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dumbest question from Noord Holland

Enzo.F
msx friend
Posts: 6

Posted: April 07 2005, 17:34

Guys and Girls,

This is the most stupid question about msx you've ever heard! But i can't find in on internet! I've bought a Philips MSX2 (type nms8245/00) for 2,50 guilders about six years ago. Now i've bought an comodore 1084 video monitor and i want to work with it, but i can't figure out how i can access the fdd, and how can i list the contents of my floppy. does anyone have a good manual on the "disk BASIC version 1.0" commands available?

Thanks!

Jeroen

Samor
msx professional
Posts: 841

Posted: April 07 2005, 17:40

a few ones to help you get started

FILES - gives contents of disk
LOAD"<filename.ext>" - loads file written in BASIC (often .BAS files)

after loading

LIST - displays contents of loaded file (BASIC program code)
RUN - runs the program

if you get "direct statement in file"
then it's obviously not basic. In such a case you could try
BLOAD"<filename.ext>",R
and something just might happen, or not

BodyHammeR
msx addict
Posts: 486

Posted: April 07 2005, 17:40

Also, checking out http://faq.msxnet.org is widely considered to be a good idea

Enzo.F
msx friend
Posts: 6

Posted: April 07 2005, 17:46

eey thanks man!!
yep.. i got it!

can i download games that are playable on this machine?? can i put the downloaded stuff on a 720 k floppy and load it into the msx??

Samor
msx professional
Posts: 841

Posted: April 07 2005, 18:58

you can with .BAS files or "disk versions" (cracks) of rom games. You can even load some small .ROM files with special tools on the MSX. There are also tools to convert .DSK (disk image files) back to a floppy (one .DSK takes up an entire floppy). A lot of this is covered in the faq bodyhammer posted.
Due to legal issues, I can't put a direct link to all kinds of software here, but you could check out the download database of this site, as everything on here is freeware/public domain.

Enzo.F
msx friend
Posts: 6

Posted: April 07 2005, 20:25

hmm sometimes when i type "bload "file.bin,R" then the machine tells me it's okey with "OK" but it doesn't run..
what am i doing wrong!?

and how can i convert the DSK files to a floppy?

Thanks for any response (i'm new here..)

Samor
msx professional
Posts: 841

Posted: April 07 2005, 20:34

get the disk-manager from this site:
http://members.ping.at/lexlechz/

with that tool you can write .dsk files to a floppy.

as for the non-working file; sometimes you might need to load 2 files, or even more, and sometimes a special loader is needed; they're often included with programs though. It could be an entirely different kind of program too though...
If you need to load 2 files: BLOAD"FILE1.BIN",R:BLOAD"FILE2.BIN",R
sometimes a poke-1,170 before loading also helps if a program has trouble starting.

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