Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Rafael Lima
As far as I know, Sharp went bust... Rafael Lima > > Is Gradiente still alive? And Sharp Brazil? > >Both companies are alive and well. A rumor said >that Sharp ceased production of their HotBit >because of pressure from the Japanese, who >didn't want one of their branches selling an >MSX -- in

RE: PCB project

2001-02-07 Thread Hans Otten
www.hansoranje.demon.nl is the url for Hans Oranje The other Hans (me) is www.geocities.com/msxhans -Original Message- From: Laurens Holst [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 23:07 To: MSX Mailinglist Subject: Re: PCB project Hans (Oranje) has a page online w

Re: PCB project

2001-02-07 Thread Laurens Holst
Hans (Oranje) has a page online with some schematics. Check the MSX Resource Center (www.msx.org) for the URL, I've recently added it but I don't remember it anymore. It Dutch though... ~Grauw - Original Message - From: "Hans Otten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: W

Re: wd273 emulation.

2001-02-07 Thread Alex Wulms
] > Following bit table is applicable for the two drive number bits: ] > B1 B0 ] > 0 0 : drive A selected ] > 1 0 : drive A selected ] > 0 1 : drive B selected ] > 1 1 : no drive selected ] ] Uhm once I connected two external drives to my Sony HB-F700P, which worked ] fine. Possibly "1 0

Re: PCB project

2001-02-07 Thread JP Grobler
Hi I can make pcb if I have the layout. But I don't have the software ore skill to convert a circuit to a pcb layout - this might be the case with many msx users. A pcb layout collection might extend the life and use (fun) of our msx's It would be nice if someone could convert the available sche

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Vladimir Malaquias wrote: > Just a correction: the law does not had the name of > "lei de informatica" or informatics law it was called > "Lei de reserva de mercado" or, in english "Market reservation law" Right. I apologize for my mistake; I'm not any good with Law. As a matter of fact, I think

Re: Pics of MSX Laserdisc stuff on FUNet

2001-02-07 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Ivan, > It seems that some of the pics are in text mode (I can´t see them): All the pictures you referred I can see using Netscape in HTTP mode (sorry, I can't FTP to Funet here at work, even using Netscape). = Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://w

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Vladimir Malaquias
ut he did two good things, and > one was revoking the old Informatics Law, and > another was paving the way for better cars. No > pun intended. Just a correction: the law does not had the name of "lei de informatica" or informatics law it was called "Lei de reserva de mercado" or, in english "M

Re: Pics of MSX Laserdisc stuff on FUNet

2001-02-07 Thread Ivan Latorre
Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > Hi! > > Thanks to Saku, we have nice pics of MSX Laserdiscs on FUNet. Just check the > gamecovers dir: (using HTTP:) http://www.funet.fi/pub/msx/graphics/jpg/gamecove > rs/ > (and search for laser or something) > > Your contribs are welcome too of course. It seems that

RE: PCB project

2001-02-07 Thread Hans Otten
Hi, And more msx projects are coming to my site. I have scanned, ocr'ed and converted to pdf format all hardware related MSX projects published in the Netherlands that are in my own collection or send to me by fellow-MSXers. Including pcb layouts if published. It would be even nicer if the pcb

Re: Pics of MSX Laserdisc stuff on FUNet

2001-02-07 Thread Saku Taipale
> I'm quite surprised about this LaserDiscs covers. I mean,this LD are supposed to > be used with a MSX??? Yes, they are. They are Laserdisc games for MSX. > Hrm, maybe we need a new section in the MSX faq covering this stuff :) There is already, check MSX1 section and special MSX1-computers (

Re: Pics of MSX Laserdisc stuff on FUNet

2001-02-07 Thread Jose Carlos Clemente
I'm quite surprised about this LaserDiscs covers. I mean,this LD are supposed to be used with a MSX??? Hrm, maybe we need a new section in the MSX faq covering this stuff :) Grtx, Cleme Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > Hi! > > Thanks to Saku, we have nice pics of MSX Laserdiscs on FUNet. Just check

PCB project

2001-02-07 Thread JP Grobler
Hi Is anybody interested in starting a project making and collecting pcb layouts for various msx projects. There is a few schematics lying around on the web ex HAns Ottens page. And it would be nice if the pcb layouts were available too. JP GROBLER [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For info, see http://www

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Ricardo Bittencourt Vidigal Leitao
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > restrictive law: "Lei de Informatica". I have cursed it many times... =3D) > What does this law say? There is a good page in english about this law, you can see it in this address: http://www.lsi.usp.br/~jecel/reserve.html --

Pics of MSX Laserdisc stuff on FUNet

2001-02-07 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
Hi! Thanks to Saku, we have nice pics of MSX Laserdiscs on FUNet. Just check the gamecovers dir: (using HTTP:) http://www.funet.fi/pub/msx/graphics/jpg/gamecove rs/ (and search for laser or something) Your contribs are welcome too of course. Grtjs, Manuel PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? See: http

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > Basicly, that one couldn't import a computer. > > Actually, it was more detailed than that, but > > it made extremely difficult for a "normal" > > person like us to legally import and own any > > computer. > Is it still valid? Thankfully, not. Ironically, the new law

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> > What does this law say? > > Basicly, that one couldn't import a computer. > Actually, it was more detailed than that, but > it made extremely difficult for a "normal" > person like us to legally import and own any > computer. Is it still valid? Grtjs, Manuel PS: MSX 4 EVER! (Questions? Se

Re: MSX2 in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Ivan, > I was wondering if MSX2 computers were sold in Brazil No. Only MSX1, and only by Gradiente (the Expert) and Sharp (the HotBit). MSX2 and 2+ machines were available only as upgrade kits (from Ademir Carchano, DDX, etc). There is a legend about Gradiente making a prototype of a MSX2, but i

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba
Manuel Bilderbeek wrote: > > ones developed by Sony, Philips, Sanyo, etc., 'cause of a very bad, > > restrictive law: "Lei de Informatica". I have cursed it many times... =3D) > What does this law say? Basicly, that one couldn't import a computer. Actually, it was more detailed than that, but it

Re: MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> everything in one piece: keyboard, cartdrige slots, etc., like the > Philips NMS-8280 and the Panasonic WSX.=20 Um, NMS-8220 you mean? :) > ones developed by Sony, Philips, Sanyo, etc., 'cause of a very bad, > restrictive law: "Lei de Informatica". I have cursed it many times... =3D) What does

MSXs in Brazil

2001-02-07 Thread Ricardo Jurczyk Pinheiro
Em ter, 06 fev 2001, Ivan Latorre escreveu: > I was wondering if MSX2 computers were sold in Brazil (I mean > that if they were distributed to shops by big companies like Sony, > Sanyo, Philips, ...). I´ve read that two companies (Gradiente and > Expert) sold MSX1s. I also was wondering if other

Re: wd273 emulation.

2001-02-07 Thread Marco Antonio Simon dal Poz
On Wed, 7 Feb 2001, Sean Young wrote: > Alex, IIRC you had the datasheet for the Panasonic disk controller (TC8566), > do you happened to have scanned it? Sometime ago, Alex Wulms sent a hardcopy of the TC8566AF datasheet to me by snail mail. One of my goals was to create a digital version of th

Re: wd273 emulation.

2001-02-07 Thread Sean Young
On Tue, Feb 06, 2001 at 10:31:42PM +0100, Alex Wulms wrote: > In Sony machines and in NMS8245, some wd2793 registers (track, sector) are > write only. In first version of fastcopy I mantained track number and sector > number by just looking at the registers. This version did not work on Sony or