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Another MSX Machine Aquired
Posted: 23 Mar 2021 10:14
by terriblefire
Thought i'd post this ... I just got it from Japan and its a thing of beauty. It needs converted to 230V (not sure what my approach is going to be yet).
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Re: Another MSX Machine Aquired
Posted: 23 Mar 2021 10:58
by Steve
Wow it's like a massive Walkman :) by the way are the keyboards on these MSX units any good? Mechanical or rubber dome etc.
Re: Another MSX Machine Aquired
Posted: 23 Mar 2021 11:24
by Gooeyblob
What a MSeXy looking machine!
Have you had a look at the HIC-1 daughter board caps? Supposed to be prone to leaking.
Transformer swap is the easiest thing to do?
Re: Another MSX Machine Aquired
Posted: 23 Mar 2021 11:26
by terriblefire
Gooeyblob wrote: 23 Mar 2021 11:24
What a MSeXy looking machine!
Have you had a look at the HIC-1 daughter board caps? Supposed to be prone to leaking.
Transformer swap is the easiest thing to do?
I mean its literally just in the door an hour ago
Re: Another MSX Machine Aquired
Posted: 23 Mar 2021 11:37
by stephen_usher
Does it use an internal or external PSU?
Hmm... MSX2... with a "Turbo" mode.
Re: Another MSX Machine Aquired
Posted: 23 Mar 2021 11:42
by terriblefire
stephen_usher wrote: 23 Mar 2021 11:37
Does it use an internal or external PSU?
Hmm... MSX2... with a "Turbo" mode.
its internal. i needs converted to 240v from 100v. Known when i bought it.
Re: Another MSX Machine Aquired
Posted: 23 Mar 2021 12:16
by stephen_usher
terriblefire wrote: 23 Mar 2021 11:42
stephen_usher wrote: 23 Mar 2021 11:37
Does it use an internal or external PSU?
Hmm... MSX2... with a "Turbo" mode.
its internal. i needs converted to 240v from 100v. Known when i bought it.
Let's hope that the transtormer has multiple taps on the windings.
Re: Another MSX Machine Aquired
Posted: 23 Mar 2021 12:26
by juz400
Nice,
found these, I had a Japanese girlfriend many moons ago, helped me translate a Honda VFR400R service manual to eng
https://archive.org/details/sonyhbf1xdsm
Re: Another MSX Machine Aquired
Posted: 23 Mar 2021 12:37
by PhilC
Another nice addition to the computer collection. Just an HX-10 here in my MSX collection so far but was looking at one of those last night.
Re: Another MSX Machine Aquired
Posted: 23 Mar 2021 20:58
by mrbombermillzy
In all my travels, I once managed to pick up an MSX joystick as part of a retro computer joblot bundle...which I have kept to this day.
However, actually owning that made me curious about the MSX machines. I still havent picked one up (have had a bid on a few here and there over the years), but from what I can remember, the Video processor on the later models got to be quite brilliant for an 8-bit machine. (I guess like a sort of 8 bit X68000!)