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emul8this
msx friend
Posts: 15 |  Posted: November 29 2004, 03:10 |
From my previous post I did obain a MSX Turbo R ST. The appearance is not too bad but I would like to make it shine.. What I would like to do is remake the whole thing into a all-in-one unit, this is my concept idea, tell me how you'd think
- 17"+ TFT Monitor w/ integrated Upscan converter
- Upgrade Turbo R upgrade to 512/1024k RAM
- motherboard integrated into Monitor and built-in Hard Drive
- Removable Keyboard and Trackball mouse
- Powersupply will power both the MSX and Hard Drive
- Repainted Keyboard without the Japanese letters
- Blue Led mods
Like any hi-Tech machine the MSX does deserve to live on. I have done this before with My Mac G3>G4 and commodore and this might seem intresting; although I will render the value of the ST to zero, I think it would make the MSX Turbo R ST live longer than I will
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4991 | Posted: November 29 2004, 10:36 |
I'd personally say: go for it, but leave the harddisk out. Use CompactFlash instead. On MSX, CompactFlash is just as fast or maybe even faster, quiet and a lot more versatile.
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jalu
msx lover
Posts: 124 | Posted: November 29 2004, 12:28 |
Try to get a case+screen from a broken eMac or so...  Make it an eMSXturboR.. 
Anyway, I agree with Snout; don't use a HD but a CF card.
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W76NearDark
msx addict
Posts: 329 | Posted: January 31 2005, 22:58 |
Why would such a project make your Turbo R live longer?
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karloch
msx addict
Posts: 399 | Posted: February 01 2005, 00:38 |
If live longer is the thing, then wait for OneChip MSX 
Counting that the Mac mini costs just 489€, I think that more than 250€ for the new MSX would be very expensive (of course, that is if it really come out to the market) |
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Rikusu
msx professional
Posts: 949 | Posted: February 01 2005, 09:43 |
Well, fortunately it doesn't look like the OneChip MSX will be that expensive  |
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Sonic_aka_T
msx guru
Posts: 2262 | Posted: February 01 2005, 11:47 |
And even if it is, you can't compare a niche product tailor-made for a select group of people with a gazillion-dollar mass-market product...
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[D-Tail]
msx guru
Posts: 2994 | Posted: February 01 2005, 13:31 |
Ainoyabou, ainoyabou |
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BodyHammeR
msx addict
Posts: 486 | Posted: February 01 2005, 15:26 |
Sorry [D-Tail] you lost me there, but I think you might actually have a point... |
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[D-Tail]
msx guru
Posts: 2994 | Posted: February 01 2005, 17:46 |
That's what it's all about, now isn't it? We don't do MSX because we earn huge piles of cash with it. It's plain love for a long 'dead' home computer system, and I damn like it! |
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