MSX RJ 2002 reminder
Source: MSX Files
Slotman of MSX files reminded us that this weekend is the weekend of MSX-RJ 2002. On the fair you will be able to see a lot of new hardware and software products for MSX.For more information visit The MSX-RJ Website
Source: comp.sys.msx
Nyyrikki informed us that here will be a live MSX demo show at he famous scene-party Assembly tonight. The demo show will be broadcast on their website at 22:00 (GMT +3). Taken from the Assembly site:
'We have invited few guests to watch the demos with us in the studio.
After his presentation at the Tilburg fair last year, our MSX founder did a presentation at the MIT, were he is a visiting professor. Although there were some other people who went on that trip, nobody was allowed to say anything afterwards.
A few months ago I found out that all presentations at the MIT have to go public.
Source: 4gamer.net
4gamer reported about a rerelease of the popular game Xanadu yesterday.
MSX Pad 1.1
Source: MSX Mailinglist
Slotman updated MSX-Pad, the Turbo Pascal IDE environment for Windows today. Changes:
- Locked the text box on the compilation error screen.
- Fixed bug with long file names.
YS 1 & 2 complete
After YS Eternal and YS2 eternal, Falcom has released a box set including YS1 and YS2. These PC remakes look really cool and are available in CD-ROM and DVD-ROM versions.
After a period of silence, Tsujikawa of ESE has succeeded in his attempts to build a MSX1 computer in PLD technology. Included features are 128KB RAM, PSG, SCC and keyboard & joystick connectors. In this current prototype he still uses a Sharp LH0080 CPU (Z80 compatible CPU), but even this CPU can be moved to PLD. Future plans are R800, MSX2 emulation and FM synthesis (hence MSX-MUSIC).
I'm writing an article about and, of course, strings of MSX games ringtones, for Nokya mobiles. I tell you this because I've seen a post on the forum.This MSXTones project is born on Italian MSX user meeting: Fausto Mollichella of Freesoft MSX Magazine launched this challenge!
MSX mailinglist changes
Because of the increase in spamming, the international MSX Mailinglist changed from Majordomo to Mailman. Only subscribed members can post messages on the mailinglist now.The MSX Mailinglist website has also been updated. It is now possible to join the list directly from this site. Go check it out!
NLMSX 0.43
Another update for NLMSX was released. It has the start of MSX turbo R emulation.