use then it wouldn't have been installed on (almost) every new PC. Hold it there!! Most PC-buyers are a bunch of lamers, who bought a PC: 1-To 'keep up with

Re: Mat Attack

1999-06-30 Thread Mari van den Broek
Hello (all), I hope someone like MSX-NBNO will distribute it in Holland! (Mari, Maico? Are you reading this?) I allready replyed on ypur message, but I will do it again. The price of the Mouse-Mat's are 9 Euro's (HFL 20,07). We can get a discount of 1,75 Euro, but still the price is high (

Re: READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! MSX PRINT. (fwd)

1999-06-30 Thread Tambet Matiisen
Alex Wulms wrote: ] 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

RE: More FAT16...

1999-06-30 Thread Manuel Pazos
Hi, Manoel, My name is Manuel :) Because it seems to work right. Then this is a final version, now only upgrades and new features, not? Maybe, but don't expect too much. /P is used to select a partition on HDD What that maximum martition size? About 2 Gb.

Announcing the first public release of UZIX

1999-06-30 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Hello, MSXers from all over the world. 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

Wanted Games...

1999-06-30 Thread Werner Augusto Roder Kai
Hi, I sent "Bomulus and the lost crown" to Funet and several ppl. If you are looking for old games, please send a complete list to me, then I will upload it to Funet... I don't have ALL games, but I do really have a lof of them... I am looking for an

Re: Default OS !! was Re: READ THIS!!!!!!!!!!!! MSX PRINT. (fwd)

1999-06-30 Thread Ricardo Jurczyk Pinheiro
At 12:30 30/06/99 +0200, you wrote: IBM earns more money with OS/2 than M$ with Win9x. Nearly 90% of the Forbes' Top 500 companies uses OS/2. That's not true, IBM earns money also with OS/400 co. and not like WinXX, but OS/2 is the most used SO in large companies like banks (where

Re: Direct sector access

1999-06-30 Thread MkII
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:

VDP memory write timings

1999-06-30 Thread MkII
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

TurboGrafx vs MSX (was Re: Wanted: Bee Card/Softcard adapters)

1999-06-30 Thread MkII
There is a simple and single reason that makes not possible to directly use PC-Engine/TurboGrafx code on the MSX. The reason is that it uses a dedicated(mildly modified) 6502 as main CPU. Just like NES and Super NES(last one is sligthly based on the Supergrafx PC-Engine plus a dedicated sony

MEP on CD

1999-06-30 Thread TFH
Hello you all Finally some news again.. The MEP is now available on CD ! So... Always thought: I'd like to have all these games, but it's FAR too much to download.. Well this is your sollution ! Simply buy the CD. On this CD you will find ALL the MSX games, ALL the game-music, ALL the