Re: CX7M

2001-12-03 Thread Richard Kilpatrick
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Saku Taipale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Don't put too much hope in this (it's possible, but...), because mostly >Japanese seems to be a bit "non-technical" people. Sorry now to you >who know how to handle tools! :) > >Anyway, mostly they like to sell computer as o

Re: MSX DOSs and diskdrives (was CX7M)

2001-12-03 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
> >The only hard disk interface that support MSX-DOS 1 is the original V1.0 HSH > >SCSI interface. It's said that MegaSCSI also support MSXDOS1 (no subdirs, of course)... Of course, with UZLO 2.0 you can run MSXDOS1 with your HD interface, but it's off the topic. :) = Adriano Camargo Rodri

Re: CX7M

2001-12-03 Thread Saku Taipale
> >You can resell SFG-05 in ebay... > > True, but it might make a difference to shipping. If I could persuade > someone in Japan to sell me the CX7 case and motherboard alone, no video > board, no PSU, no SFG, even no keyboard, I'd be happy (I want the case > for the CX7 logo, and the battery co

Re: CX7M

2001-12-03 Thread Richard Kilpatrick
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Saku Taipale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >Does the video board _only_ use video signals, or are they directed to the >motherboard as well? It looks like the video board is dedicated to converting the output to specific country regions. So I'd guess that it doesn't

Re: CX7M

2001-12-03 Thread Saku Taipale
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Richard Kilpatrick wrote: > Okay, I said MSX2 isn't as important as a disk drive, and it's not - but > I found a CX7M/128 for sale in Japan. I'm thinking it should be possible > to buy this, and use the case and motherboard with the power supply and &

MSX DOSs and diskdrives (was CX7M)

2001-12-03 Thread Richard Kilpatrick
In message <20011203124548.DTJ1172.amsfep11-int.chello.nl@[127.0.0.1]>, Hans Otten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >The only hard disk interface that support MSX-DOS 1 is the original V1.0 HSH >SCSI interface. I have once tested this interface to be working on a MSX-1 >Toshiba HX10 with an external f

Re: CX7M

2001-12-03 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
Richard Kilpatrick wrote: > Richard (MSX2 supports hard disks, it seems, whereas MSX1s don't seem to > be supported by the many interfaces I've seen). It's the other way round: the hard disk interfaces do not support MSX1. Why not? This is why: MSX-DOS2 needs an MSX2 with memory mapper to run

Re: CX7M

2001-12-03 Thread Hans Otten
PM 01:32:16 GMT+01:00 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: CX7M > > > Richard (MSX2 supports hard disks, it seems, whereas MSX1s don't seem to > be supported by the many interfaces I've seen). -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html

CX7M

2001-12-03 Thread Richard Kilpatrick
Okay, I said MSX2 isn't as important as a disk drive, and it's not - but I found a CX7M/128 for sale in Japan. I'm thinking it should be possible to buy this, and use the case and motherboard with the power supply and video board from one of my CX5MII/128s to make a UK-spec CX7M.