Do you still have your first MSX computer?

11% Yes, but it's not working anymore. (25 votes) 8% No, I threw it away (19 votes) 49% Yes, and it's still working! (112 votes) 23% No, I have sold it/gave it away to someone else (52 votes) 9% I have never owned an MSX computer (21 votes)

Total votes: 229

Comments (17)

By snout

Ambassador (5379)

29-10-2006, 19:38

[enters the wall of shame by admitting he threw a NMS8245 away after more than 10 years of intensive use before breaking it down beyond repair]

By ro

Prophet (2694)

29-10-2006, 20:11

Sold mine to buy another, which I sold and bought another etc. I've been upgrading a few times.
VG8020 -> VG8235 -> HB700-D -> Turbo R (I do still own that one)

By Sonic_aka_T

Prophet (2365)

29-10-2006, 20:52

Woei! for poll reactions!

By Samor

Paladin (983)

29-10-2006, 23:12

sold it (nms8250).
then later, emulators got me back into MSX up to the point where I bought several others, of which one is left...which is also a 8250, albeit a modified one.

By Niles

Hero (519)

29-10-2006, 23:23

I'll never change my first MSX, a HitBit 75P, for ANYTHING on the whole world, including the best TurboMSX2+++

Poll this

By Prodatron

Paragon (1125)

30-10-2006, 00:56

Cool, I still have my first MSX computer, and with the exception of the disc drive it's working!

Well, TBH I bought it (8235) only 1,5 years ago, but it IS my first one

By Hydlide

Expert (117)

30-10-2006, 09:23

I still have my FC-200 Goldstar. I will not get rid of that ever. a year ago, it still worked, haven't checked since though.

By Poltergeist

Expert (119)

30-10-2006, 09:30

Yes, I still own my first MSX computer. That trusty old VG-8235 is already 20 years old, and it's still working. However, it's not very original anymore: doublesided drive, 256 KB RAM (+128 KB VRAM), MSX2+, and it's some kind of greenish yellow (don't ask). It once was not working anymore. My brother in law removed a condensator, and now it's working perfectly (without the condensator)

By hap

Paragon (1101)

30-10-2006, 10:11

SVI728 (MSX1).. broke down, and was thrown away when we relocated to another city.

By jltursan

Paragon (1150)

30-10-2006, 10:19

I'll never change my first MSX, a HitBit 75P, for ANYTHING on the whole world, including the best TurboMSX2+++

Hooray for that!. The HB75P it's a wonderful machine (even with their crappy cursors)!. Mine it's more than 20 years old and still working fine

By Manuel

Enlighted (5672)

31-10-2006, 19:24

Still got the 8020 my dad bought in his attic... Still got the HB-G900P we bought after that here. And still got my GT here as well. So, all machines I really used are still here

By dvik

Paragon (1517)

31-10-2006, 22:42

Still got my first MSX, a CX5M. Everything except the video/tv output is working. Without a picture its not that fun to use though. I hope to repair it eventually.

By djh1697

Paladin (681)

31-10-2006, 23:02

My first MSX was a Goldstar FC200, I blew it up by inserting a Disk Drive ROM into incorrectly (don't ask me how!!)

Still it was soon replaced by a Sony HB75, the disk drive also survived - all was not lost!

By 4play

Resident (34)

02-11-2006, 19:42

I got the goldstar f200 from my dad. he was a TV repair man and get it in is job it was broken it crashed sometimes. And it was not able to play 2 game whithout a system "HANG"... now i own a philips MSX2. That i got from a friend that was not using it anymore. this one i keep under my wing i'm never giving it up

...

By Patsie

Master (199)

05-11-2006, 15:36

I started out with a 8020, later bought a wavy70FD (2+). The only 60Hz capable TV we got back then was my parents. So I got creative and (without removing it from the 8020) hotwired the TV modulator to the wavy70FD (young and reckless

) after a couple of moves some wires got crossed and fried the modulator of the 8020. The cursor keys were also pretty wrecked for playing al the hyper and olympic sports

So I tossed it.

By Nautilus

Resident (33)

10-11-2006, 00:01

OneChipMSX could be a nice replacement for my beloved MSX2 (Brazilian Gradiente's Expert MSX with a Carchano's MSX2 upgrade cartridge).

By ZanacX

Expert (80)

14-07-2010, 01:52

i still have my AX-170 and AX-370 and still warking 100% without any problims and i am using them as i speak

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