Hi All!

I could not find on the Net any ROM dumps of the following MSX RS232 interfaces:

* Philips NMS-1210
* Philips NMS-1211
* ESE Harukaze

Does anybody has this devices and could make a dump of its ROMs?

Thanks in advance,
FRS

Nobody has any of those RS232 interfaces?

I believe the NMS-1250 also has the same BIOS as the NMS-1210/11, so its ROM dump could also help me.

It seems the NMS-1255 also has the NMS-1210/11 BIOS.

Got a NMS-1212, maybe it's also the same BIOS

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I'll try to dump it this week and mail it to you

/me wonders whether this thread is a call for warez...

Indeed people, let's at least *try* to uhm, hide what you're actually doing here...

If these roms are emulated wouldn't that be good?I really don't know wether they are emulated by bluemsx or other emulators.So wouldn't that be good?To make our emulators more accurate ?

As far as I know, the NMS1210 and NMS1211 do not have a ROM (at least I think I did not spot it on the PCB).

If I remember correct, there is a .Bin file which should be loaded to have the RS232C BIOS somewhere in RAM.

Didn't realise I was doing something wrong, just wanted to help someone out who's interested in keeping msx alive by developing or doing research
However, I don't wanna get into a lot of trouble so I think I reconsider my offer to dump the NMS1212
I do have another solution : if you make me a good offer you can buy my NMS1212 cartridge so you can investigate it as much as you need

I'll try to explain my intentions. Please understand I'm not looking for warez.

I like to improve MSX hardware, as can be seen by my MSX-Audio upgrade for Music Module and the freshly released 256KB SampleRAM + MSX-Audio BIOS for the Toshiba HX-MU900.

I do have a Gradiente CT80net (RS-232C interface), which is basically identical to the Philips RS-232C interfaces based on the Z8530-SCC IC, combined with a 80 columns (V9938-based) expansion.

I'm working to upgrade the CT80net to, hopefully, achieve 115.2Kbps. The Z8530 SCC will be replaced by its successor, the Z85230-ESCC. This one has FIFOs that will allow higher speeds to be sustained.

I though, as both Philips' and Gradiente's RS-232s share the same design, that I could replicate the same improvements to the Philips' interfaces. But I believe nobody will want to install a Gradiente BIOS (with a lot of code to control the V9938 included) on their NMS-12xx. So, i though on using the more cleaner RS-232C-only BIOS of the Philips as a starting point.

I believe this cannot be technically considered a copyright infringement, since I own a interface with this BIOS and the Philips has just another copy of the same software. This fits well on the fare use category. Just as I can use any emulator because I own many MSXzes from MSX1 to Turbo-R.

If I'm unable to obtain the BIOS for the Philips RS-232C cartridges, I'll only be able to publish the howto for the upgrade on the Gradiente's interfaces.

I hope I could clarify any misunderstandings.

typo: Where "fare use" is read, one should read "fair use".

Using Fossil driver you dont need to worry about bios.

It's not exactly what you are looking for, but perhaps these two links are of interest to you?

http://msxsyssrc.cvs.sourceforge.net/msxsyssrc/serial100/serial.mac?view=markup
http://msxsyssrc.cvs.sourceforge.net/msxsyssrc/serial200/serial.mac?view=markup