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17 comments on “Relearning MSX #5: Setting up the MSX-C environment (part 1)”

1. Manuel on December 30, 2014 at 12:21 am said:

   Hi,

   Great post!

   Some alternative solutions just FYI:
   – instead of using the command line to setup the default machine, you can also set it with the OSD menu under Hardware. This won’t insert the IDE interface, though.
   – But for that, you could use a boosted MSX turboR machine configuration Boosted_MSXturboR_with_IDE (and use the default 100MB hard disk image)
   – Or, alternatively, start up with the new default machine (e.g. that Panasonic FS-A1GT), insert the IDE extension via the OSD menu, power off, and save the current state. Use that state later to start with the IDE extension (with the right hard disk image).
   – save_settings_on_exit is on by default
   – get all system ROMs in one go by unzipping the zip file you can find here in the place where you put the specific files: http://www.msxarchive.nl/pub/msx/emulator/openMSX/

   Have fun! :)

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2. Electric Adventures on December 30, 2014 at 7:00 am said:

   Excellent article, reads very well and very easy to follow.
   I will mention this blog when I do the emulator setup part of my “Let’s Make a Retro Game” video series.
   I look forward to the next part.

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3. Bitvision on December 30, 2014 at 5:31 pm said:

   Great post! Looking forward for the next part.

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4. Germán Díaz on December 30, 2014 at 11:52 pm said:

   Nice post!
   Easy to follow for beginners.
   Although I am a MSX user since 1984 I’ve been reading and practicing with “Relearning MSX” just for fun and now I’m looking forward for next chapter :)

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5. Pablibiris on December 31, 2014 at 5:06 am said:

   Aghhh! me mata no manejar el inglés com quisiera…disfrutaria muchisimo mas de este genial blog :P Adelante Javi!,se agradece un Blog asi ;)

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6. Neslou on January 6, 2015 at 7:44 pm said:

   Hi Javi,
   Really practical and easy to follow articles!
   You make a great job, I will follow your series and maybe use them after translating in French in my blog (if you are agree off course).. My aim Is to construct a Z80 SBC first but who knows for the future :-)

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   • Javi Lavandeira on January 6, 2015 at 8:43 pm said:

     Sure, feel free to use any of my site’s contents.

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7. Javi Lavandeira on January 6, 2015 at 8:42 pm said:

   Thanks, guys. Your comments keep me motivated to keep writing. :-)

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8. Kripton Vintagenario on January 28, 2015 at 8:50 am said:

   Magnifico tutorial, para los que nos queremos introducir con el Msx.
   Además, openMSX está en los repertorios de Ubuntu y Mint; por lo que no tiene ninguna complejidad el instalarlo.

   Saludos.

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9. Eduard Biete on March 8, 2015 at 3:37 am said:

   Hey Javi! ;) Nice to read you after so many years!

   Getting myself also into nostalgia mode and installing a retro gaming platform on the PI2. Just compiling last version of openMSX (the one shipped with RetroPie doesn’t work).

   Let’s go to the next posts!

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   • Javi Lavandeira on March 9, 2015 at 11:38 pm said:

     Hey Edu! Nice to see you around! rogersm is also visiting from time to time. We need coders like you guys around here! :-)

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10. Daniel Sousa on May 27, 2016 at 12:44 pm said:

    Hi! Congrats on this series!
    I’m having a problem when I type the
    ‘diskmanipulator create MSXC12HD.dsk 32m 32m 32m 32m’ line on the console. I get a
    ‘Couldn’t create image: Error opening file “MSXC12HD.dsk”: Permission denied.

    I’m running openMSX 0.12.0 with all the roms and files you mentioned to download. I get the Panasonic FS-A1GT on the windows title, so I guess I did everything allright.

    Any tips?

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    • Javi Lavandeira on May 27, 2016 at 12:48 pm said:

      Hi Daniel,

      Looks like it’s a problem with file permissions in your computer. Can you let me know a couple things?

      – What operating system are you running? (Windows, OS X, Linux…)

      – How are you starting the emulator? (running it from the command line, starting it from an icon, etc…)

      Javi

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      • Daniel Sousa on May 27, 2016 at 1:57 pm said:

        Javi, thanks for the quick answer.
        As soon as I read the ‘file permissions’ question I realized I had to run opanMSX as admin. Everything’s fine now (except for my pride, lol).

        I’m running it on a Win7 64-bit PC.

        Again, thank you for you kind reply.

        I used to play with a brazilian Gradiente MSX 1.1 when I was a kid (mostly with Basic). I’ve been interested in retrocomputing for a while and thought about getting my MSX up and running, but it is in awful conditions. So while I can’t manage to get another I decided to get an emu to settle the nostalgia down for a while. That’s when I found you postings, and I’m glad i found it. Will keep following.

        Thanks!

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        • Javi Lavandeira on May 28, 2016 at 10:24 am said:

          Actually, you shouldn’t need to run it as an admin. Probably it was running from the installation directory instead of your home directory.

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11. Aymen on May 9, 2017 at 1:51 am said:

    Panasonic FS-A1GT firmware: fs-a1gt_firmware.rom
    Panasonic FS-A1GT kanji ROM: fs-a1gt_kanjifont.rom
    Sunrise ATA-IDE firmware: ide250.zip

    these roms are no longer available

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    • Javi Lavandeira on May 9, 2017 at 8:01 am said:

      You’re right. Looks like these ROMS have been removed from the archive they were in.

      I’ll check for a different location later and update the links later from work.

      Thanks for letting me know!

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