Building MSX disks

MSX disk have to be MSX-DOS 1.0 or later system disks, so you have to add the usual MSXDOS.SYS and COMMAND.COM files.

Then, shoudl add MSXDAAD.COM file, avaliable at release folder at the Maluva repository, and then the following files:

• The MSX interpreter named as DAAD.Z80. You can use the english or spanish interpreter.
• The MDG file, DAAD characters and vectorial graphics database, named DAAD.MDG
• The DDB file, generated by DRC or DC DAAD compilers.
• Optionally, a usual MSX .SC2 image, used as loading screen.

Of course, you can add also file 0.XMB if you use XMESSAGE function, or .MS2 files if you use XPICTURE function.

You can find pre-made MSX disks which only miss the loading screen and DDB files clicking this link.

If you prefer the files having different names, you can of course rename MSXDAAD.COM file, and then you can also add a new file names FILES.BIN. It would be a text file with 44 characters, 11 per file like this:

This would be a FILES.BIN files changing nothing, with exactly same file names:

DAAD    MDGDAAD    DDBDAAD    Z80DAAD    SC2

This would be a FILES.BIN file for CETROSOL.MDG,CETROSOL.DDB, INTERPRE,Z80 and PANTALLA.SC2:

CETROSOLMDGCETROSOLDDBINTERPREZ80PANTALLASC2

Please make sure you fill names with spaces like in the first example so the file length is exactly 44 characters, 11 per file.

Recommended software

*MSX Disk Manager is able to manage MSX .DSK files either via GUI or command line.