Hi Frengo
>> Madrid a few months ago. This new VDP is very-very-fast and it will
>> be compatabilized (does this word exist?) with the old V9958. Also,
>> Padial is working on a 3D engine for MMSX which is more than 5 times
>> faster than a PSX (something like a voodoo2 chip).
F>
F> What's
On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 23:35:13 +0200, jam wrote:
Hi all,
>Well this Z380 project is really part of MMSX project. Not only the Z380
>cortridge will be released . A new VDP was presented in Madrid a few months
>ago. This new VDP is very-very-fast and it will be compatabilized (does this
>wo
Hello, JDS
JS> videochip because it is put in a cartridgeslot and cartridges can't
JS> do
JS> 'OUTs'. Therefore it will not be possible to run 'old' programs on the
JS> Z380. (Even programs getting their vdp portnumbers from the bios,
JS> won't work. So probably a second VDP has to be plugge
> great!,
> but eh... I got the impression that our nice Z80 MSX is transformed in
> some powersupply for the Z380 board. As far as I can derive from the
> info, it is impossible that the Z380 communicates with the MSX videochip
> because it is put in a cartridgeslot and cartridges can't do 'OUTs
Rafael Corrales Pulido wrote:
>
> Hello MSX world,
>
> Two weeks ago Padial got the impossible, a Z380 based system board started
> to work in a MSX slot, finally he solved all the hardware problems and the
> Z380 board is totally finished except in the software part.
>
great!,
but eh.
> ] Well that's the problem. Almost no program but Illusion City (which
actually
> ] might work on Z380 because it doesn't use any non-Z380 R800 opcodes)
uses
> ] the BIOS for its mouseroutines (okay all Basic-programs use the BIOS
too).
>
> Not true. Most programs use BIOS. Only a few programs fr
] If you read carefully, you can see that I mention that the normal Joystick
] AND JoyNet can use the full speed very well. I was talking about the problem
] that the Z380 would be too fast to read the mouse... Even on a turboR this
] is a problem (non-working mouse routines).
It is only a problem
] Well that's the problem. Almost no program but Illusion City (which actually
] might work on Z380 because it doesn't use any non-Z380 R800 opcodes) uses
] the BIOS for its mouseroutines (okay all Basic-programs use the BIOS too).
Not true. Most programs use BIOS. Only a few programs from a few h
> >> Please don't slow down joystick port I/O access on account of JoyNet!
> >If you read carefully, you can see that I mention that the normal
Joystick
> >AND JoyNet can use the full speed very well. I was talking about the
problem
> >that the Z380 would be too fast to read the mouse... Even on
On Sat, 21 Aug 1999 19:54:05 +0200, Laurens Holst wrote:
>> Please don't slow down joystick port I/O access on account of JoyNet!
>If you read carefully, you can see that I mention that the normal Joystick
>AND JoyNet can use the full speed very well. I was talking about the problem
>that the Z38
> >By the way, how did you solve the joystickport timing-problem???
> >Joystick and JoyNet would be glad to use the full speed of the Z380.
> >However, the Z380 is too fast for the mouse when a program is not using
> >BIOS-routines... A lot of programs won't use the BIOS for mouse-readout
> >thoug
At 01:00 PM 8/20/99 +0200, you wrote:
>By the way, how did you solve the joystickport timing-problem???
>Joystick and JoyNet would be glad to use the full speed of the Z380.
>However, the Z380 is too fast for the mouse when a program is not using
>BIOS-routines... A lot of programs won't use the
> Hello MSX world,
>
> Two weeks ago Padial got the impossible, a Z380 based system board
started
> to work in a MSX slot, finally he solved all the hardware problems and the
> Z380 board is totally finished except in the software part.
Well that's great.
> Now Padial wants to make a cheap 3D
> Hello MSX world,
>
> Two weeks ago Padial got the impossible, a Z380 based system board
started
> to work in a MSX slot, finally he solved all the hardware problems and the
> Z380 board is totally finished except in the software part.
Well that's great.
> Now Padial wants to make a cheap 3D
Hello MSX world,
Two weeks ago Padial got the impossible, a Z380 based system board started
to work in a MSX slot, finally he solved all the hardware problems and the
Z380 board is totally finished except in the software part.
This was the first time that I could see the Z380 plugged in a sim
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