beer202 and msxdos2

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By spacemanbow

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12-09-2011, 16:20

Hi everybody,

i have a problem with beer202 and MSXDOS2.
My machine is a nms-8245 (128kb ram), which runs fine with beer202 (hdrom V1.9)
and msxdos1. I like to use dos2 (subdirectories). With the beer-interface in one slot
and msxdos2-cartridge in the other slot, dos complains "not enough memory".
Without the beer-interface, dos2 runs perfect.
What can i do? Memory-upgrade internal (no more slots free),
or is it possible to put MSXDOS2 and the BEER-BIOS together in one EPROM?
Any Ideas?

Thank you

Manbow

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By Manuel

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12-09-2011, 17:21

Not enough memory is not fixed by memory upgrades (ironically). There's a problem with TPA memory. Not sure what you can do, try another version of MSX-DOS2?

By spacemanbow

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12-09-2011, 20:48

sorry, i wrote "dos complains "not enough memory"", that was wrong,
the Kernel says "not enough memory", so dos is NOT loaded, system is halted.
i guess the IDE-bios is taking too much ram for buffers etc.
Msxdos2-eprom is version 2.20.

By Manuel

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12-09-2011, 21:50

Which version of COMMAND2 and MSXDOS2.SYS are you running?

By Fabf

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12-09-2011, 21:53

Dos2 doesn't work with Beer IDE even with 1 or 2 Mo RAM Crying
Beer IDE doesn't work with 4Mo RAM Crying
I think the Beer BIOS should be reprogramed
I hope a good programmer will do the job
Nextor would be the top
That's a pitty the Beer IDE is the cheapest IDE interface for MSX
Did you built it yourself ?
Did you use perfboard ?

By Fabf

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12-09-2011, 21:58

Ho I forgot :
You can try Misix (a mix between Dos 1 and Dos 2)
I don't know compatibility

By Sarcasmic

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12-09-2011, 22:09

i think your hard disk interface is an alcoholic Smile if i could choose a piece of hardware that is good i would choose sunrise CF !!!! it lets the sun shine in your MSX again without any bulky mechanical parts and the best of all dos 2.20 is onboard too!!!!!! And you have one slot free for a memory mapper!! 128KB could work, but some programs simply will not work this is caused by Dos 2.20 because it also wants a slice from the 128kb main ram !!! 256KB give's the best experience!! you could ask @Repairbas if he has or knows a way to get memory chips for upgrading the main ram without stripping another MSX !!! the best solution for you is finding a good memory mapper!!!
www.raymondmsx.nl/images/cf.jpg
picture sponsored by RaymondMSX :evil:

on my nms8250 i have the CF interface in slot 1 and a 4MB mapper in slot 2

By Fabf

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12-09-2011, 22:14

If you can wait six month delivery LOL!

By Sarcasmic

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12-09-2011, 22:27

If you can wait six month delivery LOL!
or pick it up on a fair and try to find other MSX goodies!!

By Jipe

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12-09-2011, 22:33

beer is working with Misix but is not a standard interface
with beer in a slot and CF in other the msx don't see all disk
with beer in a slot and mega scsi in other slot i can see on partition of SCSI and copy scsi to beer
beer work with also with a CF by an adaptator

By Sarcasmic

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12-09-2011, 22:54

i have a novaxis SCSI/CF interface and that just work's fine i could use every partition i wanted on the 2GB quantum fireball using the novaxis and, i could aces al partitions on the CF card as wellRunning Naked in a Field of Flowers with the use of tools that assign a partition to a drive

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