General Information

• How to detect MSX type
• How to detect VDP type
• How to detect amount of RAM
• System variables, code & hooks in RAM after boot
• Map of I/O ports
• Generic MSX programming information resources
• Music replayer routines
• Programming FAQ
• Compatibility testing

Operating Systems / Programming environments

• Operating systems:
  • MSX-BASIC
  • MSX-DOS
  • MSX-DOS2
  • CP/M
  • SymbOS
  • Uzix
  • Wios

• Programming environments:
  • MSX-View
  • MemMan
  • Fossil driver
  • MNBIOS

Programming languages

• BASIC
  • MSX-BASIC
  • X-BASIC
  • Nestor-BASIC
  • PowerBASIC
  • G-BASIC
  • Microsoft BASIC
  • BorielZxBasicCompiler

• Assembler
  • Compilers for MSX
    • HiSoft Development Pack
    • Compass
    • Microsoft Macro Assembler
    • WBASS2
  • Cross compilers
    • SjAsm
    • SjASMPlus
    • asMSX
    • tniASM
    • WLA-DX
  • Disassemblers / Debuggers
    • Super-X
    • Z80DIS
    • ZD

• Pascal
  • HiSoft Pascal
  • Borland Turbo Pascal

• C
  • Compilers for MSX
    • SOLiD C
    • ALFA-C
    • BDS-C
    • ASCII MSX-C
    • Hitech C Compiler for CP/M

• • Cross compilers
    • SDCC
    • Hitech Cross-Compiler

• Fortran
  • Microsoft Fortran
  • Nevada Fortran

• Other
  • LOGO
  • ROGO
  • Refal
  • ADA
  • BrainFuck

Programming standard internal components

• CPU
  • Z80
  • R800 (MSX tR)
• VDP
  • TMS9918/TMS9928/TMS9929 (MSX1)
  • V9938 (MSX2)
  • V9958 (MSX2+/MSX tR)
• PPI
  • Keyboard
  • Slots
    • RAM and Memory Mappers
    • BIOS ROM
    • BASIC ROM
    • SUB-ROM / EXT-ROM (MSX2,MSX2+,MSX tR)
    • Kanji ROM (Optional)
    • Disk ROM (Optional)
• PSG
  • Joystick port
• MSX-Engine
  • S1990 (MSX tR)
• Other
  • Cassette port (MSX1,MSX2,MSX2+)
  • Printer port
  • Leds
  • PCM (MSX tR)
  • Clock chip / RP-5C01 (MSX2, MSX2+, MSX tR)
  • Memory Mapper (MSX2+, MSX tR)
  • MSX-Music (MSX2+, MSX tR)

MSX Extension card standards (More than one manufacturer or card type)

• Novaxis SCSI
• Mega SCSI
• Sunrise IDE/CF
• MSX-Music
• MSX-Audio
• Konami SCC
• ROM mappers
• V9990 (GFX9000 / Video9000 / VSU)

Programming individual MSX extension cartridges

• SVI RobotArm (SVI-2000 & SVI-2000C)
• Sony HBI-V1 Video digitizer cartridge

Programming devices on Joystick / Printer port

• Printer
• Covox
• Mouse/Trackball
• ASCII Plus-X Terminator Laser
• Gun Stick
• MSX Paddle
• Arkanoid PAD

Description of common file formats

• MSX-BASIC file formats
• MSX-DOS file formats
• Emulation related file formats
• Moonblaster file format
• SCC Blaffer NT file format
• SEE file format