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TITLE

	fMSX Amiga 0.8

AUTHOR

	Hans Guijt (h.guijt@inter.nl.net)

DESCRIPTION

	fMSX Amiga emulates an MSX computer on an Amiga. Features include:

	- Full emulation of the MSX1 system.
	- Partial emulation of the MSX2 system (to be expanded in the future).
	- Support for reading/writing MSX disks.
	- Support for the SCC sound system.
	- Support for MSX memory sizes of up to 4Mb.

	(for those not in the know: MSX is an 8-bit computer system, similar
	to the C64)

	Software is not included with the package, but many packages (mostly
	games) can be found on FTP sites:

		ftp.saitama-u.ac.jp			/pub/msx/
		altair.komkon.com			/pub/MSX/
		ftp.funet.fi				/pub/msx/
		riaph.irkutsk.su			/pub/

	Hundreds of games are available from these sites, and some form a
	worthy addition to the Amiga software collection.

	Of course fMSX Amiga is fully multitasking, runs in an intuition
	screen, and has a font-sensitive user interface.

NEW FEATURES

	v0.8 at last supports two joysticks!

	MSX2 features were expanded. VDP emulation is complete now, and screen
	5 features sprites (admittedly in the wrong color but enough to make
	it useful).

	Two more megarom mapper options are now available, and the others have
	been improved.

	Many small improvements were made to the user interface, mostly on
	request by users.

	v0.8 is quite a bit faster than v0.7, and several bugs were removed.
	The most notable of these is the 'Konami-corrupted-graphics' bug.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

	Required are:

	- Amiga OS 2.0
	- 68020 processor
	- 400 kilobytes chip ram
	- 900 kilobytes other ram

	Recommended:

	- 68030 processor, at least 25MHz
	- Those 900 kilobytes of 'other' ram had better be fast ram!

	Note that fMSX Amiga does *not* require the AGA chipset. In fact
	it runs on any chipset upto and including graphics cards!

AVAILABILITY

	fMSX Amiga 0.8 is available from any aminet site, such as:

	ftp://ftp.wustl.edu/pub/aminet/misc/emu/fmsx_0.8.lha

PRICE

	It's free.

DISTRIBUTABILITY

	fMSX Amiga 0.8 is publically supported freeware. If you are
	interested in the source, and you're not afraid of function
	pointers and huge amounts of assembly intermixed with C, you
	can request it from me.

	If someone wants to do a special version (and I can think of
	several possibilities, such as a version that uses the MMU
	for optimized Z80 emulation, or a version that has been optimized
	for the CyberGfx system), contact me.

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