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| | | | Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 18:28 Submitted by: wolf_ Topic: Hardware | | Source: The MSX Files
A while ago, we reported about the MSX Rio 2007 photoshoot. The highlight of that meeting was a demonstration of the VDU (Video Display Unit) project: four stacked V9958 chips for four scrolling layers, four times the video memory and four times the sprites. Ricardo Oazem, creator of VDU, just announced the evolution of his project, which now is called VSU (Video and Sound Unit).
This new VSU is now made with two v9958 chips and two v9990 chips (instead of the four v9958 chips from VDU). In addition to that, it comes with an OPL4 chip! As one can expect, the VSU will be 100% compatible with both the GFX9000 and Moonsound!
Relevant link: The VSU |
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| By Maggoo on March 20 2008, 18:40 | Awesome ! Question is, how much will it cost and when can we get it.
BTW, linky on the same page... SIMCITY for MSX !!! 
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| By SLotman on March 20 2008, 19:29 | Oazem don't know how much it will cost yet, but he told me he wants this "ready" this year 
So it won't take long before we can play with the VSU!
And yeah, Sim City MSX rox!
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| By ARTRAG on March 20 2008, 20:46 | nice HW! hope only someone will exploit it
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| By wolf_ on March 20 2008, 20:54 | While technically very interesting and appealing, the problem is of course: support from developers and user base. Who knows, perhaps ppl will find this one interesting, but for even one of those 4 chips (1 single gfx9000) we've yet to see structural support.
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| By SLotman on March 20 2008, 23:41 | Quote:
| Then why didn't you (or anyone else) submit a news post!
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Maaaaybe because it was 5 a.m. and I was more sleepy than awake? 
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| By Sonic_aka_T on March 27 2008, 19:17 | That'll be a bitch to emulate! 
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| By PingPong on March 28 2008, 17:30 | I agree with wolf: the most today sw does not nearly use the features of a plain msx2. Before going to manage a SVGA 3d accelerated card plugged into msx computer, there must be sw that use
msx2 capabilities
msx2+ capabilities
turboR capabilities
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| By DemonSeed on March 28 2008, 17:41 | Maybe some sort of "MSX-BASIC plus", dedicated to the VSU would make the threshold substantially lower for possible developers?
Yeah I admit, speaking for myself as well.
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| By SLotman on March 29 2008, 04:30 | Quote:
| While technically very interesting and appealing, the problem is of course: support from developers and user base
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Well, at least me, and Daniel Caetano are very interested in developing stuff for it, so *for sure* there will be software for the VSU. Maybe (this is me thinking on it) some of it could even run on a plain gfx9000 (without the extras), so even people with simple gfx9000 could benefit from it. But I can't promess that
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| I agree with wolf: the most today sw does not nearly use the features of a plain msx2.
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Well, on this I have to agree with Oazem: He tells me, if he's going to develop something new, then he should do it the best thing he can make.
Also, the biggest problem on MSX always was the slow VDP. With the VSU, we'll get a huge improvement on that
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| Maybe some sort of "MSX-BASIC plus", dedicated to the VSU would make the threshold substantially lower for possible developers?
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That BASIC that works with gfx9000 works on VSU (the tR only and another one which works on MSX2 and up) - the two v9958 on the VSU works normal on BASIC, you just have to make one OUT to select which one is active (or to make them all active at once) - so using it from BASIC is no problem at all
(Those demos on youtube were all made in BASIC by Oazem - Even the Prince of Persia demo!)
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| By sunrise on March 29 2008, 07:10 | I wonder what the price will be , if it's one board with all. Or in case or is it DIY
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| By SLotman on March 30 2008, 12:33 | Well, for europeans won't be any expensive at all, specially with the exchange rates of real and euro
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| By sunrise on March 30 2008, 22:04 | You donot answer the two questions
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| By SLotman on March 31 2008, 07:30 | I dont know if it will be a single board or whatever, Oazem is the one making it, and he still designing the final board (he still need to integrate the OPL4 chip into the layout). And although he already have all the necessary components to produce the VSU, he doesnt know how much it will cost.
For now, letīs just wait until MSXRio (which could be in May) where he will show the latest prototype 
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| By SaebaMSX on March 31 2008, 13:05 | Is OPL4 a chip easily available?
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| By sunrise on March 31 2008, 19:56 | Leaves the second question .DIY or not
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| By SLotman on March 31 2008, 23:05 | No second question, in the begining of my last reply I tell you that I don't know, he is still desining the final board, so let's wait until MSX Rio!
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| By DemonSeed on March 31 2008, 23:28 | Quote:
| Those demos on youtube were all made in BASIC by Oazem - Even the Prince of Persia demo!
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 Really...
Well, the run"demo1" sort of gives it away.
So count me in then!!!!!
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| By msd on April 01 2008, 00:08 | 1 april?
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| By SLotman on April 01 2008, 09:24 | Nope, this is NOT an Aprilīs fool joke - itīs for real.
Also Oazem told me VSU will be an external board inside a case (just like an external disk drive + disk interface).
As for the price, still the same, he is still developing the board with OPL4 (he has plenty of them already, and can buy more if necessary) - so he cant give a price just yet.
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| By wolf_ on April 01 2008, 10:40 | Has Oazem done any 'marketing' research on how to make sure enough people will eventually buy a VSU to form a structural scene with tons of support and relevant releases?
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| By yum on April 09 2008, 23:30 | Let's make a poll of this shall we?
Would you buy a VSU if the price is about XXX?
Yes
No
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| By DemonSeed on April 10 2008, 02:58 | Yes let's poll it! (please?)
And only $ XXX,- sounds like a bargain; that is, if it's not more than $ X,50 portal costs.
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