How do i start Basic/Dos while a cartridge is inserted?

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Door Foxgod

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01-02-2013, 13:10

Hi guys,

I got myself an MSX2 and a Megaflashrom SCC.
Everytime i want to load a new game into the flashrom, i have to do it from Dos1, however because the MSX always boots the cardtridge when its inserted, i have to remove the cartridge, start dos1, en then reinsert the cartridge.

Is there a way, or a hotkey on the Msx that allows me to boot Basic/Dos1 while the cartridge is inserted?

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Van Daemos

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01-02-2013, 13:17

Hold esc as stated in the manual on boot

Van Huey

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01-02-2013, 13:21

Foxgod: Don't read the manual.

[spoiler]manual[/spoiler]

;P

Van Foxgod

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01-02-2013, 13:24

Hi,

Tnx a lot for the information guys, and for posting the manual, i will refer to it when i want to know more about the Msx.
To tell the truth, i only read the part about loading the roms Big smile

Van PingPong

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01-02-2013, 14:00

and do not insert/remove cartridge while the machine is powered on. This can damage the hw

Van Manuel

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01-02-2013, 14:00

Are you saying you insert the cartridge while the MSX is powered on??

Van Huey

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01-02-2013, 14:00

Foxgod wrote:

Hi,

Tnx a lot for the information guys, and for posting the manual, i will refer to it when i want to know more about the Msx.
To tell the truth, i only read the part about loading the roms Big smile

I had the same problem Wink

Van meits

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01-02-2013, 14:04

I didn't... Mine has a switch Wink

Van Foxgod

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01-02-2013, 15:19

Hi Manuel,

Yes i did indeed insert the cartridge while the Msx was powered on, then i did the commands to load a rom into it.
Is that a bad idea?

Van Daemos

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01-02-2013, 15:31

Uhm that is generally the worst idea on MSX. You can do that on a NES but NOT on a MSX.

Van Foxgod

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01-02-2013, 15:36

good to know Smile
I already found it a bad idea to constantly stress the cardtridge slot, which is why i am glad i can use the reset button to boot into dos with the cartridge inserted.
Tnx for the info.

Maybe thats why i have only been able to load a single rom into the card so far, i tried multi rom by making a txt file containing the file names, but it failed to fully load the roms on the card.
it did seem to load all the games, but it showed garbled txt while loading all the roms in it.
Afterwards the multi rom manager menu only showed one rom, and it didnt work.

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