TRACKERS MOONBLASTER EN 02
Contents
To start
2.1.Hardware
To work with this program, at least the following hardware is required:
- -MSX2 Computer with 128 kB RAM and 128 kB VRAM
- -MSX-MUSIC and/or MSX-AUDIO sound-chip
- -A single-sided FDD disk drive
In order to obtain the stereo sound as intended with this program, both sound chips and a stereo amplifier are required. It is preferable to connect the sound of the MSX-MUSIC chip to the left input and the sound of the MSX-AUDIO to the right input of the amplifier. For an accurate description of this, we recommend you to refer to appendix C.
2.2.The program
If the configuration of your system meets the above requirements, you are ready to save the program. Please note that the following items were in the box when they were purchased:
- -This instruction
- -1 diskette with the MoonBlaster v1.3 program
- -1 floppy disk with sample music, sample kits and the necessary play routines with explanations and source codes
- -1 floppy disk with samples, voices and voicebanks
2.3.Starting the program
To start the program, place the program disk in drive A :. Reset the computer or switch it on. If there is a music module, keep the [ESC] key pressed down (Note: For some music modules, the ROM with the internal program has been deleted or changed, so there is no need to start with [ESC].) The computer will then display MoonBlaster loading and is ready to use.
2.4.The installation
If you have turned on or reset the computer, you can press and hold the [I] key during the boot. This activates the install menu. After starting the install menu, a screen will be displayed with the top menu at the top. This main menu contains three choices that can be selected with the cursor up / down and the space bar.
Edit Parameters
With this choice, the current installation settings can be changed. All settings can be changed by just pressing the space bar. However, setting the colors works slightly differently. Four different colors can be set, namely:
- Foreground color # 1 - This is the color with which almost all text appears on the screen.
- Background color # 1 - This is the normal background color.
- Foreground color # 2 - This is the color with which the text appears within the selection bar. This is set to yellow by default.
- Background color # 2 - This is the background color of the selection bar. This is set to red by default.
Changing these colors is as follows: Use the selection bar to select the color you want to change and press the space bar. Now enter three values ranging from 0 to 7. These values represent resp. the red, green and blue intensity of the color. After entering these three values, the change is immediately implemented so that you can immediately see if the color you like is correct. Before you make the other settings, it is best to first read the entire manual for the function of these settings. This does not apply to the Character Set and the Frequency. The Character Set can be set to MoonBlaster and Normal. If this is set to MoonBlaster the program will start with the special MoonBlaster character set and otherwise the normal MSX character set will be used. The Frequency determines the interrupt frequency at which the computer will run. This can be 50 Hz or 60 Hz. This will default to 50 Hz, but if your monitor / TV can handle this it is better to choose 60 Hz.
Save Parameters
This will save the settings made to disk. Make sure that the MoonBlaster program disk is in the drive and that it is not write protected!
Exit to MoonBlaster
Leave the install menu and start the MoonBlaster program.
