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Samor
msx professional
Mensajes: 846 |  Publicado: Febrero 07 2005, 19:28 |
I got a chuckie egg tape and I have some trouble running the game.
the tape's loading instruction is BLOAD"CE",R and that works, but the MSX(2) resets after loading the game. Maybe it's an MSX2 thing, or I'm forgetting something.... my memory is a little rusty on running tapes anyways. If anyone knows why it's not starting, I'd like to hear it.
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snout
msx legend
Mensajes: 4992 | Publicado: Febrero 07 2005, 19:31 |
Most of the time, the infamous POKE -1,xxx gets the job done. Here's the universal POKE that works on every MSX:
POKE -1,(15-PEEK(-1)\16)*17 |
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Samor
msx professional
Mensajes: 846 | Publicado: Febrero 07 2005, 19:38 |
that gives a black screen....
VG8235 btw...
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snout
msx legend
Mensajes: 4992 | Publicado: Febrero 07 2005, 19:39 |
Hmmz.. the universal poke shouldn't hang the MSX.  Philips?
POKE -1,170
Or does it give a black screen after loading? |
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Samor
msx professional
Mensajes: 846 | Publicado: Febrero 07 2005, 19:43 |
the universal poke gives a black screen and the tape keeps running;
poke-1,170 or nothing resets the MSX after loading.
Could be a bad tape, but it does the same on both sides.
Of course I could try repearing it with some disk version I can probably find somewhere + the utility DISKTAPE if all else fails, but I'd rather not.
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snout
msx legend
Mensajes: 4992 | Publicado: Febrero 07 2005, 19:45 |
Indeed, better keep the original an original, eh Do other tape games work as they should?
I know the first series of 8235 (/00) had a problem with the memory mapper, but that should only give trouble with running megarom games and such, not MSX1 games. Rite? |
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Samor
msx professional
Mensajes: 846 | Publicado: Febrero 07 2005, 19:47 |
yes, others do work (being International Karate & Chess Game MSX2)
I guess I'll fire up the 8250 and see what that one does.
*edit - that one says "out of memory" ....now that's odd; I guess 32k doesnt fit in 512 eh? 
*edit 2 - and just for fun I put in a 4MB memorymapper (in the 8250) and it starts. Now, how's that? ...and WHY?!
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[D-Tail]
msx guru
Mensajes: 3020 | Publicado: Febrero 07 2005, 20:44 |
Mapper issue vs. bad programming, I guess |
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Samor
msx professional
Mensajes: 846 | Publicado: Febrero 07 2005, 20:48 |
I guess..... ah well, at least I've got it working  |
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BiFi
msx guru
Mensajes: 3142 | Publicado: Febrero 07 2005, 21:19 |
or code overwriting disk data... boot with SHIFT-key pressed...
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Samor
msx professional
Mensajes: 846 | Publicado: Febrero 07 2005, 22:11 |
I was already doing that...
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Imanok
msx addict
Mensajes: 284 | Publicado: Febrero 08 2005, 09:07 |
That 'out of memory' message... have you tried pressing CTRL-key while booting??
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Samor
msx professional
Mensajes: 846 | Publicado: Febrero 08 2005, 10:25 |
could make a difference; I'll try that without the mapper.
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pitpan
msx master
Mensajes: 1390 | Publicado: Febrero 08 2005, 12:37 |
And what about booting with the SHIFT key pressed? That will prevent the disk drive to be used, therefore more RAM will be available. Use this with the "magic" POKE and it should work fine. The mapper shouldn't affect this.
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BiFi
msx guru
Mensajes: 3142 | Publicado: Febrero 08 2005, 12:59 |
I already posted that... |
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