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| Problem with Yamaha FD-03 external MSX floppy drive
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dhau
msx master
Posts: 1064 |  Posted: May 18 2004, 22:03 |
I have two FD-03 units. It's a cartridge, external 1DD floppy drive and a power supply for it.
I have problems booting MSX-DOS with it on my Yamaha CX5M computer...
I can list, read and write files from basic - no problem...
The floppy is formatted as 1DD (360KB) and boots MSX-DOS on A1WSX...
Any ideas why? Is it a problem with FD-03 bios? Or it's a defective unit?
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dhau
msx master
Posts: 1064 | Posted: May 18 2004, 23:52 |
BTW: Ultimate MSX FAQ incorrectly lists FD-03 as a 2DD (720K) external floppy drive. In reality it's 1DD (360K) drive.
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dhau
msx master
Posts: 1064 | Posted: May 20 2004, 04:37 |
Heya! Did anyone ever tried to boot MSX-DOS on Yamaha CX5M (MSX-1) with external floppy drive?
Floppy drive is Yamaha FD-03, but it shouldn't matter, because it works fine and boots MSX-DOS in all my other MSX computers.
W T F ? ? ?
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Repair-Bas
msx addict
Posts: 406 | Posted: May 20 2004, 07:13 |
You need at least 64 kB for msx-dos.
cx5m has only 32 kB
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dhau
msx master
Posts: 1064 | Posted: May 20 2004, 15:30 |
Thank you Bas, is it possible to upgrade it to 64KB?
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Repair-Bas
msx addict
Posts: 406 | Posted: May 21 2004, 14:06 |
Hello
There are special carts for the yamaha. I have a silver coloured yamaha Yis503F
This one has a 32 kb expansion module on the bottom of the computer with an extra cartridgeslot in steat of the music extension.
Not all yamaha msx-1's are music computers.
Bas
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doba
msx user
Posts: 38 | Posted: May 21 2004, 18:14 |
I have CX5-M, it's a music computer ("call music", SF-05 synth unit etc.)
I know anout external cartridge, but I was curious if it is possible to do it internally. MSX-1 with 64K and two slots is so much better then 32K  |
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