Re: OPLL emulation

2000-09-08 Thread Jose Angel Morente
Hello Tristan! > IIRC, fMSX-DOS uses the OPL3 and not wave based emulation. > > BTW. I don't think wave (pcm?) based emulation will do any good. A > mathematical emulation of 2-operator FM synthesis would be more > suitable. The OPLL has some pretty hard to emulate stuff (hardware > voices) which

Re: MSX turbo R

2000-09-08 Thread Jose Angel Morente
Albert Beevendorp soltó algo así como: > >You mean in BASIC? In assembly, it's BIOS call #0180 and #0183. > > I knew that already, I do mean in Basic. DEFUSR=&H180: A=USR(0) DEFUSR=&H183: A=USR(0) :) Un saludo, Jose Angel Morente ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) *MS

Re: The MSX Z80 assembler

2000-09-08 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Fri, 08 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > Who need numbers in an arbitrary base anyway? Hexadecimal, decimal and > > binary are enough. Octal is supported by many languages, but it is rarely > > used in practice (the only use I know is Unix file permissions). > > Arbitrary base is easily implemented an

Re: OPLL emulation

2000-09-08 Thread Albert Beevendorp
At 17:03 8-9-00 +0200, you wrote: > > Yes, fMSX-DOS has a pretty good OPLL emulation. >I asked for a wave based OPLL emulation. >fMSX-DOS emulates OPLL by using the OPL3 generator contained >inside my Sound Blaster. You didn't write that (I think). You just asked for good FM-emulation. In that c

Re: (Joynet protocol)

2000-09-08 Thread Laurens Holst
> Yes, a timeout is needed for such situations. But as long as the other > side is connected (and running an os with JUMP drivers), everything should > be ok and no locks are possible. You should _never_ assume that... One flawd bit on the ack line and... The receiver thinks he sent an ack and wa

Re: (Joynet protocol)

2000-09-08 Thread Laurens Holst
> > Not at all. Linux knows the `network driver' as a special object. I should > > just write a network driver, so the parallel port is treated as a network > > device. Then you can just use the connection as if it is an ethernet card > > , which means there is no need for a point to point link. I

Re: The MSX Z80 assembler

2000-09-08 Thread Laurens Holst
> Alex Wulms wrote: > > However, on 8-bits and on 16-bits systems, octals are not so convenient to > > use, for obvious reasons. > > If you are reading sectors and you see each byte as octal you can read > Z80 ml much more easilly. > For example with 101 then you can see directly that it means "ld

Re: (Joynet protocol)

2000-09-08 Thread B. Wijnen
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: > > > For Linux, the best solution would be to write a serial driver for > > > JoyNet. Then pppd can be used to connect to UZIX and you can use the > > > existing PPP network device. > > > > Not at all. Linux knows the `network driver' as a special ob

Re: (Joynet protocol)

2000-09-08 Thread B. Wijnen
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: > Error detection other than CRC. Under the assumption that there are only > 1-bit errors, the protocol itself can detect errors. I'm not sure this > assumption is correct, but gathering statistical evidence (hours of testing) > should tell us more

Re: (Joynet protocol)

2000-09-08 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Fri, 08 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > JoyNet singal propagation doesn't need waits that long. On 3.5MHz I got > > speeds of about 3.5 kilobyte per second, that is 3500*8=28000 bits per > > second, which is 125 clocks for a total 1-bit cycle (data + ack). Given > > the fact that there are quite a fe

Re: (Joynet protocol)

2000-09-08 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Fri, 08 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > The protocol can be fixed: adding CRC and a timeout is sufficient. But I > > think a more elegant solution is possible, where you wouldn't need a CRC. > > What do you mean with that? Some error-correction algoritm in the protocol > (equivalent to a CRC)? Or UDP

RE: OPLL emulation

2000-09-08 Thread Frits Hilderink
I'd like to make a good PCM emulation of a OPLL. But i'm still looking for some good and free source code. > > Hello Albert, > > > Yes, fMSX-DOS has a pretty good OPLL emulation. > > : > > I'm not sure about this. > > I asked for a wave based OPLL emulation. > fMSX-DOS emulates OPLL by

Re: OPLL emulation

2000-09-08 Thread Jose Angel Morente
Hello Albert, > Yes, fMSX-DOS has a pretty good OPLL emulation. : I'm not sure about this. I asked for a wave based OPLL emulation. fMSX-DOS emulates OPLL by using the OPL3 generator contained inside my Sound Blaster. I'd like to get a MSX emulator that uses the Sound Blaster PCM for emul

Re: V9958 and FM again....

2000-09-08 Thread Sander Zuidema
> Oops, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (I think? Shit, I should have let him reply himself!) > or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hmm this way it is just fine ;) Greetz, Sander Who has no time at all at the moment, but will send all people that ordered one or more chips a message soon, because it seems that today we hav

Re: (Joynet protocol)

2000-09-08 Thread B. Wijnen
I only replied to what I didn't agree with or what I had something to say about. Other things I cut out. On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: > The protocol can be fixed: adding CRC and a timeout is sufficient. But I > think a more elegant solution is possible, where you wouldn't need

Re: The MSX Z80 assembler

2000-09-08 Thread David Heremans
"B. Wijnen" wrote: > > > For example with 101 then you can see directly that it means "ld a,b" > > The entire Z80 is verry octal based in its opcode structure. > > True, except that 101 is `ld b,c': > 0 b > 1 c > 2 d > 3 e > 4 h > 5 l > 6 (hl) > 7 a > Sorry, I rotated the list in my mind. Also

Re: (Joynet protocol)

2000-09-08 Thread B. Wijnen
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: > > Small numbers of cycles are not possible. But usually, the number of > > cycles needed is about 50 or 100. > > JoyNet singal propagation doesn't need waits that long. On 3.5MHz I got > speeds of about 3.5 kilobyte per second, that is 3500*8=2800

Re: The MSX Z80 assembler

2000-09-08 Thread B. Wijnen
On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Maarten ter Huurne wrote: > On Tue, 05 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > > The way numbers are written may be > > different. Here's how my assembler does it: > > starting with a number 0-9, a hexadecimal number is expected. > > starting with %, a decimal number is expected. > > starti

Re: The MSX Z80 assembler

2000-09-08 Thread B. Wijnen
On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, David Heremans wrote: > If you are reading sectors and you see each byte as octal you can read > Z80 ml much more easilly. > For example with 101 then you can see directly that it means "ld a,b" > The entire Z80 is verry octal based in its opcode structure. True, except that

Re: V9958 and FM again....

2000-09-08 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> Hah, that was Sander Zuidema. Mail him at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oops, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (I think? Shit, I should have let him reply himself!) or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Best regards, Manuel --- Pre-PS: After 30/9/2000, I cannot use this address anymore. Therefore, from 25/9/2000, please se

RE: V9958 and FM again....

2000-09-08 Thread Frits Hilderink
Hi Mauricio, That person is Sander Zuidema [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Mauricio Braga > Sent: Friday, September 08, 2000 12:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: V9958 and FM again > > > Hello. >

Re: V9958 and FM again....

2000-09-08 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> Hello. > > Some time ago, someone (I don't remember his name) was asking for people > wanting > to buy v9958 and FM. Well, I want one fm and a v9958 too, and there's a > lot > of brazilian people that wants it too. Ademir will for sure want at > least 20 of them to > use in his new MSX motherboa

V9958 and FM again....

2000-09-08 Thread Mauricio Braga
Hello. Some time ago, someone (I don't remember his name) was asking for people wanting to buy v9958 and FM. Well, I want one fm and a v9958 too, and there's a lot of brazilian people that wants it too. Ademir will for sure want at least 20 of them to use in his new MSX motherboards (ACE002). The

Re: Last News over me works (MIMAS Architecture at 8 / 29 / 2.000).

2000-09-08 Thread Mauricio Braga
"Airam Rguez." wrote: > > > which three new types? I only have seen one ;) > > > > You know what I mean. > > well... > > > A lot of people are creating new computers based on the MSX standard > > Some use Z180, others Z380, etc. etc. etc. > > In order to keep MSX a standard like it always

Re: The MSX Z80 assembler

2000-09-08 Thread David Heremans
Alex Wulms wrote: > However, on 8-bits and on 16-bits systems, octals are not so convenient to > use, for obvious reasons. > If you are reading sectors and you see each byte as octal you can read Z80 ml much more easilly. For example with 101 then you can see directly that it means "ld a,b" Th