The MSX Facts Thread

By Wolverine_nl

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15-02-2012, 21:58

I'll start:

- MSX used to be a Microsoft product that could be manufactured by other companies as an operating system

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By Jorito

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15-02-2012, 23:31

Hmm, it seems to me that a collection of MSX facts would be better placed in the wiki Smile

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By wolf_

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16-02-2012, 00:05

..which is certainly an option, but collecting them in this thread is for now not a bad idea.

By Wolverine_nl

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16-02-2012, 07:29

Not everything is in the wiki's indeed

By Wolverine_nl

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16-02-2012, 09:35

Plus here you can post the oddities/rare occasional things that aren't a 100% wiki-worthy lol Wink

Like, did you know that for a brief time Quickdisk was an attempt to burst into the msx-scene in the early 80's?
2.8" floppy-discs, connection via Cartridgeslot and some basic custom instructions...i still have it lol, funny little bastard.Murdoch

Here is someone already talking about it.

By msxholder

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16-02-2012, 21:28

What quickdisk "manufactor" is It please?

By Wolverine_nl

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16-02-2012, 22:17

Mitsumi was one of the manufacturers

By msxholder

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16-02-2012, 23:17

Thank you I know that mitsumi is one of them i mean what quickdisk do you Own.

Is it sanyo casio daewoo philips panasonic national ??

By Wolverine_nl

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17-02-2012, 10:11

Ow haha I have a Mitsumi QDM01 myself. I was in the time ripping roms and puttig them as BIN on these small disks Smile

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