What made you want MSX instead of C64?

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ML programming on a 1K ZX-81:
- write your ML program, on paper
- grab your Z80 book and assemble to byte code, on paper
- grab your ZX-81 manual and translate byte code to ZX-81 characters (non-ASCII, IIRC!)
- write a BASIC program like this

1 REM <insert all them weird characters that make up your program here>
2 ...insert some POKEs here to start the ML program

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You could do it on MSX-BASIC too ...
Add some USR stuff!!!
True, but for MSX, there are assemblers and text editors available, and there's a BLOAD command, All that stuff makes ML programming a lot easier than on the ZX-81. If you've got only 1K of RAM, there's not much room for a text editor or even an assembler

yes.. fathers and computers.. it's teh horror.. ^_^

yeah... The thing with my father is that he had this beleif that monochrome systems are more powerful than color systems, so he would go out of his way to get a more expensive monochrome system..

You should have seen the tyraid he had when I built him his current system, and he found out I had the GALL to give him a color monitor.. SHAME ON ME!!

I wanted to buy a c64 because all my friends had got it. but my father convinced me
to buy a MSX (thanks).So i bought a VG8020 , the basic language compared to the one of c64 was very powerful, on the contrary (to be honest) c64 scrolling was very smooth and fast and suitable for games.....there were always discussion with my friends.....one of them was proud of his diskdrive too! ( c64 diskdrive was very very slow )
finally MSX2 came out and I bought a nms8245 (I still have it ,..connected to an AMIGA monitor) .. and I could shut many mouths up..