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| How much RAM is really needed in an MSX 2 ?
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msd
msx professional
Posts: 621 |  Posted: August 28 2008, 13:38 |
Not so easy to upgrade from msx1 to msx2.
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nikodr
msx addict
Posts: 491 | Posted: August 28 2008, 13:43 |
I am pretty sure that i have read articles that there are certain machines that can be upgraded from msx1 to msx2.For some spectravision machines i think it was done by some people.
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sjoerd
msx addict
Posts: 450 | Posted: August 28 2008, 14:27 |
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| I assume it would be easy to upgrade an msx1 machine to msx2 -(upgrade bios,vdp,diskrom etc)- but not upgrade the ram,wouldn't then be an msx2 machine with fewer than 64kbytes of ram?
Would this be an msx2 machine?
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No, msx2 must have at least 64kbytes of ram. But it does not need a diskrom. |
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msd
msx professional
Posts: 621 | Posted: August 28 2008, 15:10 |
Some msx1 machines have a v9938 already. So easier to convert them.
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Yukio
msx professional
Posts: 824 | Posted: August 28 2008, 19:05 |
The Konami games already had their own mapper system. Some cartridges used the extra space for ROM contend, others like the Snatcher used this for RAM (could load Konami games and play SCC music) ... Since other machines already use external memory expansions, there is no need for a great amount of internal memory in the machine.
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Leo
msx freak
Posts: 238 | Posted: September 14 2008, 16:45 |
256kb is fine
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