Pointless Platform is a TNI entry for MSXdev'06. Inspired by bobamu's Pointless Drive, which was an entry for the 1st MSX-BASIC Game Contest organized by Karoshi Corp. and judged by me.

ROMLOAD v1.99t was released. The first real release under the TNI flag. The list of changes isn't that short either. Here's the list:

• Rewritten the Sound Cartridge detection code. It doesn't use the Konami detection anymore
• Fixed a bug which couldn't run the correct dump of Super Lode Runner
• Added support for Cross Blaim
• Added support to run 16 kB mapped games in the SD-Snatcher Sound Cartridge
• Added support to run BASIC text in ROM without requiring a reset
• Added support to change CPU mode on MSXturboR, Panasonic FS-A1WX, Panasonic FS-A1FX, Panasonic FS-A1WSX and Ciel Expert 3 before startin up the ROM image

As of today, ROMLOAD has become a product of The New Image. The original link on my home page redirects to the ROMLOAD product page.

IPS4MSX v1.3 was released. Most fixes in this release are related to big chunk patching, as this was never really tested. Changes are:

• Fixed RLE >32K bug
• Fixed datablock >32K bug
• Fixed truncate >32K & >64K bug
• Added some more error messages
• Removed redundant code from the rename routine, causing to rename the result file incorrectly in MSX-DOS2

FDISK 3.10 has a small bug causing useful MSX-DOS2 commands like UNDEL not to work. The problem is the Volume ID isn't set according to MSX-DOS2 specifications. I've made a little tool called FIXBOOT that will fix this problem and allow. The patch is performed in such a way that it will remain more or less compatible with the PC one. The tool is available in the download section of my Home Page.