How to disable click sound in DOS (msxbios option in Z88DK)?

Supporter (10)

26-12-2020, 11:42

I am the developer of Cross-Lib: https://github.com/Fabrizio-Caruso/CROSS-LIB
which is a universal 8-bit development framework, which supports MSX and about 200 other vintage architectures.

For the MSX I am using Z88DK and the "msxbios" option, which changes the mapping of a few things.
I need to disable the keyboard click sound.

Where is the equivalent location of $F3DB under this configuration?

If I set $F3FB to zero nothing changes in this configuration.

Por Bengalack

Champion (384)

26-12-2020, 15:10

Using Fusion-C, I have this in my code, under DOS, and it works fine:

#define CLIKSW 0xF3DB
Poke( CLIKSW, 0 ); // Turn off key click

Sounds strange that z88k should change things like this. Or maybe I misunderstood what you meant?

Por Fabrizio Caruso

Supporter (10)

27-12-2020, 10:41

@Bengalack, I am asking how to do that in MSXDOS mode. What you do does not work in MSXDOS mode. That location is somewhere else.

Por Fabrizio Caruso

Supporter (10)

27-12-2020, 10:47

There is a typo in my post. I am asking for the equivalent location of 0xF3DB for click sound under MSXDOS.

Por sd_snatcher

Prophet (3448)

27-12-2020, 19:04

The keyboard click is done by the BIOS, not by MSX-DOS. The system variable that controls it is CLIKSW in any case.

Por Fabrizio Caruso

Supporter (10)

28-12-2020, 16:40

@sd_snatcher, how do I disable it then if I enable the msxbios in Z88DK?
Writing zero into 0xF3DB does not work. I think something in the BIOS is resetting it to a non-zero value.

Por Sandy Brand

Master (229)

28-12-2020, 22:40

Hmm, I remembered having similar problems in the past (also using Z88DK for some stuff). However, I checked again and now it also seems to work as expected for me (but I am setting CLIKSW through some assembly code though).

Maybe you could try to attach a debugger and see what is actually going on?

Por AxelF

Champion (376)

28-12-2020, 23:52

It is also possible to disable keyclick with the Basic 'Screen' function..
In Asm you only need two instructions,
XOR A
LD (#F3DB),A

Por Timmy

Master (141)

29-12-2020, 03:46

Setting 0 in $F3DB should work, it works for my MSX games in z88dk.

Perhaps it's your configuration?

Por Fabrizio Caruso

Supporter (10)

02-01-2021, 18:55

@Timmy, settings 0 in $F3DB works but not if I use -lmsxbios. My question is: how do i get rid of the click sound if I use MSXBIOS?

Por Timmy

Master (141)

04-01-2021, 18:32

Hi Fabrizio, your problem seems to be very specific, so my suggestion is to post a small bit of working code on the z88dk forums. Please also include the command how you compile it, because there're many configuration options there and every single one of them is different. And then I hope I can fix it for you.

I personally use my own msxbios library, so I don't know how -lmsxbios works yet. But I'm sure we can fix it.

(I don't read this forum often, so it's easier for me if you post in the z88dk forum for your problem.)