hi all,
just found this in my loft im new to the msx scene, think this must have been my dads. Anyways just wondered if you could help me out with some info like is this a rare machine,how often do you guys come across them and what is its current value boxed with all instructions.cheers in advance.if necissary e-mail me at fletchy182@yahoo.co.uk

I regularly see HB75P and HB75D's being sold on ebay. Unboxed and without any extras they normally sell for around 10 euro. P = International/Dutch?, D = German and I'm assuming B = Belgian. The only difference (afaik) though is the keyboard layout, so as far as that's concerned a HB75B would probably only make around 10 euro as well.

However, as I've never seen a HB75B before it could very well be that it's relatively rare and if it's also boxed with manuals you might be able to maybe get 30 or 50 euro for it from a collector. Note: that's just what I'm guessing.

Maybe somebody who's more into collecting can give you a better answer.

And I'll leave it to the diehard MSX freaks here to tell you that you of course shouldn't sell it, but instead start using it

The HB-75 is an okay MSX machine, but pretty common as Ballarena already stated.

K.

You might get a bit more for it because it's boxed and complete with manuals...
Nevertheless, it's a common machine, but IMO with GREAT keyboard I wish my MSX2 had such a keyboard. (Ofcourse the 'special' keys like F-keys and cursors are crap ^^; the rest is marvelous)
For a MSX1 it's pretty full-featured. 64K RAM, built-in firmware.. My grandpa had a 75P, I think he actually used the firmware