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Future Magazine 6
This page was last modified 23:01, 13 February 2021 by Mars2000you. Based on work by Gdx.
Future Magazine 6 intro
NOTE!
The interface and most of the provided software are for MSX2 and higher. However, there are also 2 software compatible with MSX1.

Contents

Introduction

Diskmagazine released by MSX Club Rijnstreek in June 1991.

Tips:

  • you need to boot while pressing the CTRL key
  • this magazine has an intro in screen 5 with scroll and stereo music (MSX-AUDIO + MSX-MUSIC)
  • the interface of the magazine has been rewritten to be faster

Main content

Future Magazine 6 menu
Future Magazine 6 FM Music
Future Magazine 6 screen 5 picture

General info

  • Internal FM-PAC
  • MSX Slot expander
  • MSX Turbo R (3)
  • Drawing course (Tekencursus) (1)

Hardware reviews

  • TEAC SCSI Superdrive
  • Joypads

Software reviews

Software

Demos

MSX-BASIC loader Title Author Generation Notes
LADY.LDR Amiga Converter Example The Byte Breaker MSX2 With Amiga picture (H.A.M. mode)
converted to MSX screen 5


Music

MSX-BASIC loader Title Author Generation Soundchips Notes
BGM.LDR BGM Loader Uwe Schröder MSX2 MSX-MUSIC Driver BGM.BIN and
6 .BGM files included
FMUSIC.BAS FM Music Marco van de Berg MSX2 MSX-MUSIC
+ MSX-AUDIO 		Stereo replayer
Similar to Awesome Episode I
With 3 musics in crunched
FAC Soundtracker 1 format
WITHOUT.LDR Without Martijn 'MAD' Pieters MSX1 MSX-MUSIC
+ PSG


  • Details about all the BIT2BGM songs on Future Magazine 6
Song (BGM) Title Composer
DANCDARK Dancing In The Dark Uwe Schröder
GOLD Gold Uwe Schröder
LOVEPRID Love & Pride Uwe Schröder
PAPA Papa Uwe Schröder
REFLEX Reflex Uwe Schröder
WECLOSE We Close Our Eyes Uwe Schröder


Example of simple replayer for these files (on MSX2 and higher): 

10 CLEAR 200,&H8AFF
20 BLOAD"BGM.BIN",R
30 BLOAD"SONG.BGM",&H8B00
40 A=USR(&H8B00)
50 A$=INPUT$(1)
60 A=USR(0)
  • Details about all the FAC Soundtracker 1 songs on Future Magazine 6
Song (MUS) Drumkit (SM1/SM2) Title Composer Part of the diskmagazine
ANOTHER
(FMUSIC.006) 		FMUSIC.001/.002 Another One Bytes The Dust Harry Dechering
Marcel Berkhout 		FM Music
LIBERIAN
(FMUSIC.005) 		FMUSIC.001/.002 Liberian Girl Martijn 'MAD' Pieters FM Music
POPCORN2
(FMUSIC.004) 		FMUSIC.001/.002 Popcorn The Remix Ruud Wisse FM Music
SPACEMAN SPACEMAN Space Manbow Coen van der Geest Intro


You can optionally put these files on a dedicated FAC Soundtracker 1 music disk. Except for SPACEMAN, you need to uncrunch and adapt the .MUS files.

Important! You need to modify the names to use the correct extensions (MUS/SM1/SM2), it is also recommended to specify the name of the drumkit (without the extension) in the MUS file.

For more tips about this format, check the FAC Music Disk 1 Wiki page, especially to play the songs on MSX1.

Utilities

MSX-BASIC loader Title Author Generation Notes
PRINTER.BAS File Printer Harrie Dechering MSX2
BLOAD"name",R
MEMMAN.BIN MemMan 2.2 MSX Software
Team (MST) 		MSX2 Uncompress MEMMAN22.ARC
MSX-DOS required
MEMMAN.COM MemMan 2.2 MSX Software
Team (MST) 		MSX2 Uncompress MEMMAN22.ARC
TK.COM TSR KIll 1.2 MSX Software
Team (MST) 		MSX2 Uncompress MEMMAN22.ARC
MemMan 2 application
TL.COM TSR Load 1.2 MSX Software
Team (MST) 		MSX2 Uncompress MEMMAN22.ARC
MemMan 2 application
TV.COM TSR View 1.2 MSX Software
Team (MST) 		MSX2 Uncompress MEMMAN22.ARC
MemMan 2 application
UNARC.COM CP/M Archive File Extractor Robert A. Freed MSX1


Misc

  • TSR file to be used with MemMan 2 and the TSR MSX-DOS tools
    • PB.TSR to create a printer buffer (uncompress MEMMAN22.ARC)
  • PCT file for Dynamic Publisher

Playing tips

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