OK, I don't want to ask again how to run .bin or .bas files, I read the FAQ and I was able to create .dsk files and run them fine under my emulator...

But! Not all of the .bin or .bas games came with an autoexec.bas file. Which means that every time I run the .dsk file, I'd have to run the game.bas and game.bin files manualy.

I want to create .dsk files which would automaticaly load. How do I create the autoexec.bas files for them?

Thanks!




saa[b_r]ider
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Have you played MSX lately?©

It's really easy.
If your program has a BASIC loader, as it's usual, called for example "GAME.BAS"
You should type the following

10 RUN"GAME.BAS"

And then save the program:

SAVE"AUTOEXEC.BAS"

Another option is to rename the loader file (if it is in BASIC) to AUTOEXEC.BAS

The last -easy- option is to create a text file with the mentioned program using your PC (use EDIT or NOTEPAD), save it as AUTOEXEC.BAS and then include this file in the previously created DSK image.

I hope that this will help you.

Kind regards,

Ed Robsy

And renaming goes like:

NAME "GAME.BAS" AS "AUTOEXEC.BAS"

(in BASIC)

Thanks to both of you, Pitpan and MOA. I was able to make them executable by renaming game.bas to autoexec.bas.

But, I still can't make disk images which contain *.bin load automaticaly. Do I need to make an autoexec.bas file for them too?

Also, I have the following games which are in .bas format:

Boulder Dash 2
Elevator Action
Ghost Busters

I put them in .dsk files using (Disk Manager) just like I did with the other .bas games, but they just wouldn't work. After using the command:
run"game.bas"
or
load"game.bas",r
etc...
it would just say:
OK
and nothing would happen! I tried two different emulators in MSX1, MSX2 and MSX2+ modes. NL MSX and RU MSX are the emulators I used, but as I said, with no luck. Any idea what I should do?

Thanks again!



saa[b_r]ider

Maybe you must type a 'POKE' instruction depending on the subslot configuration of the emulated MSX.

Try one of these:

POKE -1,0
POKE -1,&H55
POKE -1,&HAA
POKE -1,&HFF


First type the POKE and press return key. After try to load the game.

If it still don't work, perhaps you got corrupted files.

Well, not sure what you mean. Are you trying to load binary files with the "run" or "load" command? Binary files need to be loaded with BLOAD (binary load).

Let's say, you have to execute KickAssGame by entering:

BLOAD"KICK-ASS-GAME.BIN",R

then you can make an auto-booting disk by creating an AUTOEXEC.BAS which contains:

10 SCREEN 0RINT "LOADING KICK-ASS GAME..."
20 BLOAD"KICK-ASS-GAME.BIN",R

To save this BASIC program on your disk, type:

SAVE "AUTOEXEC.BAS"


Hope that's what you mean!

Quote:

Well, not sure what you mean. Are you trying to load binary files with the "run" or "load" command? Binary files need to be loaded with BLOAD (binary load). Hope that's what you mean!

Sorry I wasn't clear about the .bin part of the question, but yes that is what I mean Thanks for the help!




saa[b_r]ider

Hello,

Well i got a simular problem.

I also want to convert .bin and .bas files into 1 .dsk file.
Well that part works but i still cannot run riverraid which consists of 2 files: rivraid.bas and river.bin

When i type load"rivraid.bas",r
the fmsx emulator just keeps saying ok.
The poke instructions as described above do not work, because the emulator stops on them.

Try using a less crappy emulator than fMSX, for instance NLMSX or openMSX.

Ah hehe, thx i will try them first.

Well with NLMSX it still does not work so i guess the files are corrupted.

But thanks for the help

there can be several things that go wrong here..

first you said you created a DSK image yourself. Are you sure the files were not-corrupted before you put them in a DSK image? Maybe something went wrong in the process.

Second, you can try to skip the .BAS file and BLOAD the .bin file. Maybe it's just the BASIC loader that (#$*$#cks up

Well if i try the Bload"river.bin",r i get the message " bad file mode" so i guess the bin is corrupted, because with the poke options i did get the same message.

yup, sounds indeed like your files are corrupted :/