Re: extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread Ricardo Bittencourt
Sean Young wrote: > > Why not simply .msx? I completely agree with your explanation, however making .msx a extended rom format is too limiting. Let's make .msx a generic msx game format like I described in my previous email, to avoid funky extensions for extended .dsk formats that cou

Re: extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread Ricardo Bittencourt
Hi people, As you may know, I'm developing now a windows version of BrMSX (which also run on linux with WINE). BrMSX for windows will have a lot of new features: one of them is the generalized file formats. I was going to introduce a new generic file format for msx game

Re: extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread Sean Young
On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 09:50:36PM +0100, Jose Angel Morente wrote: > > How about ERF (Extended ROM Format)? It sounds cool, IMO... > > Yeah! "Extended ROM Format" is rather general; then again, all abreviations don't seem to be very descriptive. Why not simply .msx? As far as I know this exten

Re: extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread Bjørn Boye Skjoldhammer
> I think it should also have a new filename extension, because using .ROM will > confuse existing emulators. Sure it will also confuse newcomers to the msx emulator world yet more... > How about ERF (Extended ROM Format)? It sounds cool, IMO... or .ERO(tic) :-) Just joking :-) > A possibl

Re: extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread Bjørn Boye Skjoldhammer
Hi, - Original Message - From: "TFH/Fony" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 10:47 PM Subject: Re: extended ROM format > > Well, I am not an expert in ROMs world. But the only thing that I say is > > that is better to append the extra data th

Re: extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread TFH/Fony
> Well, I am not an expert in ROMs world. But the only thing that I say is > that is better to append the extra data than to insert it at the beginning > of a file. Maybe a stupid idea: What about adding an extra filem instead of changing the original ROM? Like this: nemesis2.rom <- The origin

Re: extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread Daniel Zorita
> > Why don't fix this 'header' at the end of the file instead of the > > beginning? > > So, old ROM loaders can load the new format (by ignore the extra bytes) > > And new ROM loaders can read and use the new bytes? > I don't think existing emulators will ignore the extra bytes. They could als

Re: extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread Jose Angel Morente
> > I'm thinking about a nice idea. What about creating a extended .ROM format for > > emulators? > > It sounds like a good idea to me. Great! > > I mean a new file format with a header which contains useful data for > > the emulators: complete name of game, manufacturer, CRC, kind of mapper, >

Re: extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Saturday 20 January 2001 18:33, you wrote: > Why don't fix this 'header' at the end of the file instead of the > beginning? > So, old ROM loaders can load the new format (by ignore the extra bytes) > And new ROM loaders can read and use the new bytes? I don't think existing emulators will i

Re: extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread Daniel Zorita
> I'm thinking about a nice idea. What about creating a extended .ROM format > for emulators? > > I mean a new file format with a header which contains useful data for > the emulators: complete name of game, manufacturer, CRC, kind of mapper, etc. > > For example, we could add a 80 bytes long head

Re: Musical Wipes ands Animation

2001-01-20 Thread Gerrit van den Berg
-Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Hans Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Aan: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Datum: zaterdag 20 januari 2001 17:14 Onderwerp: Musical Wipes ands Animation Hello Hans, >In issue of MCCM 62 there is a review of the program >"Musical Wipes and Animation" I've

Re: extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Saturday 20 January 2001 16:03, you wrote: > I'm thinking about a nice idea. What about creating a extended .ROM format > for emulators? It sounds like a good idea to me. > I mean a new file format with a header which contains useful data for > the emulators: complete name of game, manufactu

Musical Wipes ands Animation

2001-01-20 Thread Hans Otten
Hi, In issue of MCCM 62 there is a review of the program "Musical Wipes and Animation" It is a program that allows music (FMPAC etc) and video to be edited for video editing with the NMS8280 and Sony 900P. I would like to see how the program works on my 8280. IS it available somewhere? Hans

extended ROM format

2001-01-20 Thread Jose Angel Morente
> Also, it seems that #4000..#7FFF doesn't contain any data at all. Only > #8000..#BFFF contains data. If there is data in #4000..#7FFF, the BASIC ROM > will try to execute the BASIC program in that page and will switch away > itself, resulting in a reset. > > By the way, I have Super Lode Run

Super Lode Runner

2001-01-20 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Thursday 18 January 2001 17:12, you wrote: > No, it isn't broken. It executes using a little basic program. rom header > explanation > > db "AB" > dw rcInit ; machine language init routine > dw rcCall ; basic call statement support > dw rcDev ; device access support > d