Hi all. To help waiting while the ObsoNETs arrive, here is a little
program I have just developed. It is available on my web page, in the
"miscellaneous" section.
MKROMDSK will generate a ROM file with the data present on the DOS 2 RAM
disk. Burning this ROM file on a Flash cartridge, when booting
Hi all, those that are using NestorBASIC to develop InterNestor
Lite-based programs, please download version 1.11 which I have just
uploaded to my home page. The only difference of this version from 1.10
is that the method for detecting the presence of INL has been updated to
the new method require
Hi all, those that are using NestorBASIC to develop InterNestor
Lite-based programs, please download version 1.11 which I have just
uploaded to my home page. The only difference of this version from 1.10
is that the method for detecting the presence of INL has been updated to
the new method require
Hi all, here are a couple of interisting news:
1) The design problem that delayed the production of ObsoNET has been
solved. The card production will start as soon as Daniel can gather some
free time for that.
2) I have uploaded to my home page InterNestor Lite 1.0. New on this
version is:
- The
Hi all. I have uploaded to the ObsoNET page some ObsoNET-related photos
took during the Barcelona users meeting.
Remember: http://msx.konamiman.com
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Hi all, if you want to see how the definitive ObsoNET looks like, visit
the ObsoNET page, since I have updated the photos. Remember:
http://www.konamiman.com/msx/obsonet-e.html
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> Funny :P Interesting too!
> Would this really be so advantageous compared to existing transfer protocols?
It would be easy to implement on MSX, that was the main design goal.
Besides, don't you like to use a protocol that has been designed
especifically for MSX? :-)
ILAC '04, anyone?
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> an ADSL I have bought recently.
I meant an ADSL router :-)
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Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v
> I write here because I see there's also Konamiman! :)
You are in the right place then! :-)
> INL PPP O /N: etc...
> compose the number, I hear server replying, but after an error message
> appears:
> "... no hold the carrier" or something similar.
Hummm... try executing the following:
INL PP
> That's REALLY cool!
> Congratulations, this is the kind of conectivity that MSX always needed.
But all of this is useless if there is no software available.
I mean: please join ILAC'04! :-)
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Er... I forgot to create the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] (^^!)
I have created it now. If someone wrote, please do it again.
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I have put online a web page with information about ObsoNET (a FAQ and
Work in Progress information):
http://www.konamiman.com/msx/obsonet-e.html
By the way, we have finally fixed the price of the card, and it is
slightly higher than initially expected: 50 euros.
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I have performed a simple transmission speed test with the provisional
BIOS of ObsoNET. The test consisted on sending one 1KByte long packet, 1
times on a loop, and measuring with the MSX timer how many time the
operation took. These are the results:
On R800: 31 seconds, so about 320 KByte/sec
> I'll buy one!
Wow, two minutes! THAT is speed! :-)
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Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v
htt
Dear obsoletes,
We are proud to announce the development of ObsoNET, an Ethernet card for MSX. The
developers are Daniel Berdugo (hardware design and manufacturing) and Nestor Soriano
(software). In this moment we have already a working prototype and the software
development has started.
ObsoN
Hi all, the 4th beta of InterNestor Lite is already available in my
web. New in this version:
- Corected some bugs. Reduced the size of the TCP segments to avoid the
Fossil driver to lose data.
- Now the control program INL.COM supports configuration files.
- Added Van Jacobson compression. This c
> I assume this was a bug in the MoonBlaster MSX-MUSIC detection routine.
Yes, it was.
It is a strange history. In NB 0.07 and earlier, the same routine was
used, but with the POKE to the address #7FF6 removed (I don't remember
why I did it that way). This caused the japanese FMs to not be detect
Hi all, for the happiness of everyone I have uploaded NestorBASIC 1.10
to mi web. New in this version:
- Added support for InterNestor Lite.
- Now the available soundchips can be checked for without having to
first load a music replayer.
- Corrected some bugs, especially the one that caused Nestor
Hi all, the third beta of InterNestor Lite is already available in my
web. New in this version is:
- Support for the TCP protocol.
- A TCP console (simplified Telnet client) is included, with the source
code.
- Support for Base64 encoding and decoding.
- Support for sending and capturing raw datag
> Dude! Just 9 days ago Grauw's bike was stolen!
> It must be an evil C64/Spectrum conspiracy against MSX bikes :P
I have a new one already. I was lucky, I could find one for only 140 !
But this time I'll not leave it on the street...
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Stop discussing for nonsenses! Today something REALLY bad has happened
to me! Someone robbed my bicycle while I was working... now I must spend
200 or more on a new one, and in the mean time I must use train and
bus for going to my job place, which is expensive and slow... (ToT)
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Well people, a bit late but I have also a xmas gift. Here is the second
beta of InterNestor Lite.
This version has:
- UDP support.
- Resolver.
- Complete user's and programmer's manual.
- PING client and TFTP client/server, both including the source code.
- All my love.
So don't keep quiet and d
>MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Sure!! :-D
The text acceleration with the CTRL key is a very nice feature, I really
missed it in the original game... pity that the music is also
accelerated! (^^!)
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> NB. The only thing I do know about NiMH batteries is that NiMH batteries
> can be charged more often even though they aren't totally empty. And
> they don't have the memory effect of NiCd batteries.
AFAIK, NiMH batteries still having the memory effect problem. The
batteries that don't have it
Is InterNestor Suite too big for you? Then try InterNestor Lite. More
details at http://msx.konamiman.com
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Hi ppl, here is a lightweight question for those who are in summer
holidays and have therefore a lot of time for MSX investigation.
It is about how the memory is used in the BASIC environment when disk
interface is present. MSX2 Technical Handbook says that it is as
follows:
- Up to HIMEM (&HFC4A
Hi all. I have restyled my home page, and it comes with a surprise:
NestorBASIC 1.0! Yes, this wonderful piece of software that apparently
died five years ago due to HD disaster, now it is alive again! It
corrects a host of failures from version 0.07, and adds support for
InterNestor Suite.
More d
Hi people, a "legal" question this time:
Does someone know if the use of the sound effects created with the
program SEE by Fuzzy Logic in "commercial" programs is still subject to
the payment of a fee? Or has this program became already fully freeware?
I ask this here since I have only the postal
> happy birthday maarten
Hey! My birthday was one month ago and I didn't received your greeting!!
8-P
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> It's a little demo with a great new song made by Wolf!
Wow! I was just in time to see it before going to Japan. I'm preparing
my bags right now.
Awesome music indeed. Wolf still being the best. Now Konami should
release a new Gradius game for MSX (as part of the MSX revival project
maybe?), and
Hi obsolete people. Here is my xmas gift for the MSX community:
InterNestor Suite 1.0. This is a final version, this means that I'll not
develop any further new version unless I receive any bug report.
The main change from the 5th beta is the improved UDP support added to
the IP module. Now there
> USB can reach up to 12 Mbps, so, if a clever protocol
> is designed, the entire cartridge bus can be emulated over the
> USB cable.
I agree. I don't say that connecting slots through an USB port is a bad
idea. I just say that slots must not be optional.
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> The USB MSX cartridge reader is not only interesting for MSX emulators but it
> is also the first step towards a new MSX. If a new MSX will be developed,
> then the new MSX will not have MSX cartridge slots. But it will have a USB
> port. So then the USB MSX cartridge reader can be used in con
> Today, a completely restyled version of the MSX Resource Center found its
> way to the web.
I like the new look. But I prefer the ancient site logo: It looks nicer,
and besides it contains the MSX logo explicitly.
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Just in case someone is intereseted: today I exposed my end of career project,
that is, InterNestor Suite. I got a calification of 10, which is the
maximum possible. One of the teacher said something like "In a long time
I've not seen a project with such amount of technical knowledge involved",
and
> hey, that sounds like "kopspijkers in beeld" :)
Yeah! I was thinking exactly the same! kopspijkers in beeld! X-D
Or better something like: "Een verhoeven der groet gebruiker let op van
vaste tekenaar. Kolofoon: autovermietung!"
> you'll soon get ppl placing their msx in the weirdest places all
> The only thing I would like to hear is, if there are people
> who are enthousiastic about this plan.
Anything that is made for MoonSound is welcome, I think. My MoonSound is
getting covered by dust... 8-)
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> I expected a Snatcher version on tape for MSX1 with 16Kb of RAM ;P
According to MSX2 Technical Handbook, the minimum RAM size for a MSX1 is
8K. So, why not expect Snatcher for MSX1 with 8K RAM? X-)
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Hi obsolete people, I've just upload the 5th beta of InterNestor Suite
to my home page. New in this release:
- Even more improved TCP module. It should have no more serious bugs.
- New PPP module, with some bugs regarding the options negotiation
corrected.
- New version of the FTP client, with so
> How much coast a MSX TURBO-R?
Well, I sold an A1ST on 400 euro recently. I think 300-600 euro is an
average price range.
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> Hey come on, now!
> Anne apologized, now cut the crap and stop posting nonsensical mails..!
> It's totally useless to post all kinds of mails in any language now just
> to make a statement!
Hey hey! I wrote in dutch, right?? X-D
I guessed that the message was sent to the list by mistake, no p
> Sorry dat ik het kort moet houden, maar ik ben erg druk en wil je toch wat
> voorleggen.
> Zoals je misschien weet ben ik een van de webmasters van www.msx.org
Deze meessaajes in dutchlanguaaje arx much diiffikuult to unjdestaandrj
ops de nops-dutchgebreuiker persoonjesx in distj maailingjxliis
From Ikeda's MSX print:
http://shopping.yahoo.co.jp/shop?d=jb&id=30974224
Woooha! Is there really a Venom, a Randar and two penguins in the cover,
amongst others?? Can someone obtain a bigger version of this image?
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If you downloaded InterNestor Suite beta 4 prior to the recepit of this
message, please download it again. There was a failure on the TCP module
(a @#$cking piece of code added in the last minute and now removed)
which caused the loss of a lot of incoming data. Sorry!
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Hi all, I just put a new beta of InterNestor Suite on my home page.
What's new:
- New NestorMan version (1.22). It corrects a severe bug of previous
versions, which caused the computer to hang when memory blocks of
certain sizes were requested.
- New physical access module, with a larger input bu
Please go here and vote!
http://poll.konamiman.com
(if you prefer it in spanish: http://encuesta.konamiman.com)
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I want the same for SmartMedia cards!!! 8-P
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Konami Man - AKA Nestor Soriano (^^)v
http://www.konamim
> For those of you who know sourceforge: I just started a new project there,
> called `the MSX Z80 assembler'. It is an opensource initiative to make a
> cross assembler with the MSX as target platform. Currently it is written
> in C, POSIX compiant I hope.
Well, would it be very difficult to imp
> I've got a problem. One of the directories on one of the partitions of my
> harddisk seems to be, like, recursive. Yes, it enlessly contains itself. I
> can't find the original contents back anymore, but they weren't important.
> Obviously this is some error in the FAT. Fact is, I can't delete t
Although not very MSX related, I hope you will like it. Please take a
look:
http://www.geocities.com/konamiman.geo/kyoko
8-)
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I don't know what the hell happened when I updated my home page one
month ago, but the entire page was replaced by an old version with a lot
of things missing (for example NestorPreTer). I corrected it.
Also, I added a new NestorBASIC extension: NestorCadenas, useful for
BASIC programs using a l
We were happy when we tough that ASCII has completely forgot us and we
were completely alone. And now that it seems ASCII is again interested
on MSX, and it is even possible that a new MSX is released, we start to
worry and be pessimistic and negative. Why??
The MSX users meetings must finish if
> The largest point of this news is, that ag0ny is first 3rd party who
> actually saw ASCII employees mention these subjects. ag0ny's Spanish article
> suggests ASCII employees told him those news from their own mouth (using
> English I guess, not castellano).
Actually agony wants to work in ASCI
> I wonder if it was very wise
> of Javi to send this news into the public.
Eeeh... it was my fault. Javi sent another mesage after that one,
saying: don't send this message to any other ML, when I have a second
interview with ASCII I'll send a more complete message. But I had
already translated
Javi Lavandeira, the webmaster of www.aamsx.org, is currently in Japan
and he had yesterday an interview with Nishi, Yamashita, Yokoi and Gotou
>from ASCII corp. This is the english translation of the message he sent
to the spanish MSX mailing list:
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ASCII wants to make a new MSX. And thi
> translator. I don't know if English comments will be accepted. However, you
> can try.
It seems that yes, english comments are accepted. I find one from Ivan
Latorre, from spain! 8-)
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Hi people! Finally I finished the LPE-Z380 programmers manual. I put it
on my home page, together with other files which may be very useful for
those who dare to develop something for this card.
I hope to see your developments for LPE-Z380 soon! 8-)
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> Anyway, this e-mail may change your point of view regarding the Japanese
> view on obsolete computers. (Although I don't understand it myself, since
> some guys here said Japanese only like the newest technology but it is a
> fact that there are still NEW NES systems sold...!)
Yep. I'm very
> >MemMan sucks.
> >It loads in an awful way (exiting to Basic).
AFAIK, there is the ONLY way in which a TSR can be loaded. It is due to
an incomplete design of MSX-DOS (makers did not though on page 3 memory
reservation...) However it is posible to avoid the BASIC exit messages
and the "_SYSTEM"
> > Say that Konamiman finished the version 3 for the Z380 BIOS (Eprom).
> > I just recorded the Eprom and tested it successfully.
> This is really interesting. What will exactly this z380 BIOS do? and
> where
> can
> find more information (specs) about that z380 board?
This BIOS enables you to
> > I don't know my hi-score in Aleste, but I end the game without loosing
> > any live :)
I did same on Aleste 2 once, in the second difficulty level! ;-)
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> >I just need one ship to finish any Nemesis saga game. No pokes, no
> >tricks, no drugs. 8-)
> Ha, you must be a game god then!! :-) At leasf for Konami shooter, and what
> about Space Manbow? :-)
I'm Konami Man, guys! (-v-)v
Space Manbow? It is as easy as Nemesis 1.
> Why don't you post your
> > And...call me a girl if you want then, but I still can't beat Salamander
> > without using a poke! (Can you do it without using any continues?)
I just need one ship to finish any Nemesis saga game. No pokes, no
tricks, no drugs. 8-)
* XVIII MSX USERS MEETING IN BARCELONA: DECEMBER
> I am not too sure if this is 100% correct
Sure: it is not correct. 8-)
The prediction chapters can be found always, even if you have not
Nemesis 2 in the other slot.
The chapter of Eioneus and Kierke (the first and the third planet you
can choose, respectively) tell you how to kill the boss o
> 2) As some of you already know, we're busy making a sequel to
> f1 spirit, but we still haven't found a good name for it.
> (f1 spirit 2 is not a good name I think)
F1 Soul, F1 Dream, F1 Life... 8-)
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Hi all! Due to a misunderstanding, in the last month my father and me
were using the same e-mail address at the same time and from different
places. So I lost a lot of messages which he received and deleted. (- -!)
Therefore, if someone sent me any message and it was not replied, please
send me a
> > Who knows if it is possible to use an IDE and SCSI interfaces at the
> > same time on an MSX and copy from one hard disk to other.
> Yep, you can do it.
Better results are obtained when SCSI is placed in a slot with smaller number
than IDE, so it boots first (well, it happens with MegaSCSI)
> >I consider myself really a joking person, but... I can't understand this
> >one!!! I missed something these days?
> I thought it was hilarious!! :-)
((?.?)) Waaa! I have no humour sense??
> BTW: Did you know April fool's day is a Dutch tradition?
Fool's day? Ah, the MSX users day... X-D
>
Hi people, since I think this message from Italo Valerio has interest
for more people, I publish it...
> My friend tested nbasic in DOS-2 megaram (Brasiliam Cartr.), (no IDE)
> and he make the tests to go to DOS and return to Basic, the symptom
> is same.
> So, Have same one "bug" in xbasic
"Laurens Holst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió/wrote/kakimashita/escreveu/écrit:
> Hey people, check your shoelace!!!
(?.?)
I consider myself really a joking person, but... I can't understand this
one!!! I missed something these days?
> Hahaha!!!
Eh... haha... ha? Uh... (^^!!)
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