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Carnivore2 User Guide

English version

Copyright (C) 2020 RBSC (Russian Bear Service Crew)

Русская версия находится здесь:

Инструкция по эксплуатации Carnivore2

About the project

Carnivore2 is the multi–functional cartridge for the MSX platform that was created in 2017 by RBSC. The project is still
supported — new ﬁrmware for FPGA is being released, as well as the software — the tools for working with the cartridge, the
Boot Menu (boot block), etc. The website of RBSC can be found

Carnivore2 features

External storage: CF card (CompactFlash)

Nextor is used as DOS (built-in support for FAT12/16, maximum partition size: 4 GB)
High read and write speeds

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Summary of Contents for Carnivore2

Page 1: ...as created in 2017 by RBSC The project is still supported new rmware for FPGA is being released as well as the software the tools for working with the cartridge the Boot Menu boot block etc The websit...

Page 2: ...s Customizable user interface colors sorting key repeat speed fade e ects Help system Joystick and joypads support 50 60Hz instant switching support Selectable Turbo or R800 modes Auto Start of con gu...

Page 3: ...of authorized Carnivore2 manufacturers and distributors Order from Maxiol RBSC O cial distributor in Russia Purchase from 8bits4ever online store O cial distributor in Spain Purchase from Retro Game R...

Page 4: ...ard assembled by Maxiol authorized manufacturer seller Russia Th board assembled by Carmeloco authorized manufacturer seller Spain Th board assembled by Retro Game Restore authorized manufacturer sell...

Page 5: ...rnivore2 cartridge is not guaranteed in the R800 mode on Panasonic Turbo R computers There may be various anomalies in this mode for example the games that require a system restart as well as the con...

Page 6: ...will not be able to play FMPAC SCC and PSG music and sound e ects When a computer is just powered on with the Carnivore2 cartridge inserted into a slot it may reboot twice This is normal and was imple...

Page 7: ...re Before uploading the rmware please make sure that the CF card is not inserted For updating uploading of the rmware you will need Quartus II Web Edition Free 15 0 software 1 Byte Blaster or USB Blas...

Page 8: ...orrectly To connect the programmer to the AS connector on the cartridge you need a dual row pin header PLD 2 5 2 54 mm that must be inserted into the programmer cable s connector Then the programmer s...

Page 9: ...r where the cartridge is located for example 10 for rst slot 20 for second slot 3 etc From the main menu select Open cartridge s Service Menu using the 9 key 4 With the 7 key select Fully erase FlashR...

Page 10: ...e will be shown and the cartridge will try to boot into MSX DOS2 within the next 10 seconds In this case please write the special version of the Boot Menu into the cartridge see the Special folder in...

Page 11: ...the desired con guration After a computer shows its boot logo the cartridge s Boot Menu should appear and you should see the main menu with the list of directory entries Navigating the menu is very e...

Page 12: ...s and external joysticks connected to any of the 2 joystick ports The joystick s stick movements and pressing the buttons are interpreted as follows same as cursor keys same as cursor keys A start an...

Page 13: ...s chip must be installed on the Carnivore2 s board The selection of an entry for auto start is done with the A key from the main menu To cancel auto start for an entry press the D key There are severa...

Page 14: ...owered on again CPU mode The Turbo mode can be enabled with the T button only on Panasonic MSX2 computers and R800 mode can be enabled only on Panasonic Turbo R computers with the same button On other...

Page 15: ...itched o This screen also supports joystick The joystick s movements and buttons are interpreted as follows increase decrease SCC SCC volume increase decrease FMPAC volume A B apply changes and exit s...

Page 16: ...the volume setting is only preserved until the power o So setting the volume once allows to play games and listening to the music until the computer is completely switched o This screen also supports...

Page 17: ...of the palette on MSX computers with v991x or v992x video processors will be disabled Also if the directory sorting is enabled or disabled the current auto start entry as well as the master slave slo...

Page 18: ...use one of the master slot s subslots to emulate the slave slot staring from Boot Menu v2 40 The Boot Menu identi es whether there s a suitable free slot in the MSX and then shows this slot as slave i...

Page 19: ...er apply changes and restart The ROMs for the dual slot con guration can be selected from the main menu The entry for the master slot can be selected by pressing 1 the entry for the slave slot can be...

Page 20: ...e emulation same as Space on keyboard B exit to the main menu same as Esc on keyboard Help screens The two help screens provide a complete list of keys and their assignments as well as information on...

Page 21: ...l use the Carnivore2 cartridge working as SCC device for the output This functionality has been veri ed to be working with Snatcher and Konami Game Collection volumes 1 4 and also with the special gam...

Page 22: ...Main Menu 1 Write ROM image into FlashROM 2 Create new configuration entry 3 Browse edit cartridge s directory 4 Restart the computer 9 Open cartridge s Service Menu 0 Exit to MSX DOS ESC The main men...

Page 23: ...AM expander or as a disk drive Or as a combination of those devices The con guration entries will have the C symbol close to their names Once the con guration entry is selected the MSX will restart to...

Page 24: ...try with the new settings and your ROM will start working correctly When you are making your own con guration settings for a selected ROM le you can always save them into RCP le You need to select the...

Page 25: ...this case the correct DefCon g record is automatically created which is necessary for the correct detection of the cartridge by utilities Write Boot Menu This service menu option updates the Boot Menu...

Page 26: ...ge exists in the cartridge s RAM only until the next power o unless there s a battery installed onto the cartridge s board to always preserve the RAM s data Don t power o your MSX if you want to keep...

Page 27: ...oesn t overwrite the existing Boot Menu with the one stored in the backup le In this case the utility shows the symbol instead of when skipping writing of the Boot Menu WARNING Interrupting the FlashR...

Page 28: ...ta but to have the latest Boot Menu and IDE BIOS versions you need to run openMSX boot to MSX DOS and use the C2MAN or C2MAN40 utility to update the Boot Menu and IDE BIOS using the latest BIN les fro...

Page 29: ...ikki 8bits4ever Robodrunk Vogul We would like to thank the creators of the MSX platform for their wonderful invention that brings joy to many people for more than 30 years Contact information The term...

Page 30: ...30 30 https sysadminmosaic ru en msx carnivore2 carnivore2 2020 11 27 21 27...

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