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manuel
msx guru
Posts: 3449 |  Posted: December 20 2005, 19:41 |
Hi all,
I got hold of a photo from the Philips VG-8240, thanks to Philip Weiss!
It seems it's basically a 8230 with superimpose. But I think it's very weird that it doesn't have the "MSX2" logo! It just says MSX!
It may very well be one of the very first MSX2 prototypes anyway.
Here's the picture:
I also scanned this picture of it once, in which the superimpose was probably used to display video content from CD-ROM on it (a bit like the laserdisk player setups from Pioneer and Sony):
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manuel
msx guru
Posts: 3449 | Posted: December 20 2005, 20:06 |
Spot the subtle differences with the 8230 case  |
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snout
msx legend
Posts: 4991 | Posted: December 20 2005, 20:11 |
1) [the bleedin' obvious] Superimpose button!  |
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manuel
msx guru
Posts: 3449 | Posted: December 20 2005, 20:28 |
2) the superimpose in stead of FDD BUSY led! |
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Maggoo
msx professional
Posts: 584 | Posted: December 20 2005, 20:33 |
3) Light gray reset button |
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Gorgane
msx user
Posts: 57 | Posted: December 20 2005, 21:33 |
4) No red/orange arrows on the cursor keys.
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manuel
msx guru
Posts: 3449 | Posted: December 20 2005, 23:29 |
5) (as said in the original post "2" missing after the MSX logo |
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zett
msx addict
Posts: 282 | Posted: December 21 2005, 00:17 |
The case is not like the 35 becourse no cooling strips at the top.
And i think its a msx 1 look at the rom size
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msd
msx professional
Posts: 612 | Posted: December 21 2005, 08:10 |
rom size 64KB.. .That doesn't seem to be a MSX1
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[D-Tail]
msx guru
Posts: 3017 | Posted: December 21 2005, 09:20 |
'8240' instead of '8235' on the top |
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AuroraMSX
msx master
Posts: 1248 | Posted: December 21 2005, 09:57 |
VG instead of NMS
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fondacio
msx lover
Posts: 103 | Posted: December 21 2005, 11:26 |
Quote:
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But then, NMS only came with the 8250, 8255, 8245 and 8280. The 8230 and 8235 were both VGs. Of course you were probably joking. Has anyone noticed the subtle underlining of the word "Philips"? |
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[D-Tail]
msx guru
Posts: 3017 | Posted: December 21 2005, 12:12 |
It's not an underlining - it's an outset metal sticker  ... Which is available on the 8245 also. But hey, the [CLR/HOME]-key doesn't seem right to me... |
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AuroraMSX
msx master
Posts: 1248 | Posted: December 21 2005, 12:23 |
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| But then, NMS only came with the 8250, 8255, 8245 and 8280. The 8230 and 8235 were both VGs.
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And the '40 would be right between the '35 (VG) and the '45 (NMS), so it might as well have been an NMS instead of VG :-) |
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manuel
msx guru
Posts: 3449 | Posted: December 21 2005, 15:10 |
AuroraMSX: but I was asking for the differences with the '30!
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