Hi,

A while ago a saw a tetris game on an msx fair.
It was possible to play with 4 players on 4 different msx computers,
because a piece of network hardware had been designed for it.

Is there a possibility to have this network card emulated in blue or open,
so that this game (and possibly more in the future) can be played
online.

That would be cool for an online msx game contest !!!

?????

If you mean triplex, the piece of network hardware you're referring to is also known as a Music Module...

And if I remember correctly, it could be even played with up to 16 (or was it 8?) MSXes at the same time. Too bad those midi cables that are used to connect the music modules with each other, are kinda expensive, else it could be done again like that on a fair/meeting.
*remembers the big setup at one of the fairs where it was released... god.. I was so young back then *

http://members.home.nl/darknessgod/oss05.htm




Can be done in less expensive way:

http://map.tni.nl/resources/joynet/

Or if your are enough lucky to have an obsonet or you have a RS232:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUn_rbpJkW0

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Triplex (199?) Triplex is a multiplayer Tetris game made for up to 15 players linked through the MIDI interface of the Philips Music Module Cartridge (MSX Audio). Possibly the communication routines could be changed, converting it to the JoyNet standard.

So... who's up for hacking Triplex to make it joynet compatible?

can be downloaded anywhere?

...and what about playing it online against other msx'ers,
in bluemsx...

could that be possible ??

norakomi, what's about this new emulator "meisei" and it's networked multiplayer support ?

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can be downloaded anywhere?

After I posted those photos online I received an email from the author of Triplex, informing on the whereabouts of his website (where to download the game). However, I cannot find that email message again and his original homepage seems to be gone.

Maybe in time - after sifting through a several years' worth of backups - I will find that message again, but I fear by that time the webpage mentioned in that message will be gone as well

Before put that messege i search for it but nothing, in Sander's web there isn't any msx related material:

http://www.gogognome.nl/

what's wrong with this diskimage then?

Opss im blind

It is nice to see that Triplex creator is a friend of MTH (and not because of MSX meetings). That shows how small is The Netherlands.

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Or if your are enough lucky to have an obsonet or you have a RS232: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUn_rbpJkW0

Ok,
I have downloaded the obsonet rom and i have put nestorlite on a diskimage.
Can someone explain me step by step how I need to connect to another computer,
and send some information through ?
Is obsonet fast enough to play a game like hyper olympics with 2 players ???

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Ok, I have downloaded the obsonet rom and i have put nestorlite on a diskimage. Can someone explain me step by step how I need to connect to another computer, and send some information through ?

You are using a real obsonet or bluemsx?

If using real obsonet you can update your obsonet to the 1.1 rom version or use the old 1.0 rom (the one it must have inside).

To use inl 1.1.1 you need the 1.1 rom flashed on cart. (with onetfrl.com).

When you boot MSX and obsonet is detected by the rom you are in MSX-DOS, then you have to load INL (i have renamed the inl-eth.com to inl.com (old 1.0 name))

INL I (I=install)

Same than PC, depending if your network have dhcp (boot0) to setup your ip address or not you can do:

if you have automatic network:

INL IP D 63

or use a variable before load inl:

SET INL_DHCP=63 (AUTOEXEC.BAT for example)

if you have to setup inmanual way

INL IP L 192.168.0.34 (or what you need for MSX's IP)
INL IP M 255.255.255.0 (MASK)
INL IP G gateway (router) IP

INL IP P Primary DNS
INL IP S Secondary DNS

or:

* INL_IP
* INL_MASK
* INL_GW
* INL_DNS_P
* INL_DNS_S

in autoexec.

you can write a inl.cfg file like:

IP L 192.168.0.34 (or what you need for MSX's IP)
IP M 255.255.255.0 (MASK)
IP G gateway (router) IP

IP P Primary DNS
IP S Secondary DNS

Everything is in INL11-E.TXT


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Now you are connected to network, you can use PING, TELNET, TFPT, FTP, etc..

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If using bluemsx... you need something more.

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Ok, Is obsonet fast enough to play a game like hyper olympics with 2 players ???

Yes and more than 2, there are a lot trick that are used on network games.


The first, use UDP/IP instead of TCP/IP.