Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-03 Thread Stephen Pedrosa Eilert
On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Sander Zuidema wrote: > Hey guyz, > > Because of the time difference, bad English and a not-so-well known April > Fools Day > some people in Japan actually believed this pun. > > So errr. Uzix is not dead yet ;) > I live in Brazil but when I read the message it was s

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-03 Thread Sander Zuidema
Hey guyz, Because of the time difference, bad English and a not-so-well known April Fools Day some people in Japan actually believed this pun. So errr. Uzix is not dead yet ;) But considering the huge coding efforts of Chaos, I suggest we carry on with our development of Windows msXP. I think w

RE: UZIX is dead

2002-04-02 Thread Stephan Szarafinski
26 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: UZIX is dead > > Hi, here in Spain is 28th of December > > Hm, I've *always* known that Spain was a bit behind, > but only now I see that it's exactly 93 days ;-) > > Eric looks like the spainish are ahead 93 days :-) and aprils

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-02 Thread Carlos de Santa-Ana Garcia
At 10:16 02/04/2002 +0200, you wrote: >Carlos de Santa-Ana Garcia wrote on April 1st: > >>Hi, here in Spain is 28th of December > >Hm, I've *always* known that Spain was a bit behind, >but only now I see that it's exactly 93 days ;-) > > Eric Or 272, depends -- For info, see http://w

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-02 Thread eMeSiX
> > Hi, here in Spain is 28th of December > > Hm, I've *always* known that Spain was a bit behind, > but only now I see that it's exactly 93 days ;-) > > Eric looks like the spainish are ahead 93 days :-) and aprils fools day is started in brielle the netherlands.

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-02 Thread Albert Beevendorp
At 10:16 2-4-02 +0200, you wrote: >Carlos de Santa-Ana Garcia wrote on April 1st: > >>Hi, here in Spain is 28th of December > >Hm, I've *always* known that Spain was a bit behind, >but only now I see that it's exactly 93 days ;-) Of which year? :) GreeTz, BiFi Visit my Home Page at www.bifi.ms

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-02 Thread Eric Boon
d-fader wrote: > here we go: > > 10 cls > 20 color 15,4,4 > 23 width 80 Nah, make that a "width 132:height 55" More text on the screen is cool Eric -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-02 Thread Eric Boon
Carlos de Santa-Ana Garcia wrote on April 1st: > Hi, here in Spain is 28th of December Hm, I've *always* known that Spain was a bit behind, but only now I see that it's exactly 93 days ;-) Eric -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread Sander Zuidema
I prefer this one in WIDTH 40 ;) Sander http://www.msx.org http://www.benjaminb.nl - Original Message - From: "d-fader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 23:13 Subject: Re: UZIX is dead > Hey, > > I wanna help to

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread d-fader
Hey, I wanna help too, that's why I've been working since I received the message. Ofcourse, new operating systems need to crash a lot, that's why I already made that part! (it's taken from the Teddy's In Action windows emulator...), problem is that routine was in asm, so that's a bit too fast (y

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread Alex Wulms
] screen. You could use a penguin... no, not a penguin... Maybe you can buy the ] rights to BCF's elephant called Snout? I'm sure users would love to get ] useful advice (and some jokes) from Snout. I would certainly love to get advice and assistance from Snout. I'm totally in favour of it. K

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread Maarten ter Huurne
On Monday 01 April 2002 15:53, you wrote: > So, I'll quit UZIX development and will start another OS for our beloved > MSX. I'll put my efforts on a beautiful GUI, nice animation effects and > strong user interference avoidance. In other words, I'll start a new > operating system called Windows m

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread David Heremans
On Mon, Apr 01, 2002 at 01:53:25PM +, Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha wrote: > Hi, > > After many crashes of that stupid Linux OS I'm using on my PC,... I told you that micorsoft is always right :-) > operating system called Windows msXP. Yep, it's all in the name. Free (386)BSD made th

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread iamweasel
Em 01 Apr 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: >I definately support your idea. I can even offer some assistance! About a >year ago I wrote some MMU routines, with complete support for virtual >memory, memory protection and memory swapping. >Those routines are already written in MSX BASIC so can

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread iamweasel
Em 01 Apr 2002, [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: >I definately support your idea. I can even offer some assistance! About a >year ago I wrote some MMU routines, with complete support for virtual >memory, memory protection and memory swapping. >Those routines are already written in MSX BASIC so can

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread Richard Atkinson
On Mon, 1 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hmmm, > > After reading this great news from Adriano, I was wondering: Does all > Countries in the world celebrate 1st April ? I know United Kingdon Does, > but what about the other countries? Actually it was invented in 1948 by the United States of

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread Albert Beevendorp
At 13:53 1-4-02 +, you wrote: >After thinking a lot about it, I decided to kill UZIX. After many crashes >of that stupid Linux OS I'm using on my PC, I realized that I don't want >it happening on my MSX. >So, I'll quit UZIX development and will start another OS for our beloved >MSX. I'll put m

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread Carlos de Santa-Ana Garcia
At 14:08 01/04/2002 -0300, you wrote: >Hmmm, > >After reading this great news from Adriano, I was wondering: Does all >Countries in the world celebrate 1st April ? I know United Kingdon Does, >but what about the other countries? > >PS: I joined the Windows MSXP team in order to work with Adriano i

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread Patriek Lesparre
Adriano, >So, I'll quit UZIX development and will start another OS for our beloved >MSX. I'll put my efforts on a beautiful GUI, nice animation effects and >strong user interference avoidance. In other words, I'll start a new >operating system called Windows msXP. And to ensure its easy developme

Re: UZIX is dead

2002-04-01 Thread iamweasel
Hmmm, After reading this great news from Adriano, I was wondering: Does all Countries in the world celebrate 1st April ? I know United Kingdon Does, but what about the other countries? PS: I joined the Windows MSXP team in order to work with Adriano in his new OS. []s Mauricio Braga.

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-26 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Eric, > > I can send you the Novaxis info that Maico Arts sent me. > Please, I'd like to have all info anyway - even if I don't get > to write the Novaxis driver for Uzix32 :-) Ok. > Erh, can't I use/rewrite the MegaSCSI routines and keep > floppy support? Or is the floppy als

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-20 Thread Eric Boon
Adriano de Cunha wrote: > Get UZIX sources from UZIX page. Will do, will do :-) > I can send you the Novaxis info that Maico Arts sent me. Please, I'd like to have all info anyway - even if I don't get to write the Novaxis driver for Uzix32 :-) > You will need to rewrite all the DEVFLOP.MSX

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-18 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Eric, > Hm, I still would like to see Novaxis stuff in the Uzix I have now. > If the sources of Uzix32 are released, will there be enough info to > hack in the novaxis support (and e.g. cut out the IDE or MegaSCSI > stuff...) ?? Or would it be possible to take the Novaxis driver for Uzix48 > and

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-16 Thread Eric Boon
- Original Message - From: "Manuel Bilderbeek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2001 4:52 PM Subject: Re: UZIX is dead > > UZIX32k is dead, as the subject says. :) > > Okay, that's right... Forgot that... :-)

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-16 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Ivan, > But, is the new Uzix going to be called Uzix48k? > I don't like this name. I prefer simply "Uzix". I like "UZIX" also. I like it so much that UZIX will not be named UZIX48k, but only "UZIX". The difference will be the version number. > The first thought that shaked my h

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-16 Thread Ivan Latorre
Daniel Caetano wrote: > On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:33:26 +0200, adisak wrote: > > >Hi! > >I`m not much of a coder, but if you have trouble fitting stuff into the 32k > >kernel, why not make the next one larger than 48k ? > > the "48k" of Uzix48k name is not about kernel size. As Adriano > already s

RE: UZIX is dead

2001-07-16 Thread Daniel Caetano
On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 16:33:26 +0200, adisak wrote: >Hi! >I`m not much of a coder, but if you have trouble fitting stuff into the 32k >kernel, why not make the next one larger than 48k ? the "48k" of Uzix48k name is not about kernel size. As Adriano already said, Uzix48k will have a 64Kb kernel

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-16 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> UZIX32k is dead, as the subject says. :) Okay, that's right... Forgot that... :-) > Sorry, but it's impossible to put anything else on UZIX32k kernel. So, you'll > have to wait relatively long... Okay, we'll do that. I'm looking forward to Uzix48k! Keep us updated! :-) Grtjs, Manuel PS: MSX

RE: UZIX is dead

2001-07-16 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Hi, > I`m not much of a coder, but if you have trouble fitting stuff into the 32k > kernel, why not make the next one larger than 48k ? UZIX48k kernel will have 64kb. :) Regards, = Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.

RE: UZIX is dead

2001-07-16 Thread adisak
> UZIX32k is dead, as the subject says. :) > Sorry, but it's impossible to put anything else on UZIX32k kernel. So, you'll >have to wait relatively long... Hi! I`m not much of a coder, but if you have trouble fitting stuff into the 32k kernel, why not make the next one larger than 4

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-16 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Manuel, > > Yes. Maico Arts send me interestings docs and sources of Novaxis. > > Next UZIX HD drivers will use direct access to MegaSCSI/IDE/Novaxis/ > > floppy/etc BIOS (for floppies I'll use Alex Wulms's FastCopy drivers, so > no > > more slowdown problems with your MSXs). I think the

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-16 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> Yes. Maico Arts send me interestings docs and sources of Novaxis. > Next UZIX HD drivers will use direct access to MegaSCSI/IDE/Novaxis/ > floppy/etc BIOS (for floppies I'll use Alex Wulms's FastCopy drivers, so no > more slowdown problems with your MSXs). I think the problem with Novaxis will >

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-16 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Manuel, > Of course Eric and I will be happy to test it (again)! The > parallel-live-chat helped a lot. We'll have to arrange that again next time! Of course! > Any ideas yet about how to get it working on or (according to you WEIRD) Yes! Weird! Weird! Weird! :P :) >

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-16 Thread Manuel Bilderbeek
> If no one wants to send me a Novaxis for Christmas ;) [I send it > back, I promess], I will need beta testers when the Novaxis driver be > ready. > Volunteers, anyone? :) Of course Eric and I will be happy to test it (again)! The parallel-live-chat helped a lot. We'll have to arrange that agai

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
> > But I don't have even a HD interface (Dal Poz borrowed his Sunrise > > IDE to me, that's why UZIX has HD support). But it's not an excuse to me > > to not work on UZIX. > I didn't borrowed Sunrise IDE, I lent Sunrise IDE for you. You borrowed my > Sunrise IDE. I had 50% chance and

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread Marco Antonio Simon dal Poz
On Fri, 13 Jul 2001, Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha wrote: > > (3) UZIX doesn't run comfortably on my machine - running > > from flop is **s**l**o**w** and my HD interface was not > > supported (heheh ;-)) > If I had a Novaxis, you can bet UZIX would run on it. > But I don

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread Eric Boon
I mumbled: [something & again] Sorry for the double - outlook espresso hickupped... Eric -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wynke/MSX/listinfo.html

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Eric, > > If you read the "Introduction" section on UZIX page, you would notice > > that I wrote: "When finished, the entire UZIX project will be released > > to the public for free." > Ok, point taken, but "when the project is finished" doesn't encourage me > to go an jump on in :-)

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread Eric Boon
> > (2) You showed no intention of releasing *anything* of > > UZIX, except the one-big-binary-package. > > If you read the "Introduction" section on UZIX page, you would notice > that I wrote: "When finished, the entire UZIX project will be released > to the public for free." Ok, point taken

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread Eric Boon
> > (2) You showed no intention of releasing *anything* of > > UZIX, except the one-big-binary-package. > > If you read the "Introduction" section on UZIX page, you would notice > that I wrote: "When finished, the entire UZIX project will be released > to the public for free." Ok, point taken

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Martin, > A question for you: exactly what filesystem does UZIX run on? Is it a > MINIX (like) filesystem, or an entirely own variant? It's a variant of the classic inode structure of the UNIX FS. Inodes, direct blocks, indirect blocks, double indirect blocks. Adriano Camargo

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Eric, > Well, the main reasons why I didn't try to contact you about > application development included: > (1) Lack of time That's a common problem. I understand. And that's a reason for me to continue by myself. > (2) You showed no intention of releasing *anything* of > UZ

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
> > Read the Docs Stt :)) It's allready implemented. What we need is support for > > the Sunrise RS232 so a lot of european people can connect their msx to a PC > > and browse the internet with their MSX... > Checked general info from uzix-page, but didn't found out anything about > IDE su

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
> Read the Docs Stt :)) It's allready implemented. What we need is support for > the Sunrise RS232 so a lot of european people can connect their msx to a PC To a PC, Sandy??? It's like killing a fly with a cannon... About Sunrise RS232: I'll work on it. If anyone has somet

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread M. J. Bethlehem
I would be interested in helping the development as well, but since I only own 2 MSX1s, I'll have to make do with an MSX2(+) emulator. Also it's been some time since I did any programming on the MSX. I've only been able to run the disk image on fMSX and it works fine and looks good. A questi

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-13 Thread Eric Boon
Adriano: [UZIX = dead] > > Hmmm, what about the Novaxis SCSI support? :-) > > That's a limitation of UZIX32k that I want to break. :) Ah Ok :-) > How much people here would like to help such project? I would, definitely. > In two years that the UZIX site is up, two or three guys really

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-12 Thread Saku Taipale
> > What I would appreciate is Sunrise IDE support for UZIX, or is > > it implemented already ? > > Read the Docs Stt :)) It's allready implemented. What we need is support for > the Sunrise RS232 so a lot of european people can connect their msx to a PC > and browse the internet with their M

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-12 Thread Sandy Pleyte
On Friday 13 July 2001 08:07, you wrote: > > > Hmmm, what about the Novaxis SCSI support? :-) > > > > That's a limitation of UZIX32k that I want to break. :) > > What I would appreciate is Sunrise IDE support for UZIX, or is > it implemented already ? Read the Docs Stt :)) It's allready imple

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-12 Thread Saku Taipale
> > Hmmm, what about the Novaxis SCSI support? :-) > That's a limitation of UZIX32k that I want to break. :) What I would appreciate is Sunrise IDE support for UZIX, or is it implemented already ? Greetings: Saku Taipale, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- For info, see http://www.stack.nl/~wy

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-12 Thread Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha
Eric, > > This UZIX, codename UZIX32k, is dead. Everything that could be made > > with it was done (even graphical webbrowsing). Anything else can't be > > made (and well done) because there's no free space on kernel, or more > > memory for applications. > Hmmm, what about the Novaxis SC

Re: UZIX is dead

2001-07-12 Thread Eric Boon
"Adriano Camargo Rodrigues da Cunha" wrote: > This UZIX, codename UZIX32k, is dead. Everything that could be made > with it was done (even graphical webbrowsing). Anything else can't be > made (and well done) because there's no free space on kernel, or more > memory for applications. Hmmm, what