Tutorial - How do I run those programs?

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    First, you will need a good MSX emulator. Top choices are BlueMSX, OpenMSX, RedMSX or BR-MSX if you have a very old machine.

To run the programs, first verify if they are compressed. If they are, then run to www.winzip.com and download winzip to be able to uncompress the file and run it on your emulator (Note that the most modern emulators like BlueMSX, RedMSX and OpenMSX already support zip compressed files internally).

If the file you downloaded has the extension LZH, you probably will need LHA (Lha x filename.lzh). Or if the file has the extension PMA, you will need PMEXT (PMEXT filename.pma *.* /A).

DSK Files

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   DSK files are raw images from real MSX disks. To run files with .DSK extension, use the following command line:

BR-MSX -diska filename.DSK [ENTER]
   This command line also works for fMSX. On BlueMSX or RedMSX, just drag the file to the emulator window (even if it's zip-compressed).

ROM files

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   ROM files are raw images from real MSX cartridges. To run files with a .ROM extension, use the following command line:

BR-MSX filename.ROM [ENTER]
   And again, this command line also works for fMSX. On BlueMSX or RedMSX, just drag the file to the emulator window (even if it's zip-compressed).

CAS files

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   CAS files are raw images from real MSX tape. To run files with a .CAS extension, use the following command line:

BR-MSX -tape filename.CAS [ENTER]
   And again, this command line also works for fMSX. On BlueMSX or RedMSX, just drag the file to the emulator window (even if it's zip-compressed).

Other Files (.BAS, .BIN, .COM, etc)

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   In case of other files, the only way to run them without much trouble is using BR-MSX or BlueMSX/RedMSX, through the option "-mount" on BrMSX which transform any directory in your machine into a virtual disk. On BlueMSX the same can be achieved through "Insert Directory", and on RedMSX with "Mount drive".

   To use this resource, make a folder (Eg: C:\Msx) and uncompress the file inside it.(ATTENTION: Do not exceed the size of 720kb of files in this folder, or the emulators won't be capable to create a virtual disk, because real MSX disks couldn't store more than this). On BrMSX, execute the following command line:

BR-MSX -mount C:\MSX [ENTER]

   And of course change C:\MSX for the folder where you extracted your files. On BlueMSX and RedMSX a "Browse for folder" dialog will show, and you just have to select the folder you created. Then, you can just run them as in a normal MSX:

• .Bas Files: In MSX Basic type: run "filename.bas" [ENTER] (with quotes)
  
  
• .Bin Files: In MSX Basic type: bload "filename.bin",R [ENTER] (with quotes)
  
  
• .Com Files: In this case you will need also in the same dir the following files: SOLXDOS.SYS or MSDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM (this files are from MSX-DOS and will be executed imediately if found in any disk. Then you just type the filename and press enter to run it.

   Of course you can also use the utility dsktool to create a disk image from all the files on a dir (also only up to 720kb), using the following command line:

dsktool -A filename.dsk *.* [ENTER]

   Don't forget that in BR-MSX if you want to emulate MSX2 you will need the -MSX2 parameter somewhere in the command line.

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