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| John Dvorak: whatever happened to MSX?
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manuel
msx guru
Posts: 3451 |  Posted: March 21 2007, 09:33 |
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Unicorn
msx lover
Posts: 72 | Posted: March 21 2007, 10:54 |
I completely missed that one. The article is a bit presumptuous and flawed at times (you told him!) but, as far as the sales figures go, probably correct from an American point of view. What can I say: their loss! But if Mr. Dvorak remembers MSX there’s still hope!
Nah, just kidding!
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Samor
msx professional
Posts: 841 | Posted: March 21 2007, 14:13 |
Nice addition to his article, Manuel. His is a bit too much the American pov. without taking into account the rest of the world. It happens more often....
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jltursan
msx professional
Posts: 873 | Posted: March 21 2007, 17:16 |
Indeed seems a bit flawed; but the diskdrive point is an interesting one. I never though about the reasons behind the lack of success on the USA...
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cax
msx professional
Posts: 1018 | Posted: March 21 2007, 17:34 |
>I never though about the reasons behind the lack of success on the USA...
I can tell you about the lack of success in USSR: MSX was super popular, but unreachable outside of educational institutions. A lot of teenagers, including myself, were ready to kill for MSX. 2 machines were stolen from my own school. It could be a huge success there !
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jltursan
msx professional
Posts: 873 | Posted: March 21 2007, 20:17 |
So it makes me wonder again why there're no MSX clones (maybe Aleste?) in the USSR. The old USSR is the Spectrum clones paradise and I know that the hardware of this machine was very well know by the time...; but I can't understand why nobody tried to clone a MSX machine  . I'm sure that its design could be easily reverse-engineered (not by me, of course) |
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Ivan
msx professional
Posts: 885 | Posted: March 21 2007, 21:21 |
ZX Spectrum = Z80A
MSX1 = Z80A + TMS9918 + AY-3-8910
Price of an MSX clone = Price of a ZX Spectrum clone x 3  |
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jltursan
msx professional
Posts: 873 | Posted: March 21 2007, 23:42 |
I'm afraid that you're forgetting the poor ULA IC...
Sure it would be more expensive; but it would be also 3 times more powerful  |
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