Guys and Girls,

This is the most stupid question about msx you've ever heard! But i can't find in on internet! I've bought a Philips MSX2 (type nms8245/00) for 2,50 guilders about six years ago. Now i've bought an comodore 1084 video monitor and i want to work with it, but i can't figure out how i can access the fdd, and how can i list the contents of my floppy. does anyone have a good manual on the "disk BASIC version 1.0" commands available?

Thanks!

Jeroen

a few ones to help you get started

FILES - gives contents of disk
LOAD"<filename.ext>" - loads file written in BASIC (often .BAS files)

after loading

LIST - displays contents of loaded file (BASIC program code)
RUN - runs the program

if you get "direct statement in file"
then it's obviously not basic. In such a case you could try
BLOAD"<filename.ext>",R
and something just might happen, or not

Also, checking out http://faq.msxnet.org is widely considered to be a good idea

eey thanks man!!
yep.. i got it!

can i download games that are playable on this machine?? can i put the downloaded stuff on a 720 k floppy and load it into the msx??

you can with .BAS files or "disk versions" (cracks) of rom games. You can even load some small .ROM files with special tools on the MSX. There are also tools to convert .DSK (disk image files) back to a floppy (one .DSK takes up an entire floppy). A lot of this is covered in the faq bodyhammer posted.
Due to legal issues, I can't put a direct link to all kinds of software here, but you could check out the download database of this site, as everything on here is freeware/public domain.

hmm sometimes when i type "bload "file.bin,R" then the machine tells me it's okey with "OK" but it doesn't run..
what am i doing wrong!?

and how can i convert the DSK files to a floppy?

Thanks for any response (i'm new here..)

get the disk-manager from this site:
http://members.ping.at/lexlechz/

with that tool you can write .dsk files to a floppy.

as for the non-working file; sometimes you might need to load 2 files, or even more, and sometimes a special loader is needed; they're often included with programs though. It could be an entirely different kind of program too though...
If you need to load 2 files: BLOAD"FILE1.BIN",R:BLOAD"FILE2.BIN",R
sometimes a poke-1,170 before loading also helps if a program has trouble starting.

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sometimes a poke-1,170 before loading also helps

This is not the MRC member with the same name, fyi

a BLOAD "filename.ext",S is also only available with Disk BASIC. With it, you can load a file directly to VRAM.

Enzo: Ferrari fan?

yes yes.. you know me man!! Enzo.Ferrari! that's where my name comes from!!
I started using it around 1994

The name? Or the Car?

W00t! We have the real, legendary Enzo Ferrari in our forums!

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W00t! We have the real, legendary Enzo Ferrari in our forums!

Heh, and I've always thought E.F was from Italy. Turns out he's dutch and from Noord Holland! LOL

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hmm sometimes when i type "bload "file.bin,R" then the machine tells me it's okey with "OK" but it doesn't run..

Dunno whether it was just a typo...
Notice that the ,r statement must be outside the quote: bload "file.bin" [u],r[/u]