There's plans to improve the MSX core?

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There's plans to improve the MSX core?

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The core works well, but the way it works with VHD transforms the experience into something close to an emulator than a recreation. IMHO

Does anyone know the core's plans for the future?

Thanks.
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Re: There's plans to improve the MSX core?

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You can always go back and use the 2nd SD card if the vhd is to modern for you.
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Re: There's plans to improve the MSX core?

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I have heard that and put a few files there, but there is no floppy drive options in the OSD. Do we need to grab an older release of the core as well?
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Re: There's plans to improve the MSX core?

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Cebion wrote: Thu Jun 11, 2020 6:24 pm You can always go back and use the 2nd SD card if the vhd is to modern for you.
I'm not talking about modernity, I'm talking about using my own dumps from cassette or Disk as same on Spectrum, Amstrad or C64 cores.

What sense has using a system in a way that has not been conceived?
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Re: There's plans to improve the MSX core?

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Remember the core comes from OneChipMSX which was kind of it's own new take on MSX. So yes, it never got floppy emulation or anything like that.
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Re: There's plans to improve the MSX core?

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The MSX core is based from 1Chip MSX FPGA device.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1chipMSX
Regarding the wiki page we don't have cassette or disk.

The cassette and disk are emulated with some tools like sofarun, etc ...
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Re: There's plans to improve the MSX core?

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Deu wrote: Thu Jun 11, 2020 5:10 pm The core works well, but the way it works with VHD transforms the experience into something close to an emulator than a recreation. IMHO

Does anyone know the core's plans for the future?

Thanks.
I have a real MSX2 with MEGASCC+ card, and his use is same than Mister MSX FPGA, simply VHD file contains what is present (on real MSX) inside microsd
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It would be awesome to have tape/disk emulation.

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Re: There's plans to improve the MSX core?

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akeley wrote: Fri Sep 11, 2020 5:17 pm It would be awesome to have tape/disk emulation.
Yes, tapes ruled in 80's UK. Unless you were posh and had a BBC Micro :)
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