Would anyone be offended or limited if new MSX software would be released on cd-r, instead of -hard to get- DD disks ?

A taped hole on a HD isn't that elegant..

As a result, the end-user has to put the software on either a DD of his/her own, or on a CF card/HD.

btw, some ppz have cd-players on their msx tho

Some people have indeed a cd-player
I had, not anymore....
They're not water resistant,
And it also requires special software...
And I've searched several pages, but I couldn't find it.

huh? did you go swimming with your cd-player or what ?

but would you prefer new software shipped on DD or CD ?

Doesn't Sunrise IDE support CD-Rom ?

K.

You could also include the Software as Musik Track on the CD so everybody can use it with a Cable to his MSX without buying special Hardware

The CD-Audio offers opportunity for a very cool game soundtrack . Although it has its limits aswell, ofcourse. It's been an idea of mine before, to create several versions of a game, amongst others a CD-ROM version with CD-Audio next to the Moonsound tracks ^_^.

Anyways, I do have an IDE CD-ROM drive, and although it would be somewhat of a bother to have to set it up and all, I can do it. However, if you ask me, it's better to release it on disks, compressed if you must (so that I have to 'install' it on HD first). There are more people with a HD than with CD-ROM drives.

Hey, what about releasing it on CompactFlash! *grin*... Well, if you could find a cheap batch of 8MB carts which have no problems working with the Sunrise interface... It's a nice idea.


~Grauw

It's not about the size! Even for a game of exactly 720k I wonder how many ppz would have difficulties with CD'r as media.

DD are hard to come by, and taped HD disks are ugly. CD's are cheap, and many modern notebooks have a built-in cd writer anyway.. handy for a fair. Modern notebooks don't all have a diskdrive!

So the issue here is not the size, but the idea that you need either an msx with a cd-rom or a pc to get the content to either your own DD disks or a CF card.

You could release on CD.. Although people with a CD-ROM on their MSX are a bit rare, they could transfer the files with a PC to CF and use that.
Or some other way...

But really, are DD disks that hard to come by? I had 50 new ones on sale last Bussum (nobody bought any tho :/)

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You could also include the Software as Musik Track on the CD so everybody can use it with a Cable to his MSX without buying special Hardware

I think that will not loading very fast.

I thought about this only as a kind of BONUS There should be enough space on a CD with a MSX game on it to include this

As long as it's high quality media. I don't have a problem with CD's.
I personally would even prefer it.
But seeing how hard sometimes getting good quality cd-r media for a good price is I have my doubts.
So I don't want some fancy looking disc's that fails after 3 years.

About DD disks there even harder to get these days.

Verbatim(Mitsubishi ) still has DD disks in ther product range and I know some stores which would sell them to me if I ordered enough that is however most stores aren't interrested.

cant you format HD disks as DD disk?

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cant you format HD disks as DD disk?

yes,
but most PC's will have trouble wit h it, unless you tape the extra hole.
And more importantly, the magnetic characteristics are slightly different, as is the characteristic of the drive head in a HD diskunit. While the MSX is really meant for the DD disks, it will probably work , but expect your data to vanguish faster in such case.

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Would anyone be offended or limited if new MSX software would be released on cd-r, instead of -hard to get- DD disks ?

Are you joking? Most people don't have a CD player connected to their MSX.

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A taped hole on a HD isn't that elegant..

And is a home burned CD-R elegant???

The idea was that ppl can 'install' the game (very much like the PC tradition) on a CF card.. and if ppl don't have a CF reader yet, that might be a reason to get one

..or install on a harddisk ofcourse..