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molekula wrote: ↑Sun Nov 27, 2022 6:05 pm Today I posted another version.
- SCC sound fix
- adjustment of the number of VDP lines
- support for two cartridges
- BIOS upload support
- firmware/Hangul ROM support

I added MSX1 to the official repository.
At the same time I replaced the BIOS with an opensource BIOS and added a few small things.
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/MSX1_MiSTer

Finally this WONDERFUL core is in the Official Repo! Congrats for such a fine piece of art you have made! I am enjoying it every time I can.

So good to see a well appointed MSX Core. Thank you @molekula.
FDD support seems to have become unavailable via the OSD unless I'm missing something

You can change the first cartridge slot mapper to FDD.

Ah...I did miss something!! I cycled through Slot A Mapper and didn't see that!
Thank you

molekula wrote: ↑Wed Nov 30, 2022 9:46 pm

I added MSX1 to the official repository.
At the same time I replaced the BIOS with an opensource BIOS and added a few small things.
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/MSX1_MiSTer

Just PERFECT! Thanks a lot for this, I have no other words... A dream come true.
I hope people starts enjoying this wonder massively: MSX1 is an incredible standard.

Thank you molekula for this awesome core! Your contribution is greatly appreciated!!

This is amazing, wasnt aware of this at all! HX-10 was my first computer & I always wanted an msx core that worked like the others, able to load tapes & carts etc. Thank you for your hard work

This core is awesome! It's been a lot of fun to get the authentic MSX experience.

As a casual who just wants to explore the gaming library, I still find this core better and easier to use, simply loading ROMs from the OSD rather than waiting forever for them to unzip in Sofarun with the other core, which may end up being deprecated once the MSX2 core matures.

BTW, is it possible to save for games like Dragon Quest?

Is it available with "update all" script?

Yes, this core was added to official repository as MSX1 a few months ago. There's also a test version with MSX 2 support on github that you have to install manually for now.

Is there a way to load/save progress from a .cas file in Metal Gear? Alternatively, if someone knows of a different way to save the game progress, that would also be great.

NYI wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 4:19 am

Is there a way to load/save progress from a .cas file in Metal Gear? Alternatively, if someone knows of a different way to save the game progress, that would also be great.

you could use Game Master 2 and use save disk functionnality.
So you need to put Game Master 2 in slot 1, Metal Gear in slot 2 and mount a blank disk (dsk)
in game you need to call save disk function of game master 2 and save your progress on the disk.

wark91 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 4:47 am

NYI wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 4:19 am

Is there a way to load/save progress from a .cas file in Metal Gear? Alternatively, if someone knows of a different way to save the game progress, that would also be great.

you could use Game Master 2 and use save disk functionnality.
So you need to put Game Master 2 in slot 1, Metal Gear in slot 2 and mount a blank disk (dsk)
in game you need to call save disk function of game master 2 and save your progress on the disk.

This seems to work - thank you for your help!

TLPD-AVW wrote: ↑Sat Feb 18, 2023 10:16 am

There's also a test version with MSX 2 support on github that you have to install manually for now.

Where on github? I've been meaning to check this out, but all I can find on there is the rbf of the stable release from November

Edit: Nevermind, found it. Here's the link for anyone else who sucks at navigating GitHub on mobile like I do lol:
https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/MSX1_Mi ... t/releases

Regarding the MSX2 core, I am struggling to get it started. I downloaded the latest rel but I don't know how to configure the bios pack I downloaded from https://vampier.net/MSX/; I tried unpacking it but clearly I'm missing a step, as a result I just have a black screen from which I can only get out by rebooting.