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dhau
msx master
Mensajes: 1075 |  Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 02:59 |
I have two identical computers: Sony MSX2 HB-F1XD. Both work fine, but one of them has a strange boot MSX logo. MSX letters are white on red background, and the border is yellowish-brownish.
I recently saw similar defect here: cgi.ebay.nl/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=21084&item=5113879063
What could be the reason of this problem? I suspect dead capacitors, but need help anyway. |
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NYYRIKKI
msx master
Mensajes: 1534 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 07:35 |
Go to BASIC and type:
SET TITLE "",1
If problem reappears later, change RTC battery.
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[D-Tail]
msx guru
Mensajes: 3026 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 08:16 |
SET TITLE "",1 --> Black logo on blue background
SET TITLE "",2 --> Blue logo on green background
SET TITLE "",3 --> Purple logo on pink/red background
SET TITLE "",4 --> Red logo on yellow background
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evulopah
msx addict
Mensajes: 466 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 08:46 |
hehehe, dead capacitors!!!!
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Abi
msx addict
Mensajes: 415 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 12:23 |
LOL
But ermh why the MSX devolopers did that option? jut for fun or is there a special reason why user can set a different startup color boot??
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POISONIC
msx professional
Mensajes: 883 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 12:37 |
you can even set an useless password
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Abi
msx addict
Mensajes: 415 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 14:50 |
well you can set a password so that your kids can not play without your permision, untill they know how to ignore that pass with that 2 keys  |
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Grauw
msx professional
Mensajes: 1006 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 14:59 |
I think they just thought it was a cool gimmick.
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ro
msx guru
Mensajes: 2353 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 15:21 |
it would fill up the specs list, nothing more. it's completely useless.
(however back in the days when every computer shop did sell MSX2 computers it was fun to just: set tittle password / color 0,0,0 / width 1 / set screen
just to fuck around.. . .dunno, we we're kids (uhm, 16 years or so?? )so excuse our childish behaviour.
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dhau
msx master
Mensajes: 1075 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 17:03 |
So, in short, if I'll remove batteries for a while, the red/yellow crap will be gone?
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Grauw
msx professional
Mensajes: 1006 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 17:25 |
dhau: no, just type SET TITLE "",1 in Basic.
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dhau
msx master
Mensajes: 1075 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 17:33 |
You mean there is NVRAM outside the battery-backed RTC clock in MSX2?
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GuyveR800
msx guru
Mensajes: 3048 | Publicado: Septiembre 20 2004, 17:51 |
No, it's one and the same.
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dhau
msx master
Mensajes: 1075 | Publicado: Septiembre 21 2004, 02:30 |
Hmmm... Knowledge is power... Ok, I did first:
SET TITLE "",1
and this corrected the problem
But then I felt lucky, so I typed in:
SET TITLE "SONY HB-F1XD",2
now MSX doesn't go beyond the boot logo 
I kept the batteries outside for a while (20 minutes), but this didn't help.
Is there a magic key combination to clear all this NVRAM mess?
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Sonic_aka_T
msx guru
Mensajes: 2269 | Publicado: Septiembre 21 2004, 02:44 |
You're supposed to press space after the screen boots... Next you'll tell me you used SET PASSWORD and forgot what it was!
You'd think and MSX Addict would know all this stuff! Oh, by the way, a TITLE and/or PASSWORD can only be 6 characters long iirc. That, and it replaces your PROMPT. This stuff is all in your BASIC handbook though... |
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