MegaFlashROM SCC+ SD User`s Manual
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1. UK 7 6 5 4 3 1 0 2 B A i Spanish 7 6 5 4 3 1 0 1 AN 1 Ce M 7 9 8 2 B DEAD m INSTALATION In case you need to reinstall part of the software follow these steps OPFXSD nextor rom 1 Install SD kernel Needed to use the SD interface Note this process must be done using another storage device different from the SD reader in the cartridge You can also use RECOVERY mode to install the kernel OPFXSD dskrom rom 11 Installs the diskROM used to load DSKs Needed to run DSKs OPFXSD romdisk dsk ID Installs a ROM drive The ROM drive enables you to put a diskimage into the flashrom It will be mounted as an extra readonly drive The ROM drive is always available unless erased even when not cards are inserted It can be used to boot from or store files that you use regularly OPFXSD recovery rom 134 Installs RECOVERY program Note Update only when the cartridge maker tells you to do it See RECOVERY RECOVERY Recovery mode let s you to configure the cartridge easy way without using other disk interfaces In order to enter the recovery menu hold CURSOR UP while booting The available options are Fi Erase MegaFlashROM This will erase the ROM stored in the MegaFlashROM SCC It is useful if the ROM is corrupted and can t be disabled by pressing ESC F2 Erase SD kernel Erasing the SD kernel the SD reader will be disabled and th2. N Inverts the logic of the key that avoids the execution of the ROM Pressed Not pressed O Creates a MULTIROM with the games inside the MULTIROM OPF file See MULTIROM section F Executes the game by using a soft reset P Patchs a Konami ROM to use the PSG of the cartridge So the sound balance of SCC and PSG is constant and perfect 1 Clone internal PSG using the external one Loads a DSK x 1 to 9 See DSK 1 Installs cartridge s software See INSTALATION U Disables subslots and set MegaFlashROM SCC as unique device available 1 Write the ROM at x1 speed instead of x4 KEYBOARD MATRICES International 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 01 784 6 5 4 3 20 1 0 1 90 8 2 B A DEAD gt aed n 3 2 H G E E D 4 Q P N M L K 5 Z Y X W V U T S 6 F3 F2 F1 CODE CAPS GRAPH CTRL 5 7 RET SELECT BS 5 TAB ESC F5 F4 8 4 T lt DEL INS 9 NUM4 NUM3 NUM2 NUM1 NUMO NUM NUM NUM 10 NUM NUM NUM NUM9 NUM8 NUM7 NUM6 NUMS Japanese 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0 7 6 amp 5 4 3 2 1 0 11 LS xIj 4 9 BL 2 A gt lt 1 Lk 3 1 I H G F E D 4 Q P N M L K 512 Y X W V U T S 6 F2 F1 KANA CAPS GRAPH CTRL 5 7 RET SELECT B
3. Konami ROMs to simulate that they are executed in a Japanese computer OPFXSD NEMESIS3 ROM J lt Shows the texts in Japanese in an European computer 8 Enables the R800 CPU when executing the ROM or turbo mode of Panasonic WX WSX FX models Hxx Changes the Frequency when executing the ROM It won t have any effect if the game change it again during its execution H50 lt 50 Hz H60 lt 60 Hz RCxx Simulates a Konami cart inserted in another slot OPFXSD NEMESIS2 ROM RC743 Simulates Penguin Adventure Kx Forces the execution of the ROM with a Konami mapper K4 Konami K5 lt Konami SCC Ax Forces the execution of the ROM with a ASCII mapper A8 ASC8 A16 ASC16 L Indicates that the ROM has no mapper and works in 0000 FFFF area as 48K or 64K roms M Manual mode OPFXSD won t indentify the ROM mapper automatically C Erases the ROM stored in MegaFlashROM SCC C1 Fully erases the cartridge MegaFlashROM and SD kernel Sxx Forces the slot where the cartridge is placed S1 Slot 1 S13 Slot 1 subslot 3 T rc Fixes the key which will avoid the execution of the ROM stored in the cartridge ESC acts in that way by default To select the desired key it is necessary to select the file and column of the key matrix T64 lt File 6 Column 4 CODE T82 File 8 Column 2 INS See keyboard matrices
4. MSX with less than 128K RAM With this configuration you can t use Nextor or MultiMente only MSX DOS 1 FAT12 and partitions up to 16 MB Execute OPFXSD from command line by selecting the ROM or DSK and needed options After flashing the cartridge Once the ROM is stored the cartridge will behave as if it were the original one and won t be erased even if the computer is turned off ESC key or the one configured through T option must be pressed while computer is booting to avoid the execution of the game If it doesn t work you can erase the cartridge using the recovery mode Press CURSOR UP while booting and select F1 option RESET key can be hold on pressed for 5 seconds to disable MegaFlashROM SCC temporarily if previous system would fail for any reason PSG The PSG included in the cartridge is mapped to ports 3110 412 Internal MSX PSG MegaFlashROM PSG Port Port 410 Port A1 Port 11 Port A2 Port 12 NEXTOR You can find detailed information latest versions and tools at http www konamiman com msx msx e html nextor Boot keys The boot time configuration of Nextor can be modified by keeping pressed some special keys while the system is booting These keys and their behavior are 1 Force boot in MSX DOS 1 mode TR Z80 mode 2 Force boot in MSX DOS 1 mode TR R800 mode 3 Force boot to the BASIC prompt 4 Turbo only Boot in R800 ROM mode assi
5. MEGAFLASHROM SCC SD USER S MANUAL DESCRIPTION MegaFlashROM SCC SD is a combo cartridge with a SD card reader an improved MegaFlashROM SCC and 512K RAM optional Each device is located in a subslot so the cartridge must be inserted in a primary slot It will not work in a slot expander OPFXSD is the software you must use to operate the cartridge You can find it in the FLASH section of www msxcartridgeshop com MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS 5 computer with at least one free Slot 64K RAM MSX DOS 12 16MB partitions or 128K MSX DOS 2 Nextor FAT16 up to 4GB partitions FEATURES 8192 64 Mbits flashROM memory Sound chips 5 and PSG Mapper ASC8 5 16 Konami Konami SCC linear 48K 64K Compatible with microSD SDHC cards in 12 or FAT16 Two micro SD slots High transfer speed Recovery mode Let s you configure the cartridge easily WORKING Insert the MegaFlashROM SCC SD cart in one slot while the computer is turned off Turn the computer on and the disk operative system will boot If you need to reinstall the cartridge software check INSTALATION section MSX with 128K RAM or more With this configuration you can use Nextor MSX DOS 2 FAT16 and partitions up to 4 GB When using an MSX2 or higher MultiMente file explorer will boot automatically It is installed by default in the ROM disk of the cartridge Check MULTIMENTE section
6. S 5 TAB ESC F5 F4 8 gt 1 lt DEL INS 9 NUM4 NUM3 NUM2NUM1 NUMO NUM INUM NUM 10 NUM NUM NUM NUM9 NUM8 NUM7 NUM6 NUMS m m NO YES Azerty RET SELECT BS 5 TAB ESC F5 F4 gt 4 1 lt DEL INS NUM4 NUM3 NUM2 NUM1 NUMO NUM NUM NUM 10 NUM NUM NUM NUM9 NUM8 NUM7 NUM6 NUMS 7 6 5 3 2 1 0 01 7 65 5 4 3 26 1 amp 0 11 7 lt gt 9 9 8 2 Q DEAD U 3 J I H G F E D C 4 L K 5 Y x zlv U T 5 6 F2 F1 CODE CAPS GRAPH CTRL SHIFT 7 8 9 Russian 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 amp 6 5 4 3 2 11 79 VK 0 8 157 lt gt uy sc KK DA Ln F2 F1 CAPS GRAPH CTRL 5 RET SELECT BS 5 ESC F5 F4 gt i T lt DEL INS O BOIN JAM Biwi N R oO NUM4 NUM3 JNUM2NUM 1 NUMO NUM NUM NUM 10 NUM NUM NUM NUM9 NUM8 NUM7 NUM6 NUMS Keyboard matrices from UK and Spain are the same as the international one except these rows
7. e MSX will not identify it as a disk interface F3 Erase ROM disk Erase the disk image installed as ROM disk A F4 Install SD kernel Let s you reinstall the SD kernel so the SD interface will work again You must format a SD card and copy in it KERNEL DAT file F5 Show SD card information Shows information about the card and its partitions Pressing LEFT and RIGHT you can change SD card slot N Disable RAM expansion Only available in the 512K RAM version ESC Exit recovery menu DSK flashing method This is the old method for loading DSKs It has been replaced with the native support of Nextor for DSKs emulation The new method will be used by default when loading a DSK from MultiMente Check DSK from SD for more information A DSK file is a disk image that contains the information of the sectors of a real disk It is possible to load and run up to 9 disk images of 720 KB These files be loaded and changed independently It is not necessary to previously erase the former ones Since the DSK are stored on flashROM memory they will be read only In order to load a DSK you must use D option followed by the number of disk you want to select from 1 to 9 In example OPFXSD undead dsk D1 In games with several disks you can change the disk by holding the desired number key when the disk is accessed i e after pressing space after a change disk dialog in a game Pressing number 0 the disk acc
8. ess will be redirected to the next disk interface probably the floppy disk In this way you can save game data Special keys hold while booting D Disable other disk interfaces to get more free RAM P Set MSX1 palette in MSX2 5 Enable 5 5 R F Enable RAM expansion when available W Discard errors in write operations BOOT KEYS There are some special keys to change the computer s configuration when booting F5 Swap video mode 50Hz lt gt 60Hz F4 Enable turbo mode On turbo R it will enable the R800 On some Panasonic machines it will enable the turbo mode 5 37 MHz Bear in mind that the new configuration can be changed again by the computer BIOS or the game software loaded in the cartridge DSK new This new method loads the DSKs directly for the SD card No need to flash them in the cartridge So it is possible to read and write to them The disk image files must not be fragmented that is their contents must be placed across consecutive sectors in the device In order to switch to a different DSK you must press the appropriate key 1 9 while the computer is trying to read the file this will emulate a disk change Alternatively you can also press the GRAPH key when the computer is trying to read the file The caps led will lit and the computer will freeze until you release GRAPH and press the appropriate DSK number Nextor will boot in disk emulation mode if it finds a file
9. ge Before running the game it is possible to change the video and CPU modes Controls Cursor keys Joystick Move Space Fire Select TAB Fire 2 Enter Exit configuration ESC Exit multiROM STAFF Hardware Kazuhiro Tsujikawa Manuel Pazos Software Manuel Pazos Guillian Armando P rez Ramones N stor Soriano Konamiman English translation Francis Alvarez SaebaMSX Artwork Nova706
10. gn the largest mapper found as the primary mapper and free the 64K allocated for the R800 DRAM mode CTRL Assign only one drive to each Nextor kernel with a device based driver SHIFT Prevent MSX DOS kernels from booting This isuseful to disable the internal floppy disk drive R Disable Nextor when the cartridge is in slot 1 F Disable Nextor when the cartridge is in slot 2 MultiMente MultiMente is a file explorer shell that works on 5 2 or higher with at least 128K RAM It allows to load ROMs and DSK easily into the cartridge without using OPFXSD from command line Basic keys Q Exit Cursors Navigate SPACE Select file 1 9 Change current drive letter 1 A 2 B RETURN Depends on the selected file folder Folder Enter folder ROM Load the ROM in the cartridge DSK Load the DSK in the cartridge as disk 1 FD1 to FD9 Load the file as disk 1 to 9 OPF Load a multiROM file BS Exit current folder similar to CD C Copy D Delete SHIFT RETURN Install MGSDRV RETURN Install MicroCabin BGM driver OPTIONS Executes the game stored the cartridge OPFXSD KLORE2 ROM X lt Stores the ROM and executes it OPFXSD lt Executes whatever is stored in the cartridge Patchs Konami ROMs to simulate that they executed in an European computer OPFXSD USAS ROM E lt Shows the texts in English in a Japanese computer 3 Patchs the
11. named NEXT_DSK DAT in the root directory of a primary partition This file is created when you press RETURN on a DSK or FD1 FD9 file To disable the disk emulation mode that is to boot normally even if a NEXT DSK DAT file exists keep the zero key pressed while the computer boots You will have to manually delete or rename the NEXT DSK DAT file to prevent the disk emulation mode to be entered again in the next system boot MULTIROM It is possible to put several games into the cartridge at the same time as many as they fit in the cartridge s memory up to 511 In order to create a multiROM you need to make a plain text file with the file names to load Each file name must be in a text line and it is possible to set the mapper type after the name Add at the end of the list the keyword END In order to pause the loading process you can use PAUSE Once this file is ready you need to process the list using the option O If you don t specify a multiROM file MULTIROM OPF will be used by default The ROMs to load must be in the same path that OPFXSD and multiROM file Example of MULTIROM OPF content GALIOUS ROM K4 HERO ROM PENGUIN ROM KLORE2 ROM END Command to make the multiROM using the default MULTIROM OPF file OPFXSD O Command to make the multiROM specifying the multiROM file OPFXSD FILENAME EXT O After booting the cartridge a menu will be show with the games in the cartrid
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