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| | LPE-MMC-V6 and DRSDMMC driver |
| | Monday, January 07, 2008 - 12:28 Submitted by: Ramones Topic: Hardware | | Hardware manufacturer Leonardo Padial Ortiz has released a new board for our MSX: the LPE-MMC-V6, a massive storing device, a MultiMedia Card and SD Card controller.
Features include: - High speed read/write access.
- Compatible with all the MSX computers: MSX, MSX2, MSX2+ and MSX Turbo R.
- It doesn't need any external power supply.
- 2 MMC/SD card controllers.
- Kralizec's DRLPSDMMC compatible.
There are different versions on sale: - Basic version: LPE-MMC-V6 for €60
- Version with slot expander connector: LPE-MMCEXP-V6 for €70 (no slot expander included, only the connector)
- LPE-MMCEXP-V6 slot expander: LPE-3SLTEXP-V6 for €70
- Plain cable for LPE-MMCEXP-V6 and LPE-3SLTEXP-V6 connexion for €6
- 4Mb RAM memory mapper version:LPE-MMC4MB2EXP-V6 for €120
- Board with embedded slot expander (no cable needed): LPE-MMCEXP-V6 + LPE-3SLTEXP-V6 for €130
Regarding the LPE-MMC-V6 driver, DRSDMMC from Kralizec: The SDMMC Driver consists of a BIOS, tools and a set of programs intended for handling the LPE-MMC-V4/6 board. The board uses MultiMedia Card and SD Card as massive storing devices in the MSX computers family. Get the driver here!
Features include: - Compatible with any MSX computer with a minimum of 16k RAM.
- Support of DOS1, DOS2 or higher partitions in both FAT12 and FAT16.
- Embedded MSXDOS 2.31 Kernel inside the System. Fully functional in MSX1.
- Internal set of tools. No need of external tools to work.
- Tools available using CALL command in BASIC. (Format, partition changing, card swapping).
- Support of any MMC/SD card from 4 Mb to 2 Gb.
- DSK file(s) emulation as extended partition and boot.
- Possibility of disabling all system interfaces during the BOOT DSK emulation.
- No need of use tools as IMPROVE to emulate DSK files.
- Support of card Hot-Swapping.
- Possibility of using memory mappers in MSX1 without needing the driver installation.
- Possibility of using the bigger memory mapper as the main one in Turbo R and 2+ Panasonic MSX computers in DOS1 and DOS2.31.
- Compatible with Okei's FAT16 driver.
- Use of Shortcut keys to avoid disk booting, force the DOS2 for ROM games which require disk access, avoid the system...
- Easy-of-use GUI, 100% MSX1 compatible.
- Functional from any slot/subslot, primary or extended. No interference with other disk interfaces.
- Boot system from a FAT16 partition allowed.
- Can use any other OS FAT12/FAT16 formatted cards.
- Compatible with driver LPEMMC-formatted cards.
To order any of these products, contact Leonardo Padial Ortiz.
Relevant link: Leonardo Padial Ortiz website |
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| By konamiman on January 07 2008, 12:37 | Card reader + 4M RAM... how is this achieved? Multi-slot emulation as in the original Dumas project?
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| By Ramones on January 07 2008, 12:51 | Yes Nestor.
And... the next version with ethernet 100% compatible with InterNestor Lite. xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
(es broma, es broma).
Is a slotexpander, of course: Slot x-0 SD/MMC Reader, and slot x-1, 4Mb memory.
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| By konamiman on January 07 2008, 14:54 | "And... the next version with ethernet 100% compatible with InterNestor Lite"
Why not? Put an Ethernet controller, include an Ethernet UNAPI compatible BIOS and hop! You are InterNestor compatible. 
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| By SaebaMSX on January 07 2008, 15:41 | Wake up, Nestor!
A new card + memory appears, Imanok does not code games using nestorbasic anymore... what's next? 
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| By Yukio on January 07 2008, 23:51 | Me, me ...
Cool! Card reader and 4MB RAM ... Is this legal stuff?
Anyway, it should work great!!!
I think that anyone could sell "MSX" compatible stuff if their don't stick to use the official logo.
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| By Ramones on January 08 2008, 00:05 | Perfectly Legal.
Slot X-0 : Card Reader
Slot X-1 : 4 Mb Ram.
Of course, this does not work in an slot expander, since the card takes built-in one internally.
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| By dvik on January 08 2008, 01:00 | Very impressive hardware. Great job 
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| By rolins on January 10 2008, 03:04 | Awesome
Question: Will this board fit in a MSX slot? The width seems a little long.
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| By jltursan on January 10 2008, 10:27 | The card is already finished and for sure it fits, I've seen it in action and if I'm not wrong the basic version fits inside a Konami/ASCII cart (if you drill the card holes, of course).
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| By rolins on January 10 2008, 17:42 | Thanks jltursan.
One more question: The features says "Embedded MSXDOS 2.31 Kernel inside the System. Fully functional in MSX1." Does this mean I can run MSXDos 2.31 on my MSX2+ with only 64k ram?
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| By Ramones on January 10 2008, 19:30 |
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One more question: The features says "Embedded MSXDOS 2.31 Kernel inside the System. Fully functional in MSX1." Does this mean I can run MSXDos 2.31 on my MSX2+ with only 64k ram?"
No. You need 128k Ram for use MSXDOS2. In MSX1, 2,2+ or Turbo R.
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| By Yukio on January 11 2008, 01:56 | Quote:
| One more question: The features says "Embedded MSXDOS 2.31 Kernel inside the System. Fully functional in MSX1." Does this mean I can run MSXDos 2.31 on my MSX2+ with only 64k ram?
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I think that ASCII MSX-DOS2 ROM cartridge comes with 256KB Memory Mapper RAM inside. If you need more than version 2.20 ...
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