Adding ports via slotexander

2001-06-06 Thread JP Grobler
Hi How is additional port on the msx realized via the slotexpander. I think the brazilian msx vdp upgrade did this? Thanks JP

RE: Adding ports via slotexander

2001-06-06 Thread Hans Otten
Hi, You have to explain what you mean with 'additional port'. A real slot expander expands a primary slot to max 4 expanded slots. In there memory can be switched to the z80 by the slot hardware. This is memory space, not i/o space as is used for i/o ports. These are limited to 256 in total

Re: Just a thought

2001-06-06 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Tuesday 05 June 2001 18:51, you wrote: Wasn't there a plan for this? The .msx format? A discussion WHICH COMPLETELY DIED WITHOUT ANY RESULT! :-( Please be more patient. Standardising and then implementing takes a lot of time. MSX developers have studies or jobs and other projects going,

Toeprom: eprom programmer

2001-06-06 Thread Hans Otten
Hi, I have bought secondhand a Toeprom eprom programmer. Looks nice, not so good and not uptodate manual. Not a high quality program inside, but I have the MAD/Dick van Vlodrop version (including sources) on disk. (will come to www.geocities.com./msxhans, mail me if you want it now) But here

Re: Toeprom: eprom programmer

2001-06-06 Thread Marco Antonio Simon dal Poz
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Hans Otten wrote: [... eprom programmer ...] But here my question: There are four jumpers on the top marked 27512, 32 etc. Does anyone know what the function and settings of these jumpers are? To me, it seems to be an eprom selection. You should connect the jumper in the

Re: Exclusive interview about Konami and the S.C.C.

2001-06-06 Thread Brendan Cross
I have a similar problem to Marco, but even somewhat worse. I have what is, I believe, the only MSX2 computer currently in Canada. ^.^;; As a result, MSX software and hardware is basically non-existant here, making buying actual copies of games and so forth not the simplest of things for me.

Re: Exclusive interview about Konami and the S.C.C.

2001-06-06 Thread Ivan Latorre
Brendan Cross wrote: I have a similar problem to Marco, but even somewhat worse. I have what is, I believe, the only MSX2 computer currently in Canada. ^.^;; As a result, MSX software and hardware is basically non-existant here, making buying actual copies of games and so forth not the

DOS2 freeing R800 DRAM memory

2001-06-06 Thread Patriek Lesparre
Hi all, I'm really trying to get some extra memory for turboR ST users, because they can't use GEM v0.7 at all. The problem is the 64kB which is used for R800 DRAM mode located above the DOS2 system area. My idea is to: 1. switch to R800 ROM mode 2. copy the DOS2 system area to the upper 2

Re: Adding ports via slotexander

2001-06-06 Thread JP Grobler
Hi Say for example I want to add another vdp etc and access it via a port number in() out () how is this done in hardware. JPOn 6 Jun 2001 19:15:14 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans Otten) wrote: Hi, You have to explain what you mean with 'additional port'. A real slot expander expands a

RE: Adding ports via slotexander

2001-06-06 Thread M. J. Bethlehem
The Z80 has 65536 I/O addresses, not 256. But just like its bigger cousins, the x86 series from Intel, they are not directly accesible. If I'm not mistaken you have to use the BC register to access ports above 0xff (of course you can also use it for the first 256 ports, but what use would that