A new Moonsound compatible cartridge comes to the MSX scene!
New Wozblaster pre-order.
Wozblaster is a new Moonsound compatible sound cartridge that you can build yourself with the help of freely available instructions and documentation.
A wireless internet interface for MSX
A few days ago, MRC user grit reported on his successful upgrade of an Yamaha CX5M/II to an almost full-blown MSX2.
Once there was a device called MMP-01, destiny unknown. Until now...
Source: MSX Mailinglist
In the past, Yamaha released two soundmodules for the Yamaha CX5M MSX computers. To use these expansions on other MSX computers, a special adapter is needed. Both expansions were quite ahead of their time. The software of the SFG-01 was only capable of saving to cassette, while the software of the SFG-05 could save to disk as well.
Kuniji Ikeda has found a way to get V9958 as well as Y8950 chips. However, to keep the chips affordable, he should order quite large amounts at a time.
The V9958 is the VDP of MSX2+ and MSX turboR computers. It is needed to convert an MSX2 to an MSX2+. The chip unleashes SCREEN 10 t/m 12 and diagonal scrolling mode. The Y8950 is the legendary MSX-Audio chip set as featured in e.g.
YM2149 VHDL source
MikeJ of FPGA Arcade has written an interpretation of the YM2149, also known as the PSG, in VHDL.
Improving the sound quality of your MSX-Music output
