MSX megaFlashROM SCC+ SD, User Manual

Page 1: ...MEGAFLASHROM SCC SD USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...e the cartridge You can find it in the FLASH section of www msxcartridgeshop com MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS MSX computer with at least one free Slot 64K RAM MSX DOS FAT12 16MB partitions or 128K MSX DOS 2 Nextor FAT16 up to 4GB partitions FEATURES 8192 KB 64 Mbits flashROM memory Sound chips SCC I and PSG Mapper ASC8 ASC16 Konami Konami SCC linear 48K 64K Compatible with microSD SDHC cards in FAT12 or F...

Page 3: ...his configuration you can use Nextor MSX DOS 2 FAT16 and partitions up to 4 GB When using an MSX2 or higher MultiMente a file explorer will boot automatically It is installed by default in the ROM disk of the cartridge Check MULTIMENTE section MSX with less than 128K RAM With this configuration you can t use Nextor or MultiMente only MSX DOS 1 FAT12 and partitions up to 16 MB Execute OPFXSD from c...

Page 4: ...is booting to avoid the execution of the game If it doesn t work you can erase the cartridge using the recovery mode Press CURSOR UP while booting and select F1 option RESET key can be hold on pressed for 5 seconds to disable MegaFlashROM SCC temporarily if previous system would fail for any reason PSG The PSG included in the cartridge is mapped to ports 10 12 Internal MSX PSG MegaFlashROM PSG Por...

Page 5: ...mode TR Z80 mode 2 Force boot in MSX DOS 1 mode TR R800 mode 3 Force boot to the BASIC prompt 4 Turbo R only Boot in R800 ROM mode assign the largest mapper found as the primary mapper and free the 64K allocated for the R800 DRAM mode CTRL Assign only one drive to each Nextor kernel with a device based driver SHIFT Prevent MSX DOS kernels from booting This isuseful to disable the internal floppy d...

Page 6: ... Exit Cursors Navigate SPACE Select file 1 9 Change current drive letter 1 A 2 B RETURN Depends on the selected file folder Folder Enter folder ROM Load the ROM in the cartridge DSK Load the DSK in the cartridge as disk 1 FD1 to FD9 Load the file as disk 1 to 9 OPF Load a multiROM file BS Exit current folder similar to CD C Copy D Delete SHIFT RETURN Install MGSDRV CTRL RETURN Install MicroCabin B...

Page 7: ... a Japanese computer OPFXSD NEMESIS3 ROM J Shows the texts in Japanese in an European computer 8 Enables the R800 CPU when executing the ROM or turbo mode of Panasonic WX WSX FX models Hxx Changes the Frequency when executing the ROM It won t have any effect if the game change it again during its execution H50 50 Hz H60 60 Hz RCxx Simulates a Konami cart inserted in another slot OPFXSD NEMESIS2 RO...

Page 8: ... of the ROM stored in the cartridge ESC acts in that way by default To select the desired key it is necessary to select the file and column of the key matrix T64 File 6 Column 4 CODE T82 File 8 Column 2 INS See keyboard matrices N Inverts the logic of the key that avoids the execution of the ROM Pressed Not pressed O Creates a MULTIROM with the games inside the MULTIROM OPF file See MULTIROM secti...

Page 9: ... Dx Loads a DSK x 1 to 9 See DSK I Installs cartridge s software See INSTALATION U Disables subslots and set MegaFlashROM SCC as unique device available 1 Write the ROM at x1 speed instead of x4 ...

Page 10: ...AB ESC F5 F4 8 DEL INS HOMESPACE 9 NUM4 NUM3 NUM2NUM1 NUM0 NUM NUM NUM 10 NUM NUM NUM NUM9 NUM8 NUM7 NUM6 NUM5 Japanese 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 9 8 2 B A _ 3 J I H G F E D C 4 R Q P O N M L K 5 Z Y X W V U T S 6 F3 F2 F1 KANA CAPS GRAPH CTRL SHIFT 7 RET SELECT BS STOP TAB ESC F5 F4 8 DEL INS HOMESPACE 9 NUM4 NUM3 NUM2NUM1 NUM0 NUM NUM NUM 10 NUM NUM NUM NUM9 NUM8 NUM7 NUM6 NUM5 11 NO Y...

Page 11: ... NUM4 NUM3 NUM2NUM1 NUM0 NUM NUM NUM 10 NUM NUM NUM NUM9 NUM8 NUM7 NUM6 NUM5 Russian 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 6 5 4 3 2 1 9 1 V Ж H Х Ъ _ 0 8 7 2 I И F Ф Ю B Б Э 3 O О Ш R Р P П A А U У W В S С 4 K К J Й Z З Щ T Т X Ь D Д L Л 5 Q Я N Н Ч C Ц M М G Г E Е Y Ы 6 F3 F2 F1 РУС CAPS GRAPH CTRL SHIFT 7 RET SELECT BS STOP TAB ESC F5 F4 8 DEL INS HOMESPACE 9 NUM4 NUM3 NUM2NUM1 NUM0 NUM NUM NUM 10 NUM NUM NUM NUM9...

Page 12: ...Keyboard matrices from UK and Spain are the same as the international one except these rows UK 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2 B A Spanish 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 ñ Ñ _ 9 8 2 B A DEAD ...

Page 13: ...ernel OPFXSD dskrom rom I1 Installs the diskROM used to load DSKs Needed to run DSKs OPFXSD romdisk dsk ID Installs a ROM drive The ROM drive enables you to put a diskimage into the flashrom It will be mounted as an extra readonly drive The ROM drive is always available unless erased even when not cards are inserted It can be used to boot from or store files that you use regularly OPFXSD recovery ...

Page 14: ... F2 Erase SD kernel Erasing the SD kernel the SD reader will be disabled and the MSX will not identify it as a disk interface F3 Erase ROM disk Erase the disk image installed as ROM disk A F4 Install SD kernel Let s you reinstall the SD kernel so the SD interface will work again You must format a SD card and copy in it KERNEL DAT file F5 Show SD card information Shows information about the card an...

Page 15: ... be loaded and changed independently It is not necessary to previously erase the former ones Since the DSK are stored on flashROM memory they will be read only In order to load a DSK you must use D option followed by the number of disk you want to select from 1 to 9 In example OPFXSD undead dsk D1 In games with several disks you can change the disk by holding the desired number key when the disk i...

Page 16: ...in write operations BOOT KEYS There are some special keys to change the computer s configuration when booting F5 Swap video mode 50Hz 60Hz F4 Enable turbo mode On turbo R it will enable the R800 On some Panasonic machines it will enable the turbo mode 5 37 MHz Bear in mind that the new configuration can be changed again by the computer BIOS or the game software loaded in the cartridge ...

Page 17: ...ess the GRAPH key when the computer is trying to read the file The caps led will lit and the computer will freeze until you release GRAPH and press the appropriate DSK number Nextor will boot in disk emulation mode if it finds a file named NEXT_DSK DAT in the root directory of a primary partition This file is created when you press RETURN on a DSK or FD1 FD9 file To disable the disk emulation mode...

Page 18: ...t line and it is possible to set the mapper type after the name Add at the end of the list the keyword END In order to pause the loading process you can use PAUSE Once this file is ready you need to process the list using the option O If you don t specify a multiROM file MULTIROM OPF will be used by default The ROMs to load must be in the same path that OPFXSD and multiROM file Example of MULTIROM...

Page 19: ...cifying the multiROM file OPFXSD FILENAME EXT O After booting the cartridge a menu will be show with the games in the cartridge Before running the game it is possible to change the video and CPU modes Controls Cursor keys Joystick Move Space Fire Select TAB Fire 2 Enter Exit configuration ESC Exit multiROM ...

Page 20: ... STAFF Hardware Kazuhiro Tsujikawa Manuel Pazos Software Manuel Pazos Guillian Armando Pérez Ramones Néstor Soriano Konamiman English translation Francis Álvarez SaebaMSX Artwork Nova706 ...