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by stephen_usher
13 Nov 2023 22:31
Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
Topic: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!
Replies: 22
Views: 406657

Re: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!

Martin A wrote: 13 Nov 2023 21:32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHdasy0AXuY You get 6 whole seconds in this video!
I know! More than in a few other videos though. The one done by the person who had the table next to mine with Acorn stuff on managed to show practically every table but mine.
by stephen_usher
10 Nov 2023 13:53
Forum: SOFTWARE
Topic: Football Manager
Replies: 23
Views: 474130

Re: Football Manager

I guess that the MFX could read each file into a high memory page as it has memory to spare. I wonder if the code could then trace through the first loader program looking for access to the tape hardware or ROM routine and then redirecting that to a routine to copy the data from the correct memory p...
by stephen_usher
08 Nov 2023 22:55
Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
Topic: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!
Replies: 22
Views: 406657

Re: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!

Oh, and I forgot to post a picture of my "stand". With the number of original Memotech pamphlets I had it could almost have been a trade show from '84. :-) IMG_3419.jpeg What I hadn't noticed until the end of last week when I had both MTXs side by side is how different the early manual and...
by stephen_usher
05 Nov 2023 22:13
Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
Topic: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!
Replies: 22
Views: 406657

Re: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!

Back from the event and everything dumped in the living room. Fun but really tiring. About a third of the people hadn't heard of the machine, though many after prompting remembered the company when talking about ZX81 peripherals. About a third remembered seeing the machine in magazines with many lus...
by stephen_usher
31 Oct 2023 20:52
Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
Topic: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!
Replies: 22
Views: 406657

Re: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!

Well, the MFX is the ultimate upgrade... unless you want serial ports.
by stephen_usher
31 Oct 2023 20:52
Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
Topic: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!
Replies: 22
Views: 406657

Re: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!

Well, the MFX is the ultimate upgrade... unless you want serial ports.
by stephen_usher
29 Oct 2023 16:58
Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
Topic: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!
Replies: 22
Views: 406657

Re: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!

I did get the RGB2HDMI working but the output on that telly was almost indistinguishable from the composite video. It's so much more hassle, so I'll not bother. (The VDP2RGB board solders to the underside of the PCB and connects to the VDP pins directly. Supposedly gives as good a picture as the VDP...
by stephen_usher
29 Oct 2023 13:59
Forum: GENERAL DISCUSSIONS
Topic: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!
Replies: 22
Views: 406657

Re: Only a week until the Retro-Comptuer Festival. Eek!

Signage done. Hopefully it doesn't look too cluttered. I used the "Eurostile" font to match the case. Well, technically the case uses Microgramma font but this is capitals only and the direct forerunner of Eurostile. Unfortunately the shape of the zero is more curved in the later font. Oh ...
by stephen_usher
29 Oct 2023 13:05
Forum: MEMOFEST 2023
Topic: Memofest 2023, Where and When?
Replies: 53
Views: 4003690

Re: Memofest 2023, Where and When?

The enhanced VDP stuff and 80 column card look interesting. Are you looking to upgrade it to be compatible with the VDP in the MSX-2 specification maybe allowing MSX-2 game ports?