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Huey
msx professional
Posts: 636 |  Posted: March 31 2007, 17:03 |
Hi,
After several year without any MSX hardware. I bought an NMS8220 with VY0010 (i think) external diskdrive.
I mainly bought it because of the external diskdrive. This way I can also test some projects on real MSX1 hardware. I still need to get my hands on an MSX1 but those 8020 MSX-es are so extreemly common that won;t be a problem.
As I have never seen a NMS 8220 MSX2 in real life before. I just wonder if there are some rarities about it. And how rare it is (just to know for the case i want to try to solder myself some extra RAM)
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manuel
msx guru
Posts: 3545 | Posted: March 31 2007, 17:30 |
It's not too rare. The problem is that it only has 64kB RAM. And it has that built in Designer drawing program. 
(And no internal drive.)
So, for an MSX2 it's a pretty annoying beast. But if you can live with it: have fun |
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poke-1,170
msx professional
Posts: 897 | Posted: April 01 2007, 02:18 |
it was my msx 2 hahaha... cheap cuz of the lack of diskdrive prolly.
192 K ram and 32 k rom wasn't it ? from what i remember on the cartridge lid.
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Huey
msx professional
Posts: 636 | Posted: April 01 2007, 11:02 |
@poke: I believe so (i still need to pick it up this week)
I bought it mainly for the external (single sided) diskdrive. The MSX2 and monitor was something that came with it.
I guess the drive is worth more than the 8220 then  |
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manuel
msx guru
Posts: 3545 | Posted: April 01 2007, 12:11 |
Mwah, the drive is not too rare either. After all, it's only single sided, so that's not too comfy. But for most MSX1 machines it's kind of essential to have an external drive and double sided ones are hard to find. You could ask Bas to convert this VY-0010 to double sided, though.
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Huey
msx professional
Posts: 636 | Posted: April 01 2007, 12:22 |
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| You could ask Bas to convert this VY-0010 to double sided, though.
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Hmm good idea. |
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Ivan
msx professional
Posts: 908 | Posted: April 01 2007, 12:46 |
I remember that in the eighties a 3.5 inch Sony double sided disk drive + interface costed more than an MSX2 computer without disk drive... they were very expensive. But it was in a time where the most common disk drive in PCs was 5.25 inch...
Wikipedia mentions explicitly the MSX in the first lines of its section dedicated to the 3.5 inch diskette: Floppy disk on Wikipedia |
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AuroraMSX
msx master
Posts: 1262 | Posted: April 01 2007, 18:22 |
May 1985, MSX Computer Magazine (NL) #2:
SVI-728: Hfl.1189,- (about Eur.550,-)
SVI-707 (5"25 360k FDD): Hfl:1199,-
SONY HBD-50: Hfl.1299,-
Both the MSX machines and their peripherals were a tad on the expensive size...
(Just like Apple and Sony machines today )
[edit]more adds in the same magazine: Goldstar FC-200 Hfl.995,-, Yashica YC-64 Hfl.1095,-[/edit] |
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manuel
msx guru
Posts: 3545 | Posted: April 01 2007, 18:27 |
Also check the prices for actual floppy disks!
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wolf_
msx legend
Posts: 4780 | Posted: April 01 2007, 18:46 |
thank heavens there weren't any 6-disk RPG's back then, it'd cost a fortune..  |
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