FS-A1WSX, Refurbished and Mod'ed

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By madscient

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12-01-2016, 17:00

MSX2+ FS-A1WSX 249EUR+shipping from Japan

  • Everything works fine
  • RAM upgraded to 256KB
  • Few of changeling for FDD belt (bonus)
  • Japan spec(110V, NTSC)

See pictures below:
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B55dygT8EkNIT0pBZ3hL...

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By Ali Sameer Al-Jazzaf

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06-01-2017, 22:32

I'm willing to buy, I have a Japanese address for shipping. How much will the total price be and how do I pay you?

By hamlet

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07-01-2017, 13:54

Welcome Ali Sameer!
I´m just curious, why do you look specially for a A1WSX?

By Ali Sameer Al-Jazzaf

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07-01-2017, 15:23

Read online it's the best msx 2+ computer for playing games. Was the struggling between the Panasonic A1 WSX and the Sony f1xdj. They are available on eBay from a buyer named 8bittzer I think . overall I'm just interested in playing msx games on it since I have some games waiting to try them. Do you have any recommendations?

By hamlet

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08-01-2017, 13:58

Very good choice. And the price seems also A ok.

By Manuel

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08-01-2017, 14:26

Where did you read that?

By Manuel

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09-01-2017, 08:01

Well, the only problem with the original Japanese MSX 2+ is that they only have 64kB RAM...

By hamlet

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09-01-2017, 08:25

Does it have a build in MM, or doesn´t 64kb machines have one at all?
Don´t mind, my G900 also comes with 64kb but in MFR times, this shouldn´t matter.

By Ali Sameer Al-Jazzaf

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09-01-2017, 08:54

I found a seller here. He is gonna upgrade it to 512 kb ram and refurbished it for me.

By wyrdwad

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09-01-2017, 10:48

Manuel wrote:

Well, the only problem with the original Japanese MSX 2+ is that they only have 64kB RAM...

The seller says it's been upgraded to 256 kB, though. Does that mean it would work with European games that require 128 kB, or does there need to be some sort of added memory mapper software to account for the extra RAM?

I have to admit, I'm kind of intrigued. I own the next step down from this -- a Panasonic FS-A1WX -- but it's all standard factory spec, so only 64 kB RAM (though the floppy disk belt has been replaced, at least!). I do have that tape drive, however, which I use relatively often, and I hear that's the one fault of the WSX: the tape drive port is shared, so tape saving and loading is apparently super-quiet. I'm not sure how much that would affect things, though.

I'm tempted to offer a trade + cash for this system, but I have a feeling the seller wouldn't really want that. Wink

-Tom

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